This is the final Rap wall piece. It turned out as just a poster, but I have shaded the letters in myself leaving a white outline so that it can clearly be read.
This is probably my least favourite of the pieces that i have created over the course of the project, mainly because all of the other pieces have something different about them whereas this one does not look any different when you are looking at it. Though that said I do like the texture of the paper that I have used.
This is the final reggae piece, again without the stickers. I had to paint on some of the letters as they had not printed properly the first time, and it worked well. I just used a dry brush and a small amount of paint and dabbed it on so that it looked a bit rough to match the rest of the paint. When I look at this one compared to the others I don’t like it that much but on a wall it looks good so overall I’m pleased.
This is the final version of my Funk wall piece. It’s completely finished except for the stickers that I need to put on. These pictures just show it in context. It looks really good on the wall, and up close you can see a slight shadow from the text. As the acetate in the middle is transparent, the purple text is as well and so it picks up the background colour and creates an almost outline.
This is the Rock / Pop piece finalised and hung on my wall to show context.
I’m really happy with the way that this one came out. All I had to do when I got it back from Multiprint was to staple it to the frame, I managed to almost centre it - although this was difficult as it was upside-sown when I did and I couldn’t see the edges.
As it cost me £6 to have printed, and it took me about 3 hours to finalise the layout and colours, I’d be aiming to sell this for around £10-£15.
Any feedback would be much appreciated as always.
I’ve been looking at the backgrounds of Eminem posters and album covers to get a sense of what the background of my wall piece should be like. I’m going to print it onto textured paper to get a good effect as well as using a worn background image behind the text. I’ll print the text off in white so that I can simply use pencils/charcoals to colour in the letters by hand. I’ll make two versions, one where I draw it directly onto the blank parts of the paper and one where I draw it onto plain paper and scan it onto the textured paper with the background image already printed onto it. Whichever one works better will go in the show and the other will go in my development folder.
These are the prints I created yesterday. Originally I was going to create them using the basic stencil and mesh screen method, using a squeege to push the paint through. Then Cathy told me that I would need to mix my paint so that it didn’t stick to the screen and said it would be quicker to use a sponge.
This technique worked really well as I could easily see how much paint was being applied as I was going along and could as as much or as little pressure as I wanted. All I had to do was to wash the sponge and mask of the next area before changing the colours.
It turned out really well, much better than the screen print I created last week, and it shows development of techniques and processes. I also varnished the wood so that it looks more professional this time.
This is an attempt at printing my funk design onto acetate.
I had made the stencil fine with no mistakes which I was quite surprised at, and bought the right colours that I needed in order to make it.
I thought it would be quicker to make at home, and so went to Hobbycraft to buy some temporary glue to hold down the stencil. The glue was horrible, leaving patches that you can see here as well as being extremely sticky for what was meant to be temporary glue. It did not cover all the areas and in the end ripped the stencil when I tried to move it. DO NOT BUY THIS GLUE.
The edges were patchy and rough, it bled, and it looks a mess. I’m going to go to MultiPrint in town and ask them if they can print it onto acetate for me, if not I will have to make another stencil and go to printmaking.
Hopefully, by the end of the day I will have 4 out of the 5 pieces finished, leaving me to illustrate the final one onto a material of my choice. This can be done in stages and does not require much preparation meaning I can start my annotation and begin to compile my folders along with the Personal Branding and Tangent projects.
These are photos of the wood print I made last Thursday. I used the screen printing technique, whereby you place your design into the light box and the it is basically scanned onto a mesh screen. You then leave it to cool before soaking it to bring the design out and clean off any excess that may be there. You then place it into a screen vice/frame on the table with your material underneath and print through with your chosen colour.
Unfortunately, I forgot to cover the words ‘BLACK’, ‘WHITE’ and the artist and song title, meaning they printed through in the brown which I did not want. I then struggled to line things up as you can see and the overall result was not too good.
I’m going back in today to create another one using a stencil and a deep red colour that I have bought. I should get a neater finish and I have also remembered to get a cover for the words I do not want to print this time. Ryan is printing the artist names and song titles for me as stickers so I can simply stick them on last when everything else is done.
This is the final design for my Rock / Pop wall piece. From last time I posted it on here I have added the writing at the top and bottom for the artist and song title.
This will be printed onto canvas, either by Roland or Multiprint in town, and will be 1ft x 2ft when full size. I have the material and digital file large enough for it to just be sent off and printed so I can do it anytime really.
This is my Reggae piece, as made last Thursday in printmaking.
I had to paint the background of the canvas at home by myself as I wouldn’t have been able to get that finish with printing techniques. It took me a couple of hours to get a decent finish as I’m not much of a painter but it turned out ok (if a little messy).
I used a simple stencil to print the text on, and it took a couple of attempts as the canvas would sag every time I tried using the squeege and no paint was being applied. I put something underneath and carried.
I wanted to get a kind of rough and ragged look to the text and I achieved it really well. I knew that the paint wouldn’t stick perfectly and it would give me patchy bits and that’s what I wanted. However, with the ‘G’ in ’CHANGE’, the ‘M’ in ‘THEM’ and the ‘R’ in ‘OR’ I’m going to paint on the rest of the letters with a thin brush as too much is missing from the letters. It is still readable and looks good from a distance, but it is whether or not it looks professional enough.
This is the stencil I have made for the Funk wall piece. I took photos as I was going along so that you can see how I made it. In total it took about an hour.
For this piece, I have decided upon using glass clip frames to display it. The word ‘COLOUR’ will be a sticker, hence why I haven’t cut it out. This will be on the front of the glass. Then I will use paints to put the rest of the text onto a sheet of A3 acetate. This will sit behind the glass. The background as seen on the last image here will be printed onto a seperate sheet and will sit behind the acetate. As the acetate is clear but reasonably thick it will add depth, as will having the main word about 3mm above the rest of the text. It’s the 3D effect I have been after.
I will create two of these to show that the background is interchangeable, with the colour of the text and sticker being the same for both. In total two frames have cost me £3.18, and a tub of glass paint will be approximately £4. Selling these at £5 each would give me profit but I think that I could get more than that based on the other things I have researched. Overall I’m really happy with the designs and how I’m making them.
I’ve looked a little more at some posters to see what I can create in terms of the background of the funk piece, and I’ve noticed that text seems to be fitted together intentionally. I’m going to create a basic layout for the text and then use the distort, warp, and pen tools to make it fit.
As for the background, I’m going to create a plain one and a detailed one to show that the backgrounds are inter-changeable. They seem to frame the text whether it is with an image or just background graphics, and so I’m going to try and shape my text before adding the background with bright colours. Something else I’ve noticed is that any colours seem to be quite close together on a pallete, and it has the effect of making right colours look dulled or muted.
Here is my attempt at the wood-burning that I was discussing with Steve. I completely soaked the end in hairspray before lighting it and all it did was burn the paper and melt the selotape on. I’m gonna just have to apply the paint with either a stencil or brush and keep it thin so you can see the grain a bit when it dries. Now I know that it doesn’t work, I can go and get the wood I’m going to use. I didn’t buy it in case it would set fire too quickly and be ruined but it doesn’t work so I’m okay.
So here’s my canvas for the Reggae piece. Luckily Hooty’s had some the exact size, 40cm x 40cm, and they were cheap too - £3 each.
I used acrylics for this as they’re thick and give a good bold colour. The downside though is that they dry quite quickly so I had to add water in some places and then yellow or blue to get the shades of green right. I’m not much of a painter and it took me near enough two hours to do but it was worth it because it turned out quite well.
This shows my original design for this piece and my final one.
I was working from the album cover I had found and using the same colours but thought that it looked a bit too funky to represent Rock and Pop of the 60’s. I asked my parents their thoughts and they suggested looking at the artwork for The Beatles album Yellow Submarine. Instantly I knew I just had to use bright and bold solid colours rather than dulled hues and lots of gradients. I think it works a lot better than my first one.
The size for this will 30cm x 60cm, and will be printed completely digitally, but I’m not yet sure on the surface that I will use. Any ideas would be appreciated.
