Screen Prints
Anniversary in Blue
Emulsion, 9” x 12”, 2025
Comic Inspired by Tim Sale and Jeph Loeb’s Spider-Man: Blue. Follows a tradition where Peter leaves a rose on the Brooklyn Bridge where his former girlfriend died. Comic depicts him and his wife consoling in each other.
This work explores narrative without dialogue, to achieve the effect of a somber quietness. To add to this, color is used for a similar purpose, harmonizing the piece’s mood, achieved through five layers.
Line was used as an experimentation as well, with certain panels using conventional comic-making techniques, such as blotting (third panel) and halftones (sixth/seventh panels). This was done as a test, to see both the capabilities of the screen to replicate comic textures, as well as a way to see how these techniques guide the mood and eye of the viewer.
Different extremities of value were experimented with digitally. A lighter scale was decided on to ease the emotional transition to comfort in the final three panels.
Blue sky colored paper was used to add a fifth color layer to the piece, allowing rain/water and skin tones to be colored to further the mood. Final color palette was adjusted to complement the paper, as well as to make the brightness less straining on the eyes.
