My third lino cut - advice needed!

Hey y’all! Just started doing linocuts last week as a hobby - I tattoo full time for a living and thought it would be a fun way to incorporate tattoo art into other mediums. This is my first larger print (8x10) and is a tribute to my favorite lithograph by Ed Hardy - “Turner”. I had a blast making this but have a few questions:

  1. Are they any printing inks that are waterproof? I used the speedball printing ink for this, but when I went to paint color over parts of the print, it smudged all the black. I ended up painting the color onto my paper beforehand and then printing over the dried color, but as you may be able to tell, I had some trouble lining up the images exactly 🫠

  2. What transfer method is recommended to get my image onto the linoleum before carving? I have tried tattoo stencils (with limited success), and have had the most success just drawing the image straight onto linoleum with sharpies. I tried a carbon transfer tonight with no luck, but it’s been a while so maybe I did it wrong?

Thank you in advance!

Hey y’all! Just started doing linocuts last week as a hobby - I tattoo full time for a living and thought it would be a fun way to incorporate tattoo art into other mediums. This is my first larger print (8x10) and is a tribute to my favorite lithograph by Ed Hardy - “Turner”. I had a blast making this but have a few questions:

  1. Are they any printing inks that are waterproof? I used the speedball printing ink for this, but when I went to paint color over parts of the print, it smudged all the black. I ended up painting the color onto my paper beforehand and then printing over the dried color, but as you may be able to tell, I had some trouble lining up the images exactly 🫠

  2. What transfer method is recommended to get my image onto the linoleum before carving? I have tried tattoo stencils (with limited success), and have had the most success just drawing the image straight onto linoleum with sharpies. I tried a carbon transfer tonight with no luck, but it’s been a while so maybe I did it wrong?

Thank you in advance!