Final piece - Physcogeography

How I created my final piece for Physcogeography 

Firstly I put the picture of my chosen building in to Adobe Ilustrator.

Secondly I selected the layer and used the magic wand tool and selected the blue sky and changed the consistency to get it just right.

Then I deleted the blue sky so I only had my building left.

I then copied the layer because I was clicked on the background, I then duplicated this layer.

I then made it black & white and used the sliders to make the wall roughly the same colour.

Using the brightness and contrast, I changed the contrast to make the wall look roughly the same again.

Using the levels to make the colours within the picture roughly the same for my screen print.

Then I started duplicating my layer several times and rearranging each layer, i moved some layers behind them by using the layers toolbar pictured on the right, also making some bigger and some smaller.

And here it is my final piece ready for a screen print.

Photoshop

Firstly I inserted the image in to Photoshop, I then used the magic wand tool to get rid of the areas I didn't want so the sky and the tree, i changed the tolerance so I didn't delete any of the building. Then I selected the image and pressed inverse and then copied the image to an A3 template. 

I then started to copy the image several times and made the photo either bigger or smaller and used the shift key to make sure the image was done in proportion. I then made sure the images was behind each other so it didn't look odd. 

I then changed the contrast of the image to 100 and changed the levels and made it black and white and made sure all of the black parts all looked a similar colour to each other and same for the white parts. This was then ready for screen printing.

Screenprint

The screen is made from a fine mesh material which is fixed to a metal frame. A stencil is placed under the screen and ink is forced through the stencil on to the material below. Screen printing with stencils is best for blocks of colour.

Firstly your positive film positive used will be exposed and will harden the light sensitive emulsion on to the tight fabric which is already on the metal frame, then you have to tape up all the yellow areas and the sides of the metal frame. Once you have done this you can then put your mix of acrylic ink with acrylic medium on to the top of the frame and then squeegee the ink across the screen stencil forcing the ink through the open areas, then lift your frame back up and squegee ink back across to keep the screen wet otherwise it will dry up.

White gel pen

I then added white gel pen to my screen print which had a red graffiti background, I found it quite difficult to chose what parts to use the white gel pen on so with some experimentation I finally selected the areas I wanted to use the white gel pen on and went for it. I found it very hard because the white gel pen sometimes wouldn't go on the paper so then I went over it which made some lines thicker then others.

Review for camera - I used manual settings so I had more control over the camera rather then auto settings, this includes the aperture and shutter speed, I shot a couple of photos and adjusted the settings to what I needed.