does anyone have experience silk-screening?

[gunslinger_burrito]

I want to know how detailed I can get. This will be for a new Tarot card set which will be silk-screened, so I'm trying to figure out how large and detailed I can draw if I want to print cards that are about 2.5"x 4.75"

I know I can't get too detailed, but does anyone have experience or tips?

Thanks brrrreeeaux!

[space6oy]

like i suggested in another thread, could drop my pals a line & ask about it.
http://alisonrose.com (they retail shirts & hats & all sorts of stuff)
http://dwrex.com (he does mainly his own art on shirts & prints)

i actually have had a screen print kit laying around for years & still haven't gotten into it...

[skullservant]

I used to intern at a screen printing studio and screenprinted for years in college. Depending on the screen mesh/emulsion fluid that you use you can get pretty detailed. I can't remember the brand of the mesh that I would use regularly, but I know that it was yellow.

If you can find something more than the little Speedball kits as far as fluid go, I would highly suggest it. The professional stuff that I used was pink and it ruled. I'll have to see if I can't dig up some names of the suppliers.

As far as your artwork goes, after you are done illustrating it, if it's not already vectored, you should vector it. I've gotten some pretty extreme detail before:

*gasp, one of the few times I've posted my actual artwork on here*

The following are digipaks that I made based off of a vectored photo. Most of them turned out really well, and if they didn't, I just laid the screen back down and did another swipe. This was ENTIRELY done in my apartment, not the studio that I worked at. So it's possible to get a high level of detail without actually having super pro equipment!