Exercise: Print variations

Posted bygracecrompton2Posted inPart 5

Research

Using the links from the brief I’ve done a bit of research, see below.

Collecting some samples of the most appealing work to me.

Steal Your Face Special Edition Art Print
Grateful Dead Santa Clara CA Art Print
Mudhoney Girltrouble Art Print

Experiments

I love the look of the Grateful Dead band posters. Having already seen a lot of these as my dad was a huge fan. I’ve used a portrait of myself below and added different overlays to try and create a similar look to the above examples.

I started off by image tracing the photograph of myself just to get an idea of what the actual screen print would produce on its own without adding the other layers.
I then added the dot style from one of my research images overlaid onto the image.
I then added another image trace but completely black this time, similar to the cat image from my research. Using two different colours on top of one another to screen print the design.
Before then adding the frame style and triangle images like the grateful dead posters.

Final Image

Final Image

This exercise was really fun and imaginative, to look at the different styles of printing and create something for this style myself isn’t something i have done before. Having a small knowledge of print and the different variations i can see how designers need to consider the print aspect when they are creating and brainstorming ideas.

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