Seperating Layers for Screenprint on PhOtOsHoP

Found this helpful tutorial that simplifies separating an images colour to make screens for multiple colour screen prints.
http://websitetemplatedatabase.com/photoshoptutorials/14-photoshoptutorial

So Bikeman is back! with his freak in a basket....
I started of by using the "magic wand" tool (whilst holding shift) to separate each colour and save it as a new layer. This was a slow process with this image and took roughly five hours.

Once all the colours are separated they need to be turned black to be then printed onto acetate. There are four colours in this image (orange, red, light blue, dark blue) and each has a separate layer. As well as this an additional layer of the whole image un-separated is needed to cover up any gaps that the magic wand missed (this will be a slightly lighter colour than the rest of the image so none of the paper or t-shirt shows through)

Here's an example of two of the layers, with markers in each corner to help with alignment whilst printing :)

 When term starts I will have access to the screen-printing studio, So Watch This Space for some fresh prints FOR SALE!!!!!!!!!!!!  ;)

Old Portfolio website

Forgot about this...a portfolio I put together last year, needs a bit of work...but anyway heres the link

http://paolofioreillustration.carbonmade.com/

Fresh New Tees

I got these T-shirts printed a few months ago and so far have only given them away to friends and family(im afraid the free offer is now over folks)....a man needs food, help a brother out and email me if you want an original design on your Tee! Price is negotiable at the moment (15 squids give or take a few bin lids). people often ask me what the guy in the middle is holding......its meant to be a spraycan from the top.

Below is the original drawing. The print is pretty simplified in terms of colour (need to get better at seperating layers for screenprints; advice would be great if youve got it)

Some anti capitalist MoNsTeRs!

This is a mock cover for the Guardian, a project taken last year. I was reading alot about capitalism in the news and the nihilistic ramblings of Hunter S. Thomspon, which depressed me..... what with all the wars and depleting resources.......Anyway i chose the alligator head based on Egyptian mythology (the anthropomorphic symbol of power). Hes stamping out the competition, and if you look closely enough, he has the symbol of the world bank on his belt buckle.

Heres some of the developmental drawings that spawned the final. They were chaotic and dense with imagery at first, but i decided to single out one character instead. Its all still in the egyptian pyramid theme.

Its Animation time!..........

Heres a recent stop motion animation inspired by the theme of movement, (song "Death of a Clown" by "The Kinks") . apologies for the crappy quality..

Ringo Star

Kind of like Ringo Starr of the Beatles (only star instead of starr.....). i drew this during a lecture when perhaps i should have been taking notes, but like when speaking on the phone, listening to someone speak seems to be one of the best times to doodle. sometimes they turn out better than others.

Bike Man opposite colours

For my recent project revolving around colour, ive been experimenting with the "polar opposites" theory of Johannes Itten... basically ive been drawing pictures using only the opposite colours of the spectrum (e.g. green and red, orange and blue). I started off with mainly location drawing but these gems appeared after weeks of drawing simply what was in front of me at the time...

The green and red guy came first and the blue and orange came next after tracing the initial shape.

The project is meant to be in a "dream-like" style, and the idea behind these two guys is the "Dream Cycle" or "Cycle of Dreams".... Possible text coming soon to accompany the images. Below are the same images after a simple photoshop tidy-up. Right at the bottom is "trippin cheese", a spin off of windsor mccay's "dreams of a rarebit fiend" (basically just comic strips about the trippy dreams you have after eating cheese late at night). More updates soon........!