From the beginning of this project, I knew that I really wanted to try out screen-printing. I had never had the chance to do it before and I love the way it looks and textures it creates. My early research and visual mapping led me to keywords that included texture, so I wanted to incorporate this in my final poster design even if I wasn't able to in my research. The red hands and 'T' would be screen-printed over a black & white digital print to create that textured effect and look like someone had graffitied it over a product advert.
This is the screen-print without the digital print underneath on textured paper.
I'm really happy with how the screen-print turned out on the poster. It's really nicely textured and has that graffiti sort of feel to it which I really wanted to achieve through this way of printing. It also doesn't line up or over take perfectly which makes it feels super organic and I love the bright colours it was able to create. Really love how this turned out and I definitely want to try screen-printing more throughout my work.
spotted on the wall behind the white horse theater!!
Happy one year to Bolt in the Blue by @valeriianz ! Truly the best band au fics I've ever read, I am Endless' #2 fan forever (#1 is Hob, of course) 💙🎸✨
+ alt. colors for the flyer & other scans:
i love taking advantage of my art uni's massive (MASSIVE) scanners for literally anything i can. it's got the most gorgeous grit and scan banding that photoshop trickery cant replicate (though i try lol). so, yes, i literally printed out the b&w flyers, scanned them in, then added color and printed them again to stick on my wall haha.
when digitally adding color, i wanted it to really feel like black ink on colored paper instead of trying to print on color paper and then scan it again (i have done this before idk). i think the xerox-y look is pretty convincing! the green, pink, and purple are my personal favs.
an irl friend suggest i try non-black-ink versions to see what i liked. i think they look cool but some of the text gets a bit lost. still, i like the pale yellow+red ink one. (this almost makes me want to try riso printing this to see what it'd look like 👀👀).
^ this is what the white horse metal barrier edit looked like before I added the Huji Cam filter lol. it wasn't feeling convincing enough like this, so i actually took a photo of my laptop screen with the filter and somehow that looked more real than the actual shot from the show lol. (also, because i've stared at this screenshot for so long, the orange/yellow June 12th poster? is everything on it a reference?? loll)
anyway, had a lot of fun making this!! feel free to print if you want!! READ THE FIC EVERYONE GO READ BOLT IN THE BLUE RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Chiho Saito's 1998 covers for the two Revolutionary Girl #Utena novels written by Witch from Mercury writer Ichirō Ōkouchi, 'Twin Saplings,' and 'Verdant Hopes.'
Saito's commentary on them, roughly:
Twin Saplings: "Utena's dignified in this picture, isn't it?"
Verdant Hopes: "I rarely get to draw Anthy princess-like. Cute..."
Both of these novels have been translated, and are hosted in multiple formats on Empty Movement! I encourage you to check them out if you're a Witch from Mercury fan, and want a glimpse into his earlier work and the show he drew so so much inspiration from!
Based on my writing draft and contextual knowledge, I decided to change my question/title to better fit with the research I've done and the direction my writing is heading in. In my writing I talk more about universal design, the history surrounding it and how well it works as accessible design. The title "is universal design the solution to building a world for all?" fits this a lot better.