ljbillustration-blog
Laura Burns
Illustrator • based in Manchester/ Liverpool •
I have a keen interest in printmaking, particularly silk screen print. I love bright colours and making my work look fun! This is a blog of all the fun things I'm up to at the moment!
Website: http://cargocollective.com/ljbillustration
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Fun day back in the print studio today making some screen prints for the degree show! #screenprinted #screenprint #ljmu #teddygirls #illustration (at John Lennon Art & Design building, John Moore's University)
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Looking forward to a good session in the photography studio tomorrow morning getting some snazzy pics of my new prints! 📸 #illustrated #screenprint #silkscreen #colours #marbled #ljmu
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A sneak peak at one of my final prints from this set! At first I have to admit I didn't have faith in this project at all and I honestly thought it was going to look crap..... BUT once again my screen printing skills have surprised me and I love what I've created! The colours worked so well with the dark printed text over the top- just the boldness I wanted!
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My new love in life is mixing inks together on screen... Something I've never done before but always wanted to experiment with! And it works SO well! Love how each print is different to the rest due to the different colour pattern!
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So the past couple of weeks I've been working on a new project based on the idea behind Bob marleys most famous protest songs and their relation to the Jamaican ghetto where he grew up! My print designs are based around the idea that the ghetto was a very dark place but Marley's music added happiness and colour to the slums... Keeping spirits high and bringing everyone together! Hence my experimenting with bright, tropical, fluorescent colours for the tshirts (adding colour to dull, dark images of the Jamaican ghetto!) I will be adding my illustrated lyrics from Marley's top protest songs to the tshirts in the next day or so! (Some of the images used for my final prints are edited/ cropped versions of photographs taken by photographer Scott Nelson)
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A sneak peak at my possible final 6 teddy girl prints! LOVE the red I made, works really well with the dark grey!
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Cute little experimental screen printed logo, not sure whether I'll use it but just wanted to see how the sizing printed
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More developments in my teddy girls project! Working on some layout ideas for my final set of prints... Combining the images with my illustrated chalk lettering! I need to consider composition as its going to play a huge part in my final 6!
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Experimental teddy girl prints! As much as I love the pink on pink for these prints I'm sure I'll use it in my final prints as its a bit too innocent a nice.... Something that the teds weren't!
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When the ketchup comes out looking like a very funky number 5!
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Working on some illustrated lettering. I created this lettering using chalk and a blackboard before editing on Photoshop! I love the grainy textures the chalk creates, my fav so far is the text in the middle of the image! Especially how the letter D has turned out on dress mmmmm
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Working on a new project based on the subculture of British youths in the 1950s.... The teddy girls! Editing my photos down ready for screen- all images used were taken by photographer Ken Russell in 1955!
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Photos of my finished recent graphic arts research project (dissertation)! Actually rather proud of myself for this, not only for writing 8000 words on illustrated lettering but for also making it into a snazzy publication!
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Photographs from my experimental book of prints! Loving how these turned out- possibly some of my favourite pieces of work I’ve made so far!
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Experimental prints with my favourite two colours- orange and blue
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Using limited screen print colours is my fav!
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I used the images I had collected and added a few more so I had 12, enough to make the clock face. This was my favourite out of the girls initial designs so I chose to experiment with this first rather than the grid layout, I also kept the Baskerville 8. I began by trying to spread the items out evenly, I did this by placing the images over the origional design so everything would be in a perfect circle. It took a bit of tweaking to get it right, adjusting sizes so everything matched but I'm pleased with the redesign I've made. I chose to just recreate the circle of images and photoshop this onto the existing advert as I really liked the text and the layout so I didn't see any point in changing it.
At first I wasn't confident it would work well with photos of the items but I think with the right colour scheme and images I've made a successful outcome! I used photoshop to put the redesigned ad into the magazine and I think it actually works a lot better than our first piece. Ant was right- using real images makes the advert a lot bolder!
I then had a go at putting my new design onto our final photograph of the bags, this was actually very tricky and the outcome isn't the best but I can still see how it makes a bolder outcome. I'm going to have a play around with photo-shopping the design 1 or 2 other photos of the bags, doing a more precise job as I'd like to see if it works with the others too.
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