Here I am creating the backgrounds of the labels, using photoshop so they will all be smooth as I doubted my abilities cutting these shapes from lino. So far I think this is going well I have been able to make some pieces I am really happy with - and digitally being able to fiddle with the colours really helps in making decisions.
Some of the images that worked well when I painted them I realised would probably not translate well into prints - such as the heart. I wanted to do the heart pale but when I was changing things around in photoshop and thinking about it I realised it would be a better idea to do it black - as then all of the main imagery would be bold and black and the backgrounds would be the green colour.
When adding text I struggled warping it so it would fit into the space - but as I had other images to sort out I decided to revisit that later, I don't know how I'm going to do it but I'm sure I will figure out a way.
In my original lino prints I really liked how the green ink showed through the black on the 'Black Cat' print, in photoshop I experimented with levels and opacity to see how it would look. I think this will be achieveable using screenprint, as when I did my screenprint workshop the blue/turquoise colour of the raven showed through the black. Maybe the black could be not true black, but a dark grey.
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