BRYAN
LORENZ

Graphic design,
illustration,
and lettering
(and printmaking)
in Chicago

BRYAN
LORENZ

Graphic design, illustration,
and lettering (and printmaking)
in Chicago

Screen print reading ‘MAKE WEIRD STUFF’ in bold white sans-serif letters on kraft-colored paper

VARIOUS PRINTMAKING 2014–2015


I have a great love for printmaking. It's a perfect outlet for experimenting with image making and a great opportunity to get your hands dirty. I've worked with screen printing, letterpress, lithography, and relief. These are some of my favorite prints.

Screen print in flowing white script reading ‘Make things worth stealing.’ on dark navy paper Screen print of a plump, hairy orange creature lying on its back with tiny limbs sticking out, on kraft paper

Screen prints

Loose scribbled ink line drawing over faint yellow illustrations of a desktop computer labeled ‘Hive Mind’ Close-up detail of tangled ink linework with a faint yellow computer icon peeking through in the corner Close-up detail showing a faint yellow desktop monitor illustration labeled ‘HIVE MIND’ beneath dark scribbled linework

Letterpressed photopolymer plate & image transfer

Letterpress label print reading ‘Stanley's Snake Oil, cures what ails you’ in olive green ink with an ornate bottle illustration The same ‘Stanley's Snake Oil’ label design letterpress-printed in black ink on cream paper

Stone lithographs

Three letterpress halftone prints of standing figures, rendered in yellow, gray, and brown ink Detail of a halftone letterpress figure printed in yellow with a solid black head, showing visible dot texture

Halftones laser cut into hardboard and printed on letterpress (This was a weird one.)

Grid of individually inked blackletter-style wood type characters pinned in rows on a gallery wall Close-up of a wood type letter S printed in letterpress, selectively inked in navy and black Close-up of a wood type letter A printed in letterpress, fading from navy at the top to solid black at the base

Selectively-inked wood type on letterpress

MORE PROJECTS

OCC: Annual Report
Simple Tim's
Snapchat Geofilters
Prosperity Gardens
Ninth Letter 11.1
UIUC BFA Exhibition
Graphic Content
Technograph
The Daily Illini
Food Organs
Terra Nova
Various photography
Various printmaking