I've been exploring the relationship between printmaking tradition and digital art over the past year and want to share what I've taken from it.

Limitation as design principle: traditional printmaking — woodblock, linocut, etching — has hard constraints. Each additional color requires an additional pass. Colors can only overlap in additive ways. The black key plate defines the design. These constraints produce a distinct aesthetic economy.

Applying printmaking logic digitally: I work with a limited layer structure that mimics printmaking passes. A black key layer. A mid-tone layer. A light layer. A single accent color. The constraint produces a cohesion that unlimited layers don't.

The reduction aesthetic: printmaking's strongest works are often achieved by radical simplification — reducing a complex scene to its most essential graphic elements. I've applied this editorial discipline to digital work and the results are some of my strongest personal pieces.