Drew Millward:
I really like Drew Millward's screen prints. He is based in leeds and is a well known contemporary illustrator who works mainly with screen print. He has developed an effective way of drawing that works around the screen print process which involves multiple layers that overlap and fit together neatly. I love how complex the illustrations appear, although his line work is not crazily detailed it is well structured and includes a build up of different line work across the different layers of the screen print. Its interesting to see how he overlaps the different layers in a very controlled way, they are well crafted and fit together like a jig saw puzzle. The way he chops line work out of some of the shapes is really interesting and adds too the complexity and creates highlights in the images. The symmetry and organized line structure in the pieces is what makes them so intriguing, and can make them seem like digital images at first. This makes me think that the images are crafted digitally first, then transferred into separate layers for screen print.
We will be making 2 colour screen prints, so working with overlapping the shapes and line work in different ways is a good techniques to think about for my prints to make them more interesting. Also chopping line work out of the shapes and using the stock colour for parts of the images could be really effective.
BUNDOBUST
Bundobust is an indian restaurant/bar in leeds that sells tradition style street food, he has created the whole identity for it. He has made screen printed designs for the entire thing. He uses his character designs and eye catching use of colour and layers to make a modern but also tradition and timeless aesthetic, with inspiration from indian art and textiles. He makes the prints seem traditional with bold and symmetrical compositions. He also uses an intentional grainy/distorted print texture on them which works really well with the authentic theme.
