Receipt Colour Printing

Receipts
Colour Printing

During the tutorial with Anna Francis she was mentioning to me ways in which I could show how I have categorized my receipts slightly clearer to the viewer without revealing too much!
One of the ways she suggested is to colour the receipts in relation to the colours of the pins I had set up in my studio space.

So I took down all of the original receipts from my studio wall and started to scan them in on my printer in which I could use them in Photoshop to change the colour of them.

This is what the scanned images looked like when I processed them on my computer:

Once I had scanned them in on my computer, I went onto opening them into a file on Photoshop and placing a semi transparent film of colour on top of the receipts in order to show the categories within the products.

This is what it looked like one I had placed a film of colour on the receipt and printed them off:

Represents food

Represents everyday items

Represents clothing

These are the same categories I had placed them in before with the pins but instead of using the pins I have cut them out in various colours. After doing so I found out that where the receipts had been previously creased, the printer had printed the colour off darker than normal. Therefore I used this to my advantage and used the harsh printing lines to form the creases on the paper to make it look like a receipt and the illusion that it has been in someones pocket all scrunched up.

I then started to present it on my studio wall in the same way as the last time I presented the original receipts: 

This made the studio wall really colorful which enticed some of the viewers mirroring the attraction that manufacturers want in their products.

I enjoyed making these receipts but the main problem was that I don't think the printed out versions were as good as the original ones and don't have the same effect. 

I have a Crit soon so I will soon so ill see what other students think!