Screen Printing - The Maccabees - GO
I used the watercolour pattern, that I scanned in, to form a circle shape to represent a green light. I experimented with various contrasts and effects for my positives to achieve different outcomes, however my favourite was just the flat image as it was consistent and clean. To avoid being boring or too simple I used a gradient on the flat image, this image was repeated on either side of the first sleeve. When printing the flat image to my second sleeve, the sleeve got stuck to the screen and produced a not so clean outcome as the first, instead of just throwing it away, I decided to overlay the image with a bitmap style resolution of the same image, the outcome was surprisingly nice.
The reason I decided to screen print my sleeve was due to the nature of the bands previous record covers and their use of hand drawn illustrations. I think the hand rendered aspect of the design relates to their style of music which is labeled as Indie. The music they play is soft, warm and inviting, which I have tried to reflect through my design such as the use of watercolours to begin with instead of something such as oil paints. The colour choice is vibrant and fun but also has the contrast to help it not be overwhelming.
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