Further Print Experiements

Following my recent lino prints, I decided to try the same idea using screen as the process. I'd hoped that this would allow for a more graphic and block coloured outcome that contrasted to those produced using lino. I thought that having a more solid look may give off a more confined feeling from the image and the colours allow it to pop a bit more. Here are the digital editions I mocked up prior to printing: 


 

(Digitals for screen)

I'm really happy with the way that these images look, especially the green and orange two. I find them to be bold and eye catching. The shapes all seem to flow in and out of each other which contrasts with the boxed shape that contains them. This helps to represent Sacks in terms of the patients he studied and the immense, never-ending variety to which they where suffering. Sacks treated every single case he worked on as something new. This really goes to show how vast the spectrum is when it comes to mental illness. There is no right and wrong. 

When printing, I decided to use orange and pinky/red as I wanted the outcome to feel warm as well as weird. The use of this red tone for the eyes also kind of makes them look like cells, which is fitting! 

(Screenprint of eyes)

I do really like the way that this print turned out, and think that screen printing with halftones is a great way of illustrating this particular idea. Things I want to incorporate into my next set of prints are:

• Darker colours & higher contrast
• Maybe include some more texture
• In future ideas, try to include more meaning into colours.
• Be more organised and precise with layout whilst printing.
• Experiment more with outcomes prior to printing (digitally).
• Think more about layout, use of space and composition. 

I definitely want to continue using this process as I really enjoy it and think it complements my method of working. However, in future I need to figure out other ways to portray this idea. Considering that I need to have 3 prints for my final outcomes. 

As well as this, I recently played around digitally with some of the lino prints I made recently. Using the scanner I overlaid some tracing paper mono-prints, attempting to creat a bit more depth:

                   

(Digitally manipulated Lino-Prints)

                    

These all look really different compared to the fresh editions. I like the interaction of traditional and digital processes and think this works well demonstrating the feeling that some of Sacks' case studies provide. This method of overlaying prints looks really effective, although, must remember that I'm only allowed to use two colours! Easily get carried away... 

For my next prints I think I want to try and tidy these lino ideas up and incorporate a similar style into screen. It would be exciting to see how mixing and matching my prints may help to make some unexpectedly interesting imagery.