What's your type?

 

This is a different look at Type, which is Neet's theme at Art Journal Journey.

Do you know your type?  Blood type, of course.  You can read each type up close below.

According to the American Red Cross web site, these are the four major blood types/groups and how they interact.  These groups are determined by the presence or absence of two A or B antigens and the Rh factor, which is also either positive or negative.  That in turn gives the eight most common blood types shown above.  Plasma is the final primary type/group.

Therefore the question, what type are you?

Do you know your type?

Do you know what blood type you are in case you need a transfusion?

The inspiration for this latest journal page came from one of the opening scenes in the hilarious police procedural Professor T, which has been shown on PBS (public broadcasting) for the last six weeks.  I am of British ancestry and, although most people won't find it as funny as I, it is a marvelous show, filled with lots of dry humor, starring Ben Miller (of Death in Paradise fame) as the quirky, yet brilliant Professor T.

I started this 110 lb cardstock page by using my go-to background.  This time I used black Staz-on reinker and 91% isopropyl alcohol.  Instead of swirls and swipes, this time I drew straight lines on the page, which I hoped would emulate the silver table on which corpses are placed for an autopsy.  I learned slide mounts are 1 inch X 3 inches (25 mm X 75 mm), so I cut my watercolor paper slide samples the same size.

I created the blood samples using red watercolor, to which I added, to varying degrees, orange, blue, and purple.  I added the hypodermic needle as my only embellishment.  The words "What type are you?" are from the back of the adhesive Dymo label I made recently.  I had to outline the words using a Sharpie after dye ink swiped over the letters didn't show the words as clearly as I had hoped.  Nothing goes to waste in my craft room!

This didn't turn out as I envisioned it in my head, but that was because my blood types were too large.  After attempting a dry run, I tried to resize the blood types in my computer program.  However, both my program and my printer threw a fit, so I gave up and used what I had.

 

As always, I am super grateful you visited today.  Bleubeard, and I are delighted you joined us and hope to see you soon at Art Journal Journey with your own take on Type.  Remember, you still have time to join us with your own journal, altered book, fabric, canvas, or digital entry.