Visual Language - Fan art poster

Fan Art Poster: Hell-Boy

• We where asked to produce a 2 colour screen print of some fan art.
• We had to make a piece of design about something we are interested in.
• I chose to make a hell-boy face, Im a big fan of the comics and have sketched and studied his face in the past.

Roughs:

• I did some loose sketches to remind myself of the shape of his face. 
• I wanted the face to be done in my style of faces. So I was reluctant to look at an image of him, also because I knew what he looked like already.
• I wanted my style to take over the shapes and and structures of hell boys face.

• I took this tasks a good opportunity to try out some typography.
• I wanted some big bold text at the bottom of the page. 
• It would have a simple and effective composition that showed symmetry and his face as an icon in the centre.

Final drawings for screens:

• I made the positives for the screens with paint pen on printer paper. I though I might have to scan them in to make the black solid, but the paint pens created a thick enough layer.
• I made the black outline first, and then traced over it in pencil and filled in the sections that would be coloured.
• I left out some sections of colour to create highlights on the face.

• Choosing colour wasn't difficult I knew a wanted a nice vibrant red. Maybe slightly burgundy rather than pinky red.
• Im pleased with how the layers fit together. Cutting white out of the red is really effective. The black works well on top of the red. 
• The black came out nice and bold, if I was going to do this again I would have had more sections of solid black on the face.
• I liked the process of screen printing and will consider using it much more now.
• Lining the two screens up wasn't as difficult as a thought, and some that where slightly out gave a nice effect.
• This has made me want to try out some designs with more complex faces and another screen of colour.
• This would be an effective process to use to make multiple pieces of artwork of a nice individual quality. Could also have different colour variations of the same screens.

• I liked the effect where some colour didn't print fully behind the type.
• I like how screen printing can give some un intentional quality like this.