Create a two color poster design using either Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator. You will be introduced to what makes a good poster design. You will evaluate several poster designs, learn the steps to creating a screen printed poster design as well as being responsible for creating a unique, well thought out design of your own. Once the designs are complete, you will learn the full screenprinting process on paper and become certified to use Open Studio at Ink Lounge. The one day workshop will cover the basics of screenprinting on paper. The workshop will cover art, film prep, screens, mesh, emulsion, squeegees, inks, exposure, registration - pretty much everything you need to know to get up and printing. Printing: You’ll be printing 10 prints of a single image you create or select from our library. Final size of print is 11x17 and you will use the same 2 inks colors on all 10 prints, but on 10 colors of paper so you get a chance to see how the inks react with different paper colors.

Final product added yellow as background layer

Added both pieces to chess board without yellow backing

added phrase to the side of the chessboard. 

Set chessboard layout onto board. Set board as masking layer.

Mandarin on translator. "The game of chess is like a sword fight.

Blue backing as liquid swords

Both pieces were drawn on sketch freehanded. Then taken into illustrator to color in outline. Then inverted to black out.

Samurai piece with blue background to pay homage to liquid swords album

Initial sketches