Pop Art Screen Printing for Vibrant Portraits
Embellishments and Final Touches
A course by M.Tony Peralta , Artist and Creative Director
About the video: Embellishments and Final Touches
Overview
“Here, I will go over adding little touches to the portrait and signing it.”
In this video lesson M.Tony Peralta addresses the topic: Embellishments and Final Touches, which is part of the Domestika online course: Pop Art Screen Printing for Vibrant Portraits. Discover fundamental screen printing techniques to create “pop arte” style portraits inspired by New York and Latino culture.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Embellishments and Final Touches In this lesson, we'll see how to take your print to the next level. I'll show you how to make it into a pop "arte." By now, you might be frustrated, but relieved that you did your first print. In screen printing, you learn everything you need on the first day. It's something that you have to do, practice, get comfortable with the squeegee, your pressure, and all of that. If you manage to get a nice two-color print, I'll show you how we could add more color to it without having to print to it. Now, we have our pad. We have our transparency from before and w...”
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Course summary for: Pop Art Screen Printing for Vibrant Portraits
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Arts & Crafts, Screen Printing

M.Tony Peralta
A course by M.Tony Peralta
M.Tony Peralta is a contemporary artist and creative director who was born and raised in New York City. He first started drawing at school and produced his first run of t-shirts with the savings from his part-time job at just 17 years old. He later went on to complete a bachelor’s degree in media arts at Long Island University, focusing on graphic design, photography, and film. After graduating, he became the creative director of a boutique marketing company but, driven by a desire to create something in a non-digital space, M.Tony began teaching himself screen printing and enrolled in a screen printing class at the School of Visual Arts.
Since then, he’s had his work shown at museums and featured in The New York Times. He’s collaborated with clients including Nike, Bleacher Report, and Presidente Beer. He also designed his own sneakers for Adidas and currently runs his own indie brand called The Peralta Project where he creates artwork that represents his culture and upbringing.
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