Screenprinting = Rawk

I have my second screen-printing class tomorrow evening, and I’ve quickly vectorized a sketch as something to test print:

I doubt I’ll get all four colours done tomorrow, but I’m looking forward to trying! This definitely won’t be my final image - I knocked it up fairly quickly and it’s pretty sparse, but I’d like to see how a vector illustration style translates onto ink and paper. I have some more evening classes and an entire Saturday workshop to go, so I’d like to work on something entirely shiny and new for my edition. I’ll have to run into town early tomorrow to get my plates printed onto acetate; I’ve run out of ink-jet transparencies but, hey, they’re not quite opaque enough for creating crackin’ exposures from anyway.

I am absolutely loving screen-printing. Okay, so it’s incredibly messy and expensive and long-winded and tiring, but…I think I’m addicted. I came home from my first class with ink on my hands and a grin on my face. I’ll definitely set something up at home, although I’ve probably been spoiled by all the lovelylovely professional equipment we’ve been using.