This was after I'd printed out several positives from the computer at a dpi that was far too fine for CMYK. After these two mishaps, I began printing Yellow first - assuming again, like spot colours, that lightest comes first, and had to clean up and start again. Of course these all seem pretty obvious now, but I guess I couldn't of worked these out otherwise and the more annoying way I find out the more likely I am to remember these things in the future.
Anyway, the finished product came out so, so much better than the first spot-colour piece, this was owed almost entirely to the Registration Marks. Being a total nerd I actually appreciate the aesthetic of this kind of left-over working, however as helpful as these were in lining the work up perfectly, I can't imagine if any commissioned screen printing work came about that the presence of these in the finished piece would be an option. A majority of the staff in Vernon Street kept pushing me to tape them up because they would be 'unsightly'. So I guess I would have to perhaps crop them out in the future.
Colour-wise I'm really happy with the finished piece as well, having not printed CMYK before I was unsure how similar to the original on-screen piece the colours would look, but I think they look amazing despite the lack of likeness. I guess this was kind of a happy accident - but I've learnt a lot from it. Now that I know the aesthetic differences between the two as well as the practical, I feel comfortable about making judgements on the appropriate process for future work in the screen printing studio and the fact that there's a huge amount of options available for me to engage with dependent on the work I would like t produce.
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