Posted by 88teeth on December 7th, 2008 in Process • 2 Comments
‘The Fool’ begins his journey as a pencil layout and is suddenly teleported into a world of digital dodging & burning. After some crude layout sketches to develop the idea for the Tarot card, the sketch is redone in my drawing book at a larger size where i can add more detail and finish the design. Intended to be an ink drawing, using pens, brushes and other utensils - i ran out of time to finish this Tarot drawing and decided it would be faster to complete it digitally. (uh.. yeah. right!) Continue reading this post »
Posted by 88teeth on December 1st, 2008 in Art Theory • Photography Blog • 1 Comment
Printing at your local drugstore can save time and money, if you are willing to make a trade-off in reliability and quality of your output. This is not to say that you should expect your prints to be screwed up - but, it is wise to accept the possibility and take precautions. A couple of easy steps you can take are researching your photo lab and its equipment, and preparing your images appropriately.
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Posted by 88teeth on November 30th, 2008 in Art Theory • Artwork Blog • 3 Comments
Black in Black
Rich black is a comparative term used to differentiate a process black (100% K) from one that is composed of black and combinations of other colors (C/M/Y/K), the added color giving a ‘richness’ to the otherwise pallid black (K). Although rich black commonly refers to printing, this technique has long been used in painting, where a deep red might be combined with black to produce a more rich color with added spatial depth.
The main difference between printing with process black (K) and a rich black (C/M/Y/K) is the rich black will have a higher density, due to using more ink, thus blocking the reflective quality of the paper white. There are many recipes for ink mixes depending on whether you are mimicking an RGB black in a software program, want a cool black or a warm black - we’ll discuss those later. Continue reading this post »
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