First Attempt Sim Process

[screenxpress]

I think a lot of first timers, myself included, started making adjustments right away trying to fix this and fix that and only got deeper in the hole. 

Let things settle in before you start to panic.

I like wet on wet when sepped right and you can do so much with just a handful of screens.  Sometimes 4-5 screens can look like 7-9 screens.

And I sure ain't no expert at it, lol.

[blue moon]

The only tiny part I would throw in is when you start printing, do not even think you have a problem in a setup until you have printed at least 6 - 8 images. 

I feel that wet on wet takes a few prints for the colors to settle in for the long haul.

Anyone else agree?

yup, color gets close in 6-8. It takes 20 to fully settle for us. Red takes the longest.

pierre

[prokegler]

OK, here it is.
1. Base White medium speed, heavy pressure double stroke (single stroke not bright enough for my liking) on a 200 mesh!
2. Red double stroke 230 mesh to get brightness where I wanted it.
3. Blue double stroke (again for darker look) on a 230 mesh
4. Double yellow on a 230 mesh
5. Black single medium pressure stroke on 305...(first used 200 and much too much black!) Accidentally used the 200 for black! Brain freeze!!
6. Hi Lite White medium single stroke 230 mesh.
All in all, I can live with this print. I'm sure there are better methods and if I were doing this type of printing all the time it would be useful knowledge to have.
If I were doing this type of printing ALL OF THE TIME, I would buy an AUTOMATIC!!!! Just sayin'

Critques welcomed!!
Thank you all for the advice you gave me. I ALMOST feel like a pro (NOT) but you did make me feel more comfortable in my endeavor!! Now, I hope I sell them all..... 200 + hoodies and t's!!

[3Deep]

Not a bad job, but it could use more detail in the shadow area's, sometimes there is no need to print a black and use your white and other colors to give you that detail, but since you did print a black I would have mix a little of the white base in a halftone under the black for detail.  Over all looks like what you wanted and that is the main thing, because every print I do ain't up to everyone's taste but I like it LOL good work

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[prokegler]

Thanks 3Deep. I wish I were more versatile in Photoshop. Lol, I'm self taught and I HATE TO READ!!!!!!! I know just enough to get me in trouble!!
There are many things I would love to be able to figure out but not sure what to look for to create the images I want. Hi-lighting and shadowing in original art are 2 of them.....
All of these car images are my own tracing of an original pic of the champs at our local track.....

After pondering over night, I decided to try something a little different.

1. Double stroke base heavy pressure
2. Single stroke heavy pressure Blue, Red
3. Single stroke Medium pressure black
4. Double heavy pressure Yellow
5. Single medium Hi lite White.......

This time, I flashed between EVERY color just long enough to run the stroke of each color. (Previous pic had flash only on UNDERBASE White).
This method gave me a much smoother print and I like it even more.
Also printed on a Charcoal T to get an idea of what it would look like....