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BROWSE
Dimensions (Width × Height × Depth)
13 in × 20 in
Page Count
–
Paper Stock
Cougar Natural 100lb. Cover
Number of Colors
4 spot inks
Varnishes
–
Binding
–
Typography
Fenway Park
Futura
Silkscreening allows for lots of experimentation and technical play. The amount of colors utilized play a big role on how cheap or expensive the print will be. When both of these factors come to together, additional colors can be created by overlaying one color over another by finding the exact level of ink transparency.
Grace Potter & The Nocturnals asked me to create a set of silkscreened posters to commemorate their Fall 2010 tour, and with the band hailing from Vermont, I wanted to create a piece for them to bring on the road that would capture something truly iconic of their home state. I chose to create a collage of leaves that together forms a maple leaf. All of the leaves making up the collage were scanned and hand-collected by me in Jeffersonville, Vermont!
In order for the design to come together the way I intended, the three colors I chose for the leaves had to overprint in a very specific way. The inks had to be just transparent enough, and I think the right balance was definitely achieved in the end. In order for the text to remain as crisp as possible (and to avoid a total registration headache) a last-minute call was made to print the text as a 4th color of opaque white over the leaf collage. It was a great decision and really helped the print come together as intended!
Grace Potter & The Nocturnals Fall Tour Poster
Production Method
Design
Tone Ink
Printing
The Half & Half
This post was published in the original layout of FPO so all images are smaller. Project descriptions as well as production lessons are quoted in the main content area.
Post Author
Bryony
Bryony Gomez-Palacio
Editor of FPO and co-founder of UnderConsideration LLC.
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Date Published
December 17, 2010
Filed Under
Posters
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UnderConsideration is a graphic design firm generating its own projects, initiatives, and content while taking on limited client work. Run by Bryony Gomez-Palacio and Armin Vit in Bloomington, IN. More…
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Art of the Menu / Cataloguing the underrated creativity of menus from around the world.
Quipsologies / Chronicling the most curious, creative, and notable projects, stories, and events of the graphic design industry on a daily basis.
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Prints / A variety of posters, the majority from our AIforGA series.
Other / Various one-off products.
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Brand Nieuwe Conference / Ditto but in Amsterdam.
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