stamp carving is badassery

i think this would make an awesome one, trying to carve straight lines drives me crazy though

Yeah I reckon it'll take me a few tries...
do you have any tips?

mm ive only carved about 4 stamps thus far but I can say what seems to be most key is sharp tools and quality carving medium. i pretty much determine quality by trial and error. honestly ive been using those little white hi-polymer erasers because they're very easy to carve from and im still getting used to it so if i royally fuck up im only out a buck or two, or theyre thick enough that i can flip it over and recarve the other side anyway. only downside there being size of them obviously, but some art stores carry bigger like 2x3 sized ones which are awesome stamp size. i have some linoleum waiting in the wings but its been intimidating me :B

I bought a sheet of Speedball Speedy carve, which I've heard good things about. I still need to pick out some tools, I'll definitely be posting my results and I'll let you know what I think of the stuff!

I have yet to use that but I was planning on trying it at some point. definitely would appreciate your input on it! yeah i went all out on tools and got some really nice powergrips from a japanese company for a surprisingly reasonable price (recommended by  pac ). I believe it was 30 or 40 for about 5 of them and I really love them! If youre curious Ill post back with their website later because I gotta run at the moment. I look forward to seeing how it turns out!