When I was 11 years old, I wanted to be a cartoonist like Jim Davis, the creator of the Garfield comics, and I made up a cartoon character that I named Herby. I used the drawing I made when I was 11 years old as a reference for the character in my screen-printing project. I was inspired to create a cartoon-like serigraphy print reminiscent of a comic strip or the Sunday Comics.
I used stencils for both layers because I could tell they would create the effect I was aiming for based on the sketches I had made. I used screen filler for the lettering and chose a phrase that I thought would be positive, lighthearted, and uplifting, which is the feeling I would get when reading the Sunday Comics or Garfield comic books. The lettering is hand drawn to emphasize the cartoon-like style I wanted.
The layers of colors are misaligned in some prints more than others because when I have read the Sunday Comics, I have sometimes seen that the layers of ink don’t always line up, which is my inspiration for this project. The lettering is reminiscent of how I have sometimes seen lettering in the Sunday Comics that looks blurred or smeared because of the printing.
I left off an exclamation mark in, “Way To Go”, because I wanted the statement to be ambiguous by either being a statement of encouragement or one of a sarcastic comment to making a mistake. The ambiguity is humor that is sometimes used in cartooning that I have seen.
I used stencils for both layers because I could tell they would create the effect I was aiming for based on the sketches I had made. I used screen filler for the lettering and chose a phrase that I thought would be positive, lighthearted, and uplifting, which is the feeling I would get when reading the Sunday Comics or Garfield comic books. The lettering is hand drawn to emphasize the cartoon-like style I wanted.
The layers of colors are misaligned in some prints more than others because when I have read the Sunday Comics, I have sometimes seen that the layers of ink don’t always line up, which is my inspiration for this project. The lettering is reminiscent of how I have sometimes seen lettering in the Sunday Comics that looks blurred or smeared because of the printing.
I left off an exclamation mark in, “Way To Go”, because I wanted the statement to be ambiguous by either being a statement of encouragement or one of a sarcastic comment to making a mistake. The ambiguity is humor that is sometimes used in cartooning that I have seen.