For printing, I decided to use the quote:

When will my reflection show who I am inside?

I decided to use it for my printing because it is most clear in communicating the idea of the quote. I did two attempts, one being smaller than the other. Below are the transparencies:

The first printing went well. The fading tone in the reflection also somehow managed to come through. I was happy with it and received good and kind comments from my friends.

However, some said it may be too small for the tote bag. This is because I did not let the design take up the whole space in the square format.

There was also a problem of using too much ink and I quickly learnt you do not need so much ink to make the print. A little goes a long way.

Too much ink:

Too little ink:

Just nice:

 

The second attempt definitely required as it is so much more bigger more ink but again I had to experiment how much ink to use.

Below you can see the transformation from too much ink to too little ink. In the the category where there is too much ink, details are lost in the peacock head.