Printing gray under discharge white
30 January, 2009 – 1:46 pmI had an order this week for a Jiu Jitsu club at a school in Philadelphia. The customer provided a mockup which had gray and white, with the gray showing in some places through the white. I told him I could probably replicate this in print and he said give it a try.
Instead of separating the layers in Photoshop and butt registering them, I just printed the full art in grey, then the white on top. Eliminating registration is cool when possible. So, I printed the gray (mixed from a previous order, Matsui inks, probably spot black, trans white, and 301 white), then flashed it, then did one layer of Matsui Discharge White on top. They came out pretty neat, with the gray being visible through the white.
I always enjoy when I can give some artistic input, suggest ideas, and experiment.
4 Responses to “Printing gray under discharge white”
Man that’s a hell of a result, nice job! Did you just print it wet-on-wet?
By Adam Woods on Jan 30, 2009
Great idea, man, really impressive effect. Did you just print wet-on-wet or did you flash?
By Adam Woods on Jan 30, 2009
Thanks. I flashed the gray as normal then printed the white on top. Wet-on-wet would have been no good, for neither the portion that was covered or the part that wasn’t.
By Stuart on Feb 3, 2009
That is a cool process. That gets me thinking about all kinds of things I can experiment with.
Great job.
By Steve Vox on Mar 1, 2009