Adele Diamond Disc Print

This is the Diamond disc as part of 3 of 3 metallic discs I'm making for my final piece. This one features Adele and her track "Love Song" on her album 19.

Pink Floyd Platinum Disc Print

This is the Platinum disc as part of 2 of 3 metallic discs I'm making for my final piece. This one features Pink Floyd and their track "Money" on their album The Dark Side of The Moon.

Madonna Gold Disc Print

This is the Gold disc as part of 1 of 3 metallic discs I'm making for my final piece. This one features Madonna and her track "Paradise not for me" the one associated with fame.

The work process of this can be found here.

Final peice work process

This is the work in progress 'Gold disc'.  Part of 1 of 3 metallic discs I'm making for my final piece.

I have chosen to use ink pen for my primary choice of mark making because it is good for precise and controlled line.

After this I transferred this onto a piece of folex. This is to expose my silk screen with my image.

The first was a layer of white because the inks appear duller on dark paper so this should spruce it up a little. Next was a layer of yellow followed up by the final layer of gold for the lines. I am happy with how this had turned out. 

Label design development

The original label design

The 2nd version

The 3rd version

Print run 9: Platinum disc

I am happy with how this one turned out, it looks fantastic.  As with my Gold disc print test run, I similarly layed down a layer of white first to stop the colour of the paper showing through. From previous experiences, I know that often grey on black paper looks slightly bluish.

The second layer was a light grey. I started by mixing medium and white in a 50/50 ratio, and then very gradually adding paynes grey to it in small amounts to make it darker. It is easy to go overboard with this and make it go too dark.

After the grey has dried, I printed the last colour in silver.

Print run 8: Gold disc

I was really happy with how my gold disc had turned out but I noticed that it looked a bit green. I tried to print it again but this time to lay down a layer of white first. I am aware that screen printing is quite translucent so that colour of the paper can make lighter colours appear darker.

Overall this has worked well and it looks a lot more like a Gold disc rather than a green disc. I am going to do test runs of each colour so that when I do my final piece, I wouldn't have to spend so much time deciding what colour to use.

Final peice ideas, gold, platnium, diamond discs

I've been trying to establish a reoccurring theme between the three gold, diamond, plat records I'm basing my designs on. The album's and artists I've chosen are: Pink Floyd's Darkside of the Moon, Adele's 21 and Madonna's  (album called Music 2000). I've been listening to the songs and wrote out all the track names on each album on a big bit of paper so that I can see a overview of all of them.

I've come up with several ideas for what the reoccurring theme could be. I'm going to list below the re-occurring themes and then how the 3 connect to each other as a whole. At the end I'm going to say which one I've decided to use.

• Pink Floyds "On the Run", Adele's "He won't go", 3. Madonna's "Runaway Lover". All three albums deal with love and heartbreak on some level. One is about leaving someone, refusing to leave (thus holding on) and being left by someone. I think this is the strongest idea of the 3. I think love is a good theme because its a universal thing that people experience.
• Pink Floyds "Speak to me", Adele's "Rumour has it" and Madonna's "Don't tell me" This deals with perhaps the dysfunctional end of relationships. These titles suggest mistrust, suspicion or betrayal of someone.
• Pink Floyds "Money", Adele's "Love Song", Madonna's "Paradise not for me" I come up with this  one because theres a saying that goes something like "You can't buy love/happiness with money". Each song represents varying levels of attachment to either fame, money or love.

Chosen theme 

The 3rd one, because music these 3 things is what musicians have to commonly deal with throughout their careers. This is going to serve as content that can go inside the plaque box below the vinyl.

Screen print run 7

The base layer is a semi transparent yellow filled shape and I've printed on the gold line design over the top of it. At first initial glance you may only notice the yellow circle but upon closer inspection, you will discover all the hidden detail.

I've tried to make the label look in proportion to a record so that the viewer can identify the object as a vinyl. I think I should have a consistency of having equal centers to make the separate discs look unified as a whole.

I've decided to made the center hole black because before the label was black and that made it look like the hole. When the hole is gold, it looks like it's the positive. This works way better.

Going to try if I can make the yellow look less green and try to come up with a solution for Platinum/Diamond record equivalent in colour.

Screen Print run 6

My project is about detail and quality of line. I've presented these as a two because the inverted charcoal drawings look really strong pieces together. They are like piercing eyes looking right back at you.

The gold color refers back to gold discs. I know it's simple but sometimes black and white does it for me. Maybe it's the photographer part of me speaking.

 

 

Vinyl project critical reflection

Making them look more like Vinyl

The gold disc looks good but the label section needs to be a bit bigger. Try to the label in proportion to a record so that the viewer can identify the object as a vinyl. A consistency of having equal centers would be appropriate. Most framed vinyl are displayed portrait and aren’t in A size. The rectangle appear to be a bit wider in width than a standard A3 piece of paper. Try to make it look like a record, you’ve already got “sections”, where each song is divided up. 

The gold colour is fine because when people here this, they automatically think of “vinyls”. You are making a connection with how people display them in their homes in frames.

Screen print run 5

I'm re-printing some of my previous designs because I think displaying them as a series of two or three looks better presenting them individually. I think they work stronger as a pair.

These two are not inverted positive/negatives of each other like they have been in the past. Notably, one is more irregular than the other. I think this adds visual contrast to the piece.

Compilation of vinyl records

These designs reflect different moods and emotions of music. Each one is similar due to the fact they are discs but they each one varies from one another. Some are geometric circles, some handrawn, and some are angular. The sizes of each one vary in size and some have borders whilst some do not.

They are arranged by style, the first 6 are drawn line and the rest are solid shape negative versions. These are done on Photoshop because Screen-printing is a time consuming process and it takes far too long to do. I can visualize these designs much faster electronically and once I establish a design that works I can produce it in screen as the final finish.

However, maybe they looks too decorative. There’s too many colours and it looks distracting from the detail. What made my designs in the past look good was the quality of line. When you add all these colors, it doesn’t look like that is what it’s about now. I think I could create a separate series that can go alongside the metallic designs.

 



Screen print run 4

I have tried re-printing my designs in silver. The paper has made it a slightly blue hue. These pieces are identifiable as vinyl's because people associate the color with framed mounted silver discs.

Perhaps I can create a metallic series of Gold, Platinum and Diamond discs. This will tie in neatly with the thematic of my project.  I want to express of physicality of owning vinyl; something that we are emotionally attached to and love.

Framed gold disc

I finally mounted and framed my work. I bought the mount board and got support at the fabrication facility to get it cut to size. I hadn't done this before so trying to get my head around cutting the middle out to make a "window" took a while. The artwork itself needed to be slightly larger so that it just doesn't fall through. 

I've made sure there is a lot of "breathing" space between the frame and the image so that it doesn't look too constrained in a small space. I wasn't sure if it was going to be portrait or landscape, it could be either really.

Maybe I should try framing one within a square shaped frame also.

Screen print run 3

I printed out my designs in gold like how people have vinyl gold discs framed on their walls. The black paper helps it stand out.

Overall, I'm feeling positive with how this one turned out.

 

 

Screen print run 2

Experimenting with incorporating color into my designs from having worked in black and white. It looks colorful to look at but I'm not sure if that is the mood I want to convey.

Different densities of line, black discs

I did some designs and then went back over the top with it over and over to build up almost a solid disc. The overlapping lines on the last one are so thick that it almost looks like a vinyl. When you compare it with the one that has one layer of line, they both look very different from one another.

I think the middle one looks most successful. The lines look almost undistinguishable in the last one so I think maybe it's better not to make it too dense.

Screen print run 1

My first run at screen-print at Bower Ashton campus.

The idea was to print a semi transparent disc and then print over the top of it the lines in gloss. It looks slightly varnishy but it didn't turn out how I expected it to be.

I'm still quite a novice user, a lot of prints didn't come out right because the paper got stuck to the screen. I wasn't sure to leave the dot in the middle as positive or negative on the Folex. At least I will know for next time.

Extended Practice: Pen drawing

I used a thick brush pen to draw music on A3 paper. In the past, it hasn't been very successful but because I am working on a larger scale now, I think it's been working better than before.

I am going to draw over the same line with another line and build up layers and layers until it looks like a record. More posts to come...