Some notes about “Bathysphere” (that you don't care about)19 May 2008
Not that you asked but, here are some things about my Bathysphere Print that make it a bit different from previous endeavors:
- This is the first print I’ve done that never saw the inside of a computer. I did the original drawing at 100% size on actual paper using a real pencil. And then I did it again with an Identi-Pen on Duralar vellum.
- Because I kept finding new ways to do things wrong, I had to burn screens for the key screen four times. Giving up occurred to me.
- I cut the color screens with actual rubylith, just like the old days at my college newspaper.
- Having had some good luck with split fountain technique on the Gapers Block poster I used three split fountain screens for this one: three colors for the background ocean, and two each for the squid and bathysphere. Split fountain in addition to various ink transparencies opens up all sorts of interesting color possibilities and I’ll be using it a lot more in the future.
- I, for one, really like how the semi-transparent white screen worked on this, especially for the bathysphere’s searchlights.
- This is the first print I’ve done to feature an edentate mammal, but very possibly not the last.
- I printed this within a couple days of this popular squid selling out. This is a demonstration of the Law of Conservation of Squid.
One very important way in which this print is like all the others I’ve done:
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Naz
19 May 2008, 12:19 #
This one is excellent. I love the sloth.