Successful Screen Prints

Successful Screen Prints

After my previous attempt of screen printing, I overcame the issues I was originally having and printed a collection of identical J-cards. This time I managed to mix the blue correctly and get the correct deep blue navy. Now the colours on my J-card match the Sao Paulo flags colours pretty accurately. This ties in perfectly with my research and gives full purpose to colour relating to the fact the genre was created in this city. I managed to carefully align the type and image up with the back pattern once again. This did not prove an issue. I also sourced some off white paper that was also a little thinner. I previously used a solid white 300gsm paper stock. The problem with this was that it made the design look unfinished and also it was so thick, the cassette did not fit properly. Now, using an off white 270gsm paper stock I have fixed all of previous mistakes. When printing on the back of the J-card I made sure that this time it would definitely line up with the front, leaving no unwanted white space. I made the design slightly larger then the J-card dimensions to make sure of this. I also only used one colour on the back instead of two so that when the card was flipped you wouldn't really get distracted by something that wasn't important. The J-card fits perfectly inside the case and even when the cassette itself site inside of it. The spine and back panel are clearly separated from the other panels with no overprints or confusion between which panel is which. I managed to fold each panel with cleanliness by scoring each registration mark with a scalpel and carefully bending it.