My good comrade, Stephanie, is currently teaching a silk screening class at
WORKS IN PROGRESS NYC
I'm totally looking forward to screen printing again, I loved doing it in college and I'm sure I'm going to love it all over again this Saturday.
I decided to go with a robot theme, since that is what I would wear on my shirt naturally, hopefully if others are interested I'll sell a few.
Here's my process of coming up with my ROBOT SILKSCREEN MADNESS.
It all started with the idea of a robot getting shot from behind:
Here are some explosions I tried out...
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| this one looks like Jesus rays |
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| this one looks more like hair... |
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| A little too cartoony for my taste, but just right for the occasion. |
Here's what it looks like together:
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| BOOM! Robot Exploding! |
I showed my buddy Colin who has been my critic and partner since high school. He's brilliant at taking my simple ideas and turning them into awesome ones.
Conquistador firing squad.
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| Short Stocky Robot |
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| Long Lanky Robot |
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| Top Heavy Robot |
That poor robot native never knew what hit him...
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| Merciless. |
Even with all that, Colin thought it could use more...
"...a dead robot on the floor is a must, and pieces of dead robots strewn all over, slag and oil everywhere."
I wish I had more time to finish up that amazing image. I started on one of the dead robots, but I know to make this really work, it needs to be ridiculous.
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| Yeah, I'm influenced by German Expressionism. |
That's what I got for now. Unfortunately, Saturday's lesson is only going to be working with one color. I can't wait till I can start playing with more COLORS again.
Till next time... MORE ROBOTS.
