#i ddint even aim to do so much...... this is what happens when i have fun doing something😭

[callilouv]

hehehe since my teacher has nothing left to teach (as in, we completed all of the topics and all that already) she gave us a rlly fun activity and its to basically nerd out about your favorite game HEKLWHDFK

[jamesodell2]

Screen Print Mash Ups

In this post I will be talking about my political mashup poster which was created within the print room; I will discussing my influences behind this development as well as what aims I set myself before embarking on this practical development. To finish off this development I will be producing a detailed review of my outcome alongside a comparison against the influential artist which stemmed this practical experiment.

Dface Mashup

The artist I was developing from was Dface and I decided to follow his style of work because I really like how the outcome excites the audience whilst still keeping them unnerved. I wanted to capture the forms he uses within his piece which are taken from all new and exciting sources and put together randomly to for this abstract masterpiece. To develop from Dface’s outcome I want to introduce the use of text which I think can push the viewers perception of the poster in a whole new direction which could be interesting to explore and play around with. I want to show a relationship between Dface’s visual outcome and text I have gathered from a local newspaper which relates to the recent conflicts happening around the world; this is because I want to relate this back towards my project concept of recent and iconic events.

Aims:

The aims I set myself in this development session was to create a range of screen print outcomes which show a clear relation towards the artist Dface but affect the viewers perception by the relationship with the text and image. I want to have a range of prints which explore different colour scheme but also colour relationships which can add dimensions to my poster through techniques such as layering and reliefs. I also want to gather secondary sources from the newspaper which outline a important event which has been relevant in the past; this could be the political battle between Trump and Kim Jong Un or even the Moon Landing which occurred in 1969. Then I aim to gather some peer feedback which critiques my work but also gives me some constructive feedback which can feed into my future developments leading up to my final outcome.

Finished Screen Ready For Printing

Method:

The method I was using in this practical experiment was screen printing, over the past couple of weeks I have gained a lot of confidence in this process and really like the clean and subtle outcomes which can be produced through this process. The first step I had to do was cover the outskirts of my screen with tape; this was so the ink didn't go through the parts of the screen which were not covered by the emoltion which could have result in disturbing my print outcome. After the tape was fitted around my screen I then needed to securely place my screen into the frame which would act as a base for my prints to be produced on; this is key because if the screen moves whilst your printing it can affect the composition of the piece but most importantly spoil the outcome.

Following on from these stages I was then all ready to start printing; my first decision in this workshop was selecting the colours I wanted to explore within my prints but I needed to consider what colours work well alongside each other when layered together. For my first set of prints I decided to work with a simple but effective black, this was because I felt it gave the text more tone when being composed alongside the image as well as s sense of power which is being shouted towards the audience.

Original Black Print Alongside Layered Green Print

What I decided to explore in my next set of prints was the technique of layering which adds a new texture and dimension to my prints; I wanted this to relate to the artist Alan Kicthing who I have previously looked at earlyier in my project. The colour I wanted to layer over the black was a camo green which I felt worked possitivly alongside the black when being overlayed; however when this print came out it caused some major thinking points when considering it if would work as a successful poster. The major element in this print was the clarity of the message and I thought the use of layering clouded the text which made it harder to undertand to the audience espeicially from a distance. However I still wanted to explore the technique of layering but with colours which compleemnt each other and push their visual factors.

Combination Of Colours Print

The next set of prints I created were slightly different to the previous and this was because I ditched the use of layering; I decided to gather a range of colours which worked well alongside each other such as red, yellow and orange and mash them together whilst completing my printing process which resulted in the outcome above. I feel as these have been the strongest set of prints I have created in this practical development time because they give my poster energy and excitment which is transfered to the audience when looked upon. I also really liked the textures which were left on my poster because of the combination between the colours, this shows a explostion within my poster which gives the message power and importance.

Mashup Printing Process

Compare and Conclude:

In this stage of the blog post I will be comparing my prints to the works of famous designers such as Alan Kitchin and Shepard Fairey who have helped stem inspitation during this practical development. I will be disscussing silimaties and differences between the visual language created and then state potential devlopments I can take to push these further.

The first designer im going to compare to is Alan Kitchin who creates typographic posters which work alongside very bold and elusive colours. In the final set of prints I created I can see a clear resembalace towards the colour scheme used which brings power towards the message trying to be portaryed; Alan Kitchen only uses typography but how these two styles are composed it makes the poster work really well alongside the large amount negitive space which draws the attention straight to the typography. This is somthing I have adopted in my prints and feel it has a clear resembalace towards the artist through the compostion and layout it my posters takes.

Alan Kichen And Shepard Fairey Comparison 

The second designer I am comparing to is Shepard Fairey who I have only just researched but draw so much inspiration from by looking at his famous poster series ‘Hope’. I think my posters show a clear resemablace to Fairey because of the scale I have adopted throughout my prints which work well with the content on the poster; the scale I chose was because I ddint want to overpower the content within the poster and felt the larger the poster got the message would have adopted into something else. I think there are a lot of differences within both pieces of work which range from the use of negitive space which Fairey coveres with his design, this works in a positive way but I felt if I did this it would overcrowed my design and make it unclear towards the audience.

Actions:

> Begin to make my design for my second screen which relates to the moon landing (1969)

> Complete the compare and conclude sheet in my note book

> Research Hannah Hoch and Jaimie Reid to stem devlopment within Dada collage