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Printmaking: Gray 2 by *destroyerdragon:icondestroyerdragon:

Categories Traditional Art > Printing > Silk Screen

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Submitted: May 13
File Size: 1.7 MB
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Resolution: 600×852
Comments: 6
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Done in my printmaking class. For my original design and explanation click here: [link]

This one, I did the background for second. That's why it's sort of clean looking, but getting messy. For each background as I went along, I decided not to clean my screen, so they get messier and messier.

Also for the figures, I did these second out of all my prints. In this one, they have a teeny bit of white, and a lot of silver mixed together.

Colour symbolism should be obvious. The darker blue is where I'm falling. The red is the anger. The angel and my fantastic wished-for future is at a balance in between. This one is more chaotic than my first background. Obviously.

No particular symbolism for the colour of the figures, but pretty cool anyway. I think the lighter silver colours work better than the gold ones on this sort of background.
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~s-e-o:icons-e-o: May 13, 2008, 7:59:02 AM
i do like this one.

still not as much as #3, but i like the clarity of the top silhouette against the rough brushstrokes....

nice!
*destroyerdragon:icondestroyerdragon: May 14, 2008, 1:49:52 AM
Thanks again! I was surprised how the screen picked up the brushstrokes like that. I always used to think screen printing was just patches of flat colour.

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~s-e-o:icons-e-o: May 14, 2008, 2:15:32 PM
i don't know anything about screen printing... is it a low-tech thing, "the way wot they've been doing it for millions of years", or is it more high-tech these days? :-)
*destroyerdragon:icondestroyerdragon: May 14, 2008, 4:23:32 PM
It's sort of low tech... But maybe the screen emulsion thing is more modern. I dunno.

What happens is this:

You get a high contrast image. Coat your screen in light sensitive emulsion, then use this horribly bright UV lamp which exposes the screen only where your image is white. Anything black absorbs the light so the screen won't be exposed there. Then you wash off the unexposed stuff and OMG! image! It looks quite cool.

Then, you set up the screen on some clamps that have a hinge so you can lift it up and down without losing your place. Put down some acetate underneath as a sort of guide. Then get some paint with this crazy retardant stuff in it, plonk it on the screen, then grab a squeegee and pull it over the image a few times.

Underneath, the acetate now has your image, and you can use that to line up your paper so that the pictures land exactly where you want them. Do the squeegee routine again, and that's how you get your prints.

It's messy fun. I've started looking on eBay to see if I can set up something like that at home. My parents will freak out, I imagine, if one day they get some massive package full of this stuff. Meh!

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~s-e-o:icons-e-o: May 15, 2008, 12:15:54 PM
i'm sure your parents wouldn't mind moving into a little tent in the garden... or maybe even a caravan.

then you can make their room into your printing press :-)
*destroyerdragon:icondestroyerdragon: May 15, 2008, 4:09:54 PM
mehehehehehehe! :mwahaha:

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