Printing Night ferry: two drums, forty sheets
How the new print went through the machine, and why the edition stops at forty (sample).
Pictures for books, magazines and walls
Noor Haldane (sample) draws for publishers, magazines and small brands, and prints her own two-colour risograph editions in a print room at Ropewalk Yard, Springfield.
New this month: Night ferry, an edition of 40 (sample).
Night ferry
$48
Risograph, federal blue and fluorescent pink
A3, 297 × 420 mm, 170 gsm uncoated paper
Edition of 40 (sample): 23 sold, 17 left. Your print would be 24/40, signed and numbered in pencil.
Selected work
Recent commissions for magazines, a publisher and a café wall. Every picture starts as a pencil thumbnail in the sketchbook.
Strange fish
Full-page illustration for a science magazine (sample), 2025. Pen and two spot colours.
A year in the herb garden
Cover and 24 inside pages for a gardening book (sample), 2025. Watercolour and ink.
Morning shift
Mural for a café in Springfield (sample), 2024. 6 × 3 m, exterior paint.
Commissions
Each fee covers the drawing and a licence for one use. Prices depend on size, use and how many pictures you need.
Editorial
Spot illustrations, full pages and covers for magazines and newspapers.
One drawing, three thumbnails, one round of changes on the rough
From $350
1 to 2 weeks
Cover art with back and spine, or a whole book drawn page by page
From $1,200
3 weeks to 6 months
Artwork set up for print in your colours, files for every size
From $900
3 to 5 weeks
A scale drawing, the paint, two to five days of painting
From $2,400
4 to 8 weeks
Example prices. Turnaround from an agreed brief.
How a commission works
Five steps and about two weeks for a magazine picture. Books and walls take longer, in the same order.
1
Brief
You send the size, the text or story, the deadline and where it will be printed. I reply with a quote and dates.
Day 1
2
Thumbnails
Three small pencil sketches with different ideas. You choose one, or a mix of two.
Days 2 to 4
3
Rough
A full-size drawing of the chosen idea, with the colours marked. One round of changes is included.
Days 5 to 8
4
Final art
Inked and coloured in two or three spot colours, or in full colour for print.
Days 9 to 13
5
Files and licence
Print-ready files, the invoice and a short licence that says where and for how long you can use the picture.
Day 14
Prints
Two-ink risograph editions, printed in the studio, signed and numbered in pencil. The squares under each print are its whole edition.
Glasshouse
$32
Risograph, federal blue and fluorescent pink
A4, 210 × 297 mm, 170 gsm uncoated paper
12 of 30 left. Next print: 19/30
Rooftops in June
$48
Risograph, federal blue and fluorescent pink
A3, 297 × 420 mm, 170 gsm uncoated paper
9 of 50 left. Next print: 42/50
Kite day
$32
Risograph, federal blue and fluorescent pink
A4, 210 × 297 mm, 170 gsm uncoated paper
23 of 30 left. Next print: 8/30
Sold Available Next number Artist’s proof, not for sale
Example prices. Editions (sample).
A print room in an old rope works
I share a print room at Ropewalk Yard with two other illustrators (sample): a risograph, a screen bed, a small etching press and a long table for drying sheets.
Drawings start in pencil and ink, then go to the machine one colour at a time.
- Open studio on the first Saturday of the month, 11:00 to 16:00
- Prints can be collected from the studio
- Ten minutes' walk from Springfield station
Riso workshops
Learn to print a two-colour risograph poster in one day. Small groups, all inks and paper included.
Sat 8 Nov
Two-colour poster
Ropewalk Yard, 10:00 to 16:00
3 places left
$95
Sat 22 Nov
Zine in a day
Ropewalk Yard, 10:00 to 16:00
6 places left
$95
Sat 6 Dec
Print your own wrapping paper
Ropewalk Yard, 10:00 to 13:00
Full
$60
Dates (sample). Example prices.
From the sketchbook
Why every commission starts with three thumbnails
Three small sketches, three different ideas: the cheapest point to change your mind (sample).
Mixing spot colours for a cookbook
Thirty drawings, three colours, one rule: every green is mixed from the same two inks (sample).
Have a picture in mind?
Send the size, the deadline and where it will be printed. You get a quote and dates within two working days (sample).