We wanted to give you all are little more insight into the art of silkscreen printing and we thought that Little Old Men is a good example.
This design is particularly difficult to print as there are so many details that you really have to think how to get it onto a t-Shirt. Take a look at what's happening in the windows, the leaves on the trees and the background: the satellite dish on the rooftop , the helicopter on the building in the far back and the detail of the stonework in some buildings.
The problems start with the color: printing white on a dark background means that you have to print two layers otherwise the white won't show well enough. Although the guys at Printworks used a really thin mesh (which you need for this detailing) the color always runs a bit when you print the second layer, making the lines thicker than yo want them. So, after much debate, they came up with the good idea to print the foreground twice and the background only once. Simple really, but you got to think of it ;)
This way they were able to achieve a degree of spatial perspective as well as the buildings in the background tend to "fade out".
We are really happy with the outcome... thanks to the team at Printworks for making this happen :)
To see the final outcome or buy little old men, see them here
You can also read more about little old men and watch a short movie clip here.