Printed Pictures: Monoprinting

• After the workshop I went back and did some monoprinting focusing on motifs, using stencils cut from shapes in my thumbnails.
• I think that the results are effective in capturing this sense of 'otherworldliness' and the surreal and imaginative nature of Murakami's novels. 
• I really like the experimental and unpredictable nature of this print process, and using stencils definitely lends itself to my preference for simple, shape-based imagery. Since this brief also has the constraint of two colours, it is worth considering that mono-printing is an especially good process for naturally generating different tones and variables of a colour. 
• The disadvantage of monoprinting, however, is that it is almost impossible to reproduce the same exact print. This could be a problem when producing finals, especially if I am placing these in the context of creating prints to sell - in which case I would need multiples. 
• Maybe I should use monoprinting to create the shapes, composition, colours of my image and then use screen-printing as a final process.  

TIME

CAT

Note : I printed the yellow over the black, did not know this was possible but think it really works.

Note: really like the wavy texture in the background, it was made by mistake but could be easily recreated using a rag or piece of mdf board. 

HEARING/EARS

GOING FORWARD:

• I am generally happy with these prints, but some I think are a bit too simple. I would like to go do some monotype line-drawings over the top - I think the contrast between line and shape will be really interesting. 
• I am not sure as to how much I like the yellow/blue combination, next time I would like to try red/blue. I used red for the zine and I think this really worked. 
• I would like to create some more simple monoprints - just white silhouettes on colour and then monotyping some simple lines over the top. 
• Overall though, I think this will definitely be a primary print process in the creation of my final images.