DQ's simple inkjet transfer method using 3M transparency paper, gloss gel medium, & wc paper

Using an inkjet printer and 3M transparency paper you can transfer some cool images to watercolor paper and (I hope) canvas. Here's my first attempt with this technique. I scanned some 140+ year old Hungarian/German playing/tarot cards, reversed them using photoshop, and then printed them out on 3M transparency paper. I then gessoed some watercolor paper,(no you don't have to use gesso- it'll go on the paper just fine without it), let it dry, then

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• gloss gel medium
• & wc paper

[bmayer00]

A Few Questions:

Have you ever just instead of rubbing just laid it down in the wet medium to dry and then pull it off?

Are there any other brands of transparency that work as well as the 3M? I have a designjet 500 plotter and need a wide roll of the stuff so want to make sure the transfer paper is fantastic before I plunk a $100+ dollars down.

Do u have to see over the top of the transferred image and does it ever lift off?

This is really cool. :D

[DQmuddypaws]

@bmayer00 i haven't tried that but i don't think that it would work - the image doesn't "fall" off the substrate as with, say, SOME wax paper with encaustic. Send me your address and i'll send you a sheet of the 3M and you can try out!!!

[DQmuddypaws]

yes it does

[DQmuddypaws]

yes - they are tarot cards!

[DQmuddypaws]

are you using a thin enough layer of medium on top of the dried gesso? Maybe let the medium dry a little bit then, before starting to rub the ink onto the paper.

[fabyssfabyss]

Greetings from Hungary :)

[TheCurtisAki]

does the gesso dry clear?

[FORMETOKNOWONLY]

Transparency paper is SOOOOOOOO expensive...cost more than the price of some printers.

[Neferkit]

Awesome technique! Thanks! I love the Tarot cards. What a treasure!

[1created1]

Diana,

Could those be Tarot cards? Just a thought. :  )

[gforcepdx]

Thanks Sid...