Morning Commute Process - Cyan

Alright, three colors down (Yellow, Magenta, Cyan) and things are really taking shape. Just need to print the black after these dry so things can pop and we are done.
I’m actually a little afraid of how good these are turning out, I wasn’t really sure what to expect when I started earlier this weekend.
Morning Commute - Print Progress

What, what’s that? I can barely see anything…

Oh, yeah, now it’s coming together.
As promised in my previous post, I’m adventuring further in my screenprinting quest this weekend by trying out my first CMYK process color screenprint since I have become a somewhat competent printer. I tried once before, like the third print I ever made and it was a massive failure. I bought a really cool CMYK screenprint from Eric Davison at APE a few weeks ago. He uses the process to make prints of his watercolor illustrations, something I had not thought of before. In my mind, I had only thought of the process being used to re-create photographs, but it can totally be used to recreate any piece with a gradient tonal ranges; so of course I had to try it.
In case you don’t recognize the image, it’s my Morning Commute: 50,000 BC illustration. If this turns out, I think I may print up a few more of my illustrations, maybe even those Boy Scouts I’m still totally working on.
What are you working on this weekend, dear readers?
SHORK! - One More Color To Go

After how well my “KILL.” shark screenprint turned out at the end of last week, I couldn’t resist printing MY favorite drawing from my Shark Week endeavor, this here SHORK. This is printed on the same size paper as “KILL.” and would make a lovely set, I’m sure. I just need to print the final, key layer and this puppy will be ready to roll.
I have another screenprinting adventure to accomplish this weekend too, so look for a few more process shots from me this weekend or early next week.
KILL.

Hey, remember this? It was originally a gouache and ink painting I did during Shark Week. I’ve been wanting to see if I could take a colored drawing, scan it in, and separate it for screenprinting, without relying on printing four-color process, and this seemed the easiest. So this is now a three-color screenprint, and it turned out pretty great if I do say so myself! Each print is on an 8″ by 7″ piece of heavyweight paper.
If you’d like one, I’m selling them for only $10 in my Etsy store!






