'Decks for Change' Competition Brief - Screen Printing

Final Positives:

Printing Process:

• These where the colours I mixed to create the colour blends with: Fluorescent pink and yellow, lilac and baby pink, plus a bit of green that I found in the print room to re use. (the green to put where the tree is - I wanted to experiment with how I could control the colour blends, and see if I could contain the green where only the tree is.) 

• I did loads of different types of blends, some with all colours dotted across the screen, and some with just two colours split.
• I really enjoy working with colour blends and experimenting with how different colours work with each other.

• This was my first time paper screen printing using the boards rather than the vacuum beds. At first I thought lining them up could be more difficult but I found it worked really well and I managed to line up every print perfectly. 
• If I was printing more layers then I think the vacuum would have been needed, but for a two layer print - I will defo use the boards in future.
• Some of the blends worked much better than others, this all depends on how much ink is left on the screen and mixed together. Its important to scoop off the mixed ink after a few prints - to ensure the colours are vibrant and differentiate enough. 

Favourite Prints...

1 & 2

3

4

• These four prints above summarise the different types of blends that worked best. These are the prints I will be choosing from too submit.
• I don't usually work with these sorts of colour pallets - Im pleased with how they look, I will be more open to using new colour pallets after this and not stick to ones a know.
• Prints 1 & 2 are more subtle and smooth, where as 3 & 4 are more contrasting and vibrant.
• I really like the split colour in 4, it looks like a drum stick sweet. It was interesting to see how the black changed how the colour looked - before the black you could barley see the yellow.
• I think number 3 must be my favourite, a mash up of all the colours with a green tree. Im really pleased with how the green is contained, although it leaks out of the tree slightly, I think its a nice affect and works with the concept of the tree being absorbed by the characters.
• Looking at them all together now, I think if number 4 had a green tree - this would have been the ideal colour combination.