easy stroking: a cock block print.

For C.I. 

People come into your life for a reason. I am blessed to have had so many incredible people in my life serving as a wealth of inspiration. It is another layer to the thick cake. Everything I do is for the people I love and I am fortunate that that number grows daily. 

This is a step by step of the image building process for this design. This is a 13 screen print.

A simple tile print. It begins as a medallion that is lined up on its axis.  

complexity comes from the additional pieces that are added and
used as  linking strips between the individual tiles

The pattern begins to take form as a series of interlocking
 shapes that build an increasingly complex design. 

Double mirroring of the design creates an easy formula to build the image. To formulate the prints occupying the negative space I used the same screen printed on cutout shapes formulated on an axis.  Creating print puzzle pieces that are added to fill the gaps. The black outline gives the design somthing to build color on.

These prints were challenging in as much there was an attempt not to make then vulgar or offensive. My idea was to produce an attractive print independent of its contextualized parts. 

this first color is later covered by other
 printings and the layering tones it down.

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The tips and veins.

The blue overlap only catches the interior of the print creating
four diffrent distinct colors.

A second ogival shape is colored with a darker
shade to create more depth

A nice lattice in the background
makes a complimenting pattern.

Inserts allow for colors to be modified within the body of the repeat.

the gold insert also acts to move the eye back
into the body of the design.

The last fill color before the background is added.

Black as a ground color  makes the whole
design pop and unified.