Splitting the design up into the layers I want to print separately. I completely forgot about this when I was designing it so all the layers were different so I had to make 5 new documents which I then realigned each image to. Printed onto 3 A2 sheets, with pure block black, perfect to expose.
Background colour, important that I get it right. I didn't want it to look too girly, so the pink had to be as salmon as possible (little dull) but not too dirty. I also wanted it as pale as possible, but not too much so that it just looked washed out. Took a while to mix the perfect colour, but the pastell pinky/salmony was accurate enough.
One of the exposed screens, with all the sandwich layers on it
The first two layers, the background and the packaging of each sandwich
I then added the ham (filling) which was a slightly darker pink then before, I still wanted it to look hammy, but there a difference between the two.
I decided I wanted to include the lettuce in the top sandwich because it expressed the 'want' of a shop bought sandwich. I really like lettuce in my sandwiches, and guaranteed all of the home made sandwiches I have ever made, none have ever contained lettuce, it is one of the luxuries of buying one. This is why I thought it important to include the lettuce in this particular sandwich. However, because I hadn't made a screen for it, I had to use 'red filler' that coated the part of the exposed screen I didnt want any ink coming through. I chose to the the bread screen as it had more space I could work with. I went for a pastell green again, nothing too bright, subtle detail.
Poster without black outlines
Adding the black outline, I chose to mix charcoal grey with black as I didn't want the black too harsh.
Final poster. 10 copies, 6 colours, 3 screens.
I printed 10 of these, I'm not quite sure why, I was thinking perhaps selling them? Or as part of their purpose this brief, they would be reproduced as a batch. Due to time and funding I couldn't do any more of the varieties, I actually printed onto a very expensive stock because any normal cartridge paper would crinkle under the wet, heavy coated background. I am pleased with them though, and I definitely prefer screen printing over digital print when it comes to printing block colour. Although the process is long, it is definitely worth it.
I printed 10 of these, I'm not quite sure why, I was thinking perhaps selling them? Or as part of their purpose this brief, they would be reproduced as a batch. Due to time and funding I couldn't do any more of the varieties, I actually printed onto a very expensive stock because any normal cartridge paper would crinkle under the wet, heavy coated background. I am pleased with them though, and I definitely prefer screen printing over digital print when it comes to printing block colour. Although the process is long, it is definitely worth it.
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