It being the first time doing a screen print, there was uncertainty as to whether the exposure of the screen would be able to capture the detail of the illustration. Overall the quality of the screen was shown, it was the quality of the screen printing that was lacking.
The ink in this first print is neither flat nor strong enough to stand out prominently against the black fabric. The translucent quality is undesired. This was due to a failure to flood the screen prior to printing.
The second attempt at printing produced a slightly better result, where the details of the illustrations are better shown.
By going over the art work several times and becoming more familiar with the process, I was able to produce higher resolution prints that had a more flat uniform colour. However the colour shown immediately after printing is not the same when dried.
As the white ink dries, it becomes less saturated in colour and lowers the quality of the print. This is mainly due to printing white onto black fabric. As the paint dries, it seeps into the fabric more and more which in turn shows more of the black fabric.
Printing was also done on white fabric. In these prints, the black ink definitely contrasts and dries better than the white on black fabric. However the positives were printed wrong prior to the exposing process. The black ink was supposed to produce a composition to that of the black fabric. The black ink was supposed to colour the hair and shading of the artwork and not the opposite as seen above. The intended result is an inverted image that still works visually however is not intended.
From these two experiments, the prints done on the white fabric are more successful. The black ink produces a more contrasting and visually uniform colour when printed.
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