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Hey /gd/, sorry if this is not the right board for this thread.
I'm curious about a style lots of lo-fi homemade-ish music releases' artwork have. It's what you can see here http://www.raccoo-oo-oon.org/np/index.html (scroll a bit until you get to the tapes) or in pic related. This sort of two-color, old photocopy style. Is it a printing style/technique? Why does the artwork have this very distinct old-school "style", regardless of the color choices? Any insight is appreciated.
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it's both aesthetic choice and an economical one. there's a good chance lots of those covers are silk screened, which is a cheap way to do color prints (but limits you to one or two colors, since each layer needs to be hand printed)... while the technique is similar acros those tapes, I'd say the imagery has a lot of vareity and feels very contemporary. But the printing method is almost like an instagram filter, unifying them with the same effect. Lots of those images were composed on a computer and probably printed onto acetate for the silkscreen. also a lot of the imagery being sampled comes from old movies and advertisements...
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Thank you anon, that was extremely helpful.
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Also look up riscograph printing
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>This
Look up risograph printing
(If you're in the UK Hatopress will send you a free sample pack if you just ask by email - Hell, they might even send one outside the UK)
Look at halftone as well.
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