Doodling and then some

If you took any classes with me in college - especially the two hour engineering lectures, you may remember I constantly doodled on a sheet of paper folded in half, hamburger style. When I find the small stack of folded papers, I will share them as well, but this project took one of my doodles to a level I never imagined. Started while watching a Giants game, I think this is one of my most refined doodles and the real challenge for me was splitting it into four layers to meet the requirements of my silk screening class.

My friend suggested separating the main circles into different layers and that was the catalyst I needed. I realized I could create 3 distinct pairs with two background colors and two colors for details and began cutting out layers with my trusty x-acto knife. I loved this project for challenging me to think about my work as a series of layers and because it demonstrated the amount of detail potentially captured in a silkscreen. Enjoy discovering the smaller details in this piece. =]

Original Black Ink/Pen Drawing

 

Planning out the different layers for each color

 

Creating a layer to burn into a silkscreen

 

Final Print - 4 layers