So I finally got my butt to the library to use those big scanners - even though they do not scan in purple very well. Here is all my stuff from that wonderful class:
First print - reduced print: TOASTER GHOST.
I definitely want one...but I have a big appreciation for photo emulsion now though.
So the scanner didn't scan the purple very well - it looks like a royal blue rather than a nice plum.Second print - 4 different colors, 4 different screens. We all came in with images and burned them onto the screens and had to use at least what was specified. I tried to make an actual composition that made sense rather something that was purely random. I liked the way it looked. Again, with the purple and blue - they didn't scan well, they are much more vivid.
And the one directly above was just for fun :3 I wanted to use the kitty and spider web I had burned on my screen. But I like it better than the others that I had made.
Third Print - CYMK print. This is like watching a magic show, you know that it isn't "magic", but you still can't stop saying "WHOA, WTF?!" after every layer. It changes dramatically. This is how newspapers still print their color. Btw, if you do not know what this is - basically you print each color separately and try your darndest to line it up the best you can and pray to the screenprinting Gods.
It looks a bit weird after being scanned - of course screenprinting is a more "in person" media.
So then we had to take that and play around with monoprinting - adding water to it in different ways, adding different colors, switching the cmyk color rhythm, going back in and adding more color ontop, redrawing ontop, etc. These were the ones that I think turned out the best. I know I did more than 50 prints with this process. Experimentation is fun.
Final Print - 6 "prints" or more - AFRO CHICK
Here we had to print 6 things. That was it. I wanted to do this. I learned a lot in this process. It combined everything I had ever learned and more. I think if I could redo this, I would make it banging, especially the brown. I do not think that worked as well. Everything kept going wrong and I know I spent at least 20 hours just on these prints. I might go back and draw on them to fix them up. Overall, I am decently happy with them.
So there is a book >_<. I really want to continue with this process. It is long and tedious and wrenching, but when you finally get something visible, it looks like it is coming together - completely worth all the agony and crazy amount of preparation.
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