Productive day screen printing today! I did some practice tests with one of my illustrations - went pretty smoothly considering that this was my second time screen printing ever, and now I feel like I have a better understanding of how it all works and how the print room works. I printed on two types of paper to see how this would affect the finished prints. First 3 images printed on 'quality' paper found in studio:
My first print, I put too much black ink so the texture didn't really show up, though I'm not so sure if its a bad or good thing. I think it makes it a little bolder and intense, makes it stand out a bit more.
Next one, I didn't put pressure evenly.
After a couple more attempts, I got the hang of it - though still struggling to get everything to align perfectly - but my peers thought that it really isn't noticeable and only adds to the hand printed quality.
This one I printed on the handmade paper purchased from the print shop. This paper is a lot thicker and in person you can tell that this paper takes in the ink a lot better but other than that, I don't think there is much difference in the result/quality of print. I will probably end up printing on the handmade paper though because its nice and sturdy. Today's been pretty fun and overall, I'm pretty happy with the way things turned out, I'm sure with a few more practice, I'll be able to sort all these misalignment problems out. Now I'm really excited to get the others printed and see them displayed side by side!
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