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What to do for images?

Monday, January 25th, 2010

What do I print? Maybe you are like me and find that a challenging question. I have lots of ideas but it seems like it is difficult to get an image I like on a transparency. I am not very familiar with image editor software, but I am slowly learning to use Gimp in my spare time (ha, ha).

This weekend, I found a way to make images that I think has potential to work with my limited experience and time. I opened a generic flower photo in Gimp and made it into a black and white photo. I added a layer that was trasparent to trace the image. I then used the touchpad and traced the image. I picked the flowers that had the shape I wanted and just loosely drew around the design. I magnified the image and smoothed up and cleaned up the edges. I saved the transperancy with a white background and adjusted the image to be darker.


I am anxious to have a chance to make the transperancies and print the design. I would like to add a second color to the center of the flower with a paint brush to give the slight green highlight that dogwood flowers have. I am looking forward to experimenting with this idea to get more images to use. The best part is that I used free software and photos that I already have!

Michelle

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Yudu mistakes and you learn more- Tips to share

Sunday, December 27th, 2009

We recently did a project and learned a lot from our first failure. Marie made this design in Photoshop 7 using brushes and included the title of her favorite song.

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The first time we screened the design it flooded from the edges of the design and was completely ruined. We quickly washed the tote in cold water to remove the ink. Here is what we learned:

  • Blocky images are harder to flood with ink when pulling the design as a beginner. It is harder to make an even coat with the larger space.

  • If the image is too close to the edge of the emulsion on the screen the ink squeezes out the sides and bleeds and ruins the sharp edges. We have started to watch how close our designs are to the edge of the screen. Even taping the design can not prevent this from happening if it is too close to the edge.

  • To keep the tote flat while printing we cut a piece of thick strong cardboard and stuffed it into the tote. Then we screened it in the Yudu as usual.

We redid the screen and rescreened the tote. Here is our finished product. Sometimes we learn valuable lessons from our mistakes!

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Try this image!

Friday, December 25th, 2009

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Hey everyone, how are all your screenprinting projects going?

I’m pretty excited for mine. We just got a new printer with a built in scanner on top. Now I can scan in all of my sketches and start screenprinting them onto what ever I want.

I’ve been fooling around all morning with a few of my drawings, so I thought that I would share with you my first sketch turned into yudo design.

Keep in mind I haven’t burned a screen with this design so I don’t quite know if the tips of the beak and feet will turn out but feel free to use it for any of your yudo projects!

Here is a link to a larger image to the picture above:
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I’d love to hear about some of your finished project or designs, so leave a comment! and feel free to ask questions if you have any problems.

I’ll be updating every once in a while with new designs that you can use in the future too, so make sure to come back and check :)

-Marie

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Quick Yudu hints and tips

Friday, December 25th, 2009

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Here are just a few tips we have learned so far:

If your emulsion starts to tear- it is probably too wet. Use a hairdryer to dry the emulsion where it is trying to tear or let it set longer in the drying chamber.

To speed drying time before printing a new color of ink- Lift the screen very carefully and use the hairdryer to dry the ink to prepare for a new color.

Save money and put 4 to 5 images on each screen for multiple uses. To use one image just tape off the area that you aren’t screening.

In your image editor set your RGB values to 0 to ensure your image comes out as black as possible.

To get a darker image when using your photo printer make sure to use photo not black cartridge only. This lays down more ink for a darker image that burns better.

Yudo mistakes and learn more, click here to see what we learned.

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