Text and Explosion

Printer ink on acetate

When trying to create my text on a circle on acetate, I realised my printer wasn't capable of printing on it! This led to the ink running everywhere. I thought I would leave it to dry and when I cam back it looked like this! It was almost like a cabbage leaf print! I thought it would perhaps work well as an organic looking explosion, so I printed the ink onto a piece of paper. I later scanned it in and layered it over the top of one of my building paintings. I thought it looked quite impressive, but when printed out the red had lost it's vibrancy and was difficult to see. On discussion with Ceri she said she didn't read it as an explosion at all. I will now try to create some organic looking explosions using inks I think.