Experiments

Grain Studies

A study of gradients with heavy grain, printed on uncoated paper so the colour sits in the fibre.

Client

Self-initiated

Year

2025

Role

Colour study, print

Deliverables

Series of 8 gradient prints

Brief

Gradients that look smooth on screen often turn flat and plastic in print. I wanted gradients that feel physical, like pigment sitting in paper.

Approach

Every gradient was built with heavy grain and proofed on four uncoated papers until the colour stopped looking digital. The final eight were printed as a numbered series.

Result

The grain settings became the base for two poster commissions, and the prints are now used as swatches in client meetings.

Warm gradient, final print

Proof on uncoated paper

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