SB1: Colour, value and notan -do something good screen print

This week were given the task to create a screenprint of "something good" using 2 colours and the background colour of our print. At first I didnt really know where to go with it so I drew out some roughs. I was thinking about literally doing something good to start with (making a cake for someone, diving to rescue someone) but then I got onto the idea of communication and giving someone a call. 

 I decided on the idea of two people communicating, first I thought of doing it through phones but then I changed my mind and thought letters would be better. Before I started thinking about colouring I looked at some more of Matt Taylor's stuff because I really like his colour palettes he uses within his work. 


After I looked through his blog I started to play around with some colours to see how it would work. My initial idea was to split the story into 3 but after I created the first draft I liked the two either side more than the middle. 

I decided to then create a screenprint that could be viewed from either direction, to fit in with the idea of letters being sent and letters recieved by both persons and to show how its something good for both people. 

After I was happy with the design I created the two negatives and put them on tracing paper to line them up. 

When I got into the screenprint room I changed my mind on the colours, I originally wanted blue and yellow but decided against yellow for a lighter pink instead. On reflection I wish I hadn't done this because the pink didn't come out as well. 

The blue however worked really effectively and picked up on some of the finer details. Whereas the pink struggled to come through. After speaking to the technician he suggested the reason the pink wasnt coming through was because I let the paint dry on the screen after the first pull and also that my screen might not have been exposed as well as it could have. Both of these things I will take into consideration next time. 

I think if I got to do this again I would do a similar concept, I really liked the idea of the screenprint being able to be read from both angles but I think I would make it with more solid colours inside for a stronger overall effect.