Screen Printing process
Screen printing is the process of using a stencil and some ink to create art work on various materials. This process starts off by the drawing of the initial stencil. this can either be: eccentric designs with a lot of detail , thus increasing the difficulty to to cut the stencil out, or varied amounts of geometric shapes, which are easy to cut out and print, but the designs may not be as appealing as the eccentric designs.
Once the stencil is cut, it is placed on top of the material that is getting printed whilst then placing the screen on top of all of this. using the squeegee to spread the ink on the screen
Techniques and technology in printing
Hand print techniques
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Etching
– this is a process of using strong acid to cut in to the unprotected parts of
a piece of metal. The artist uses a sharp knife to scratch the design in to the
material. The plate is dipped into a bath of acid, which causes the acid to
bite into the exposed area of the metal.
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Intaglio – This is a class of printing and is different from the
other forms of print due to the fact that the ink forming the design is printed
only by the recessed areas of the plate, forms of intaglio print include:
engraving, etching, drypoint, aquatint and mezzotint
Intaglio – This is a class of printing and is different from the
other forms of print due to the fact that the ink forming the design is printed
only by the recessed areas of the plate, forms of intaglio print include:
engraving, etching, drypoint, aquatint and mezzotint
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Linocut –
This is a printing method in which a sheet of linoleum is used. The
subtractive cutting method is used to take away the parts linoleum that you
would like to be white and keeping the parts of your design inked, as a result
you have a print that will reproduce over and over again.
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Wood cut – This is a
method of printing images or text on a piece of cloth, and is most commonly
used in eastern Asia; more specifically China. The design is carved out of the
wood, which itself is cut along the grain of wood. The carve would have had to
be in reverse, later leading to more complications when printing letters.
Wood cut – This is a
method of printing images or text on a piece of cloth, and is most commonly
used in eastern Asia; more specifically China. The design is carved out of the
wood, which itself is cut along the grain of wood. The carve would have had to
be in reverse, later leading to more complications when printing letters.
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Lithography
– The process of making prints based on the knowledge that water and oil do
not mix. The image is drawn with oil, fat or wax onto a smooth, level limestone
lithography plate. There are etched parts of the plate, which contain water,
and then repelling the oil, creating an image.
Mechanised printing techniques
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Gravure –
An image is etched onto a plate or a cylinder, so then the image you want
is in the depressions, not the raised part of the print. The depressions are
filled with ink, whilst the non-printing parts are scraped free of ink. The ink
is then pressed against the paper and the image is therefore transferred.
· Silk 
Screen process – This is essentially the same as screen-printing,
where the template is placed on a screen and the ink rubbed over the stencil
and the paper, but instead of being done manually, it is done by using a
machine.
Screen process – This is essentially the same as screen-printing,
where the template is placed on a screen and the ink rubbed over the stencil
and the paper, but instead of being done manually, it is done by using a
machine.
Digital
printing techniques
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Photocopying
– the process of using light and ink to produce multiple copies, most
commonly produced on paper. Current photocopiers use a technology called
xerography, a dry process that uses electrostatic charges on a light sensitive
photoreceptor, and then projecting an image on to the piece of paper.
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Inkjet – This is a type of digital printing that creates images by
propelling drops of ink onto paper, plastic or other substances. There are
various models, ranging from the inexpensive consumer models to ones that are used
by large corporations, which often cost over £8000.
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Digital screen printing – This is mainly used for printing
out designs on fabric and most often used in the fashion industry
my work was based on the 'need for a peacoat' and uses an image of a peacoat facing side on on the right hand side of the page. I edited the image so that the rest of my body was cut out, I did this by using the magnetic lasso tool and cutting out the legs in the image and the top of the head, this then provides emphasis on the subject of the article, this being the peacoat. To further improve my work, I included a banner at the top for my heading to be placed in, so that the topic of the article is clear, and also so it looked a lot more professional. If i was to the image again, I would include a coloured background of blue and red, this is so that the subject of the article is presented better and for the image to be a lot more engaging. It would also represent the fact that the article is saying 'goodbye summer' and 'hello' to winter,, with the peacoat in the image essentially 'turning its back' on summer.
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Festival research
Posters
victorious festival has been going for four years and is always held on the bank holiday august weekend on the south part of Portsea island. It is an up and coming festival, and is not as big as Glastonbury or reading, but hopefully with a lot more publicity, it will be seen as one of the biggest festivals in the uk. the past acts that have been seen at the festival include Tom Odell and the pigeon detectives, but maybe with the use of more publicity through the use of posters, it will raise the profile and attraction for big artists to the event.
Hierarchy of information
What is the hierarchy of information?
The hierarchy of information is the order of importance in which the information is laid out on.
A list of the most important things to include on a poster
This is the font i used because it was one that i thought stood out the moist and the one that most modern whilst altogether looking very professional.
Digital screen printing – This is mainly used for printing
out designs on fabric and most often used in the fashion industry
editorial illustration analysis
for this task we had the opportunity of creating our very own double page spread, with an original illustration that captures the theme of the article. this could be hand drawn or an edited image from the computer, and it is used to make the article a lot more interesting for the reader.
my work was based on the 'need for a peacoat' and uses an image of a peacoat facing side on on the right hand side of the page. I edited the image so that the rest of my body was cut out, I did this by using the magnetic lasso tool and cutting out the legs in the image and the top of the head, this then provides emphasis on the subject of the article, this being the peacoat. To further improve my work, I included a banner at the top for my heading to be placed in, so that the topic of the article is clear, and also so it looked a lot more professional. If i was to the image again, I would include a coloured background of blue and red, this is so that the subject of the article is presented better and for the image to be a lot more engaging. It would also represent the fact that the article is saying 'goodbye summer' and 'hello' to winter,, with the peacoat in the image essentially 'turning its back' on summer.
After speaking to Barry about the work, he seemed really impressed by the whole layout and the image, and was struggling to think of improvements. However, with his expert knowledge of the field, he realised the headline was touching the banner ever so slightly, and asked me to move it down slightly, and this is the end result.
4 colour printing process
The 4 colour printing process is the process that involves using
cyan, magenta, black and yellow. They use these colours as most colours in the
colour spectrum can be made using these colours. Offset lithographic printing
uses this technique and relies on the resistive nature of the waxy coating
placed on the screen to propel the ink that is not needed and to just keep the
ink that is needed. It is a very unique type of print as it uses the process of
placing many tiny dots of various colours to create the high quality printed
images. The original sheet of ink can not be put straight onto the final
printed product, as it will mean the image is backwards, so the they use
another layer which gets printed on backwards. This second layer has a layer of
wax that attracts the ink but another base that repels the ink that isn’t
needed for the final image. That image is the rolled on to the final sheet of
paper, with printed image now the correct way round. This process is renowned for being one of the quickest and cheapest way of printing.
Images of the printing process
This is the machine used for lithographic printing -
Products of lithographic print
Lithographic printing sheet
Lithographic printing quote
- A6 postcard in size
- Card - 300g
- Four colour process printed
Scenario - A local restaurant requires requires a christmas menu printed to promote its dinners & entertainment. Can you find a quote on the internet for the above specifications?
Mono printing
A simple but effective method of producing monotypes seems to have
been invented by Gauguin. This method, called direct trace drawing, produces a
linear monotype that has a unique soft edged quality similar to the tone and
line in soft ground etching. All you need to do is evenly ink a plate, place a
piece of paper over the inked image area and then draw the image directly on
the back of the paper, the lines drawn will be transferred and a reverse image
produced. Combining lines will produce darker areas while hand rubbing will
create softer tones; by varying the pencil pressure and using different kinds
of widths different effects are obtained.
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Festival research
festivals use posters to advertise the main attractions or acts at the festivals, and most of the time aim to catch the eye of the person walking past and make the audience want to go from their initial look of the posters. here is an example of a very eye catching and appealing poster -
Festivals
- IoW Festival
- Reading festival
- download fest
- TomorrowLand
- V-Fest
- Glastonbery
victorious festival has been going for four years and is always held on the bank holiday august weekend on the south part of Portsea island. It is an up and coming festival, and is not as big as Glastonbury or reading, but hopefully with a lot more publicity, it will be seen as one of the biggest festivals in the uk. the past acts that have been seen at the festival include Tom Odell and the pigeon detectives, but maybe with the use of more publicity through the use of posters, it will raise the profile and attraction for big artists to the event.
Hierarchy of information
What is the hierarchy of information?
The hierarchy of information is the order of importance in which the information is laid out on.
A list of the most important things to include on a poster
- Name of festival
- Location of festival
- Line up of festival
- Price and date
- Booking agents and links to social media
- terms and conditions.
Typographic systems
These are the 8 different way of laying out text on a page and altering between them can provide the poster with a more professional look.
- Axial - This type is where you are given a line down or across a page and are told to write the information either side. The example below is a good example because it shows how you can clearly show the importance of the different parts of the information by changing the position and size of the font.
- Radial - This type really represents the style of the suns rays and as text coming out from the centre of the page in a straight or spiral format
- Dialational - This is where there are multiple focal points within one image providing a ripple like effect,
- Random - This is where the information has no clear layout or formating
- Grid - Where the text is laid out in a square grid fashion.
- Transitional - Where the text over laps
- Modular - Where all the letters and numbers are all the same size and font and similar shape
- Bilateral - Where the text is written along one singular line
Festival assignment
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