tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post7506195171719487251..comments2024-03-27T05:22:27.604-05:00Comments on Eddie Campbell: About drawing paper. (part 3)Eddie Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02492020671613766729noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-9557120745947428842007-07-05T17:44:00.000-05:002007-07-05T17:44:00.000-05:00Most of "My Dead Grandmother Keeps Getting Mail" w...Most of "<A HREF="http://www.juniormadscientist.com/2007/05/31/my-dead-grandmother-keeps-getting-mail/" REL="nofollow">My Dead Grandmother Keeps Getting Mail</A>" was done on standard sketch paper. When the ink washes buckled the pages, I just ironed them on a low setting under a cover sheet of heavier stock. This worked for the most part, though there were a couple of pages that puckered around the edges. No adverse effects to the image.<BR/><BR/>At the advice of a friend, I've taken to doing my <A HREF="http://www.juniormadscientist.com/24-hour-comics/" REL="nofollow">24-Hour Comics</A> on the matte-side of standard comic book backing boards. These are nice to bottled inks and Sharpies, but industrial markers like the Magnum 44 tends to pool on the glossy backing then leech beyond the surface lines.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-79096045432620581912007-07-04T15:36:00.000-05:002007-07-04T15:36:00.000-05:00Never mind a bath, a shower usually does the job (...Never mind a bath, a shower usually does the job (although at school we had to make do with a thoroughly soaked sponge).<BR/>N.spacedlawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12462723005560128474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-36716521844359196752007-07-04T13:44:00.000-05:002007-07-04T13:44:00.000-05:00Correction: Bacchus = Roman.Dionysus = Greek.Same ...Correction: Bacchus = Roman.<BR/>Dionysus = Greek.<BR/>Same god, essentially....<BR/><BR/>Almost the perfect 'crime'. :(<BR/>Curse you monentary lapse of trivial knowledge!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-60917607888869774092007-07-04T11:18:00.000-05:002007-07-04T11:18:00.000-05:00Eddie Campbell: Paper Connoisseur. If it was once ...Eddie Campbell: Paper Connoisseur. If it was once wood-pulp he's drawn on it.<BR/>"It has a rich, fibrous body with a tantalizing texture, notably acid-free. The heady aroma is reminiscent of a wholesome, almost provincial setting. In the sediment of the paper we can see flecks, if you will, of a darker wood, with an implication of mahogany, or possibly larch*. Overall it evokes feelings of deep forests, exotic spices, and rugged lumberjacks on the rivers of British Columbia with their syrupy, syrupy pancakes**."<BR/><BR/>My comparison. However I wonder if wood pulp was ever pressed beneath the feet of joyous Greek villagers, as the wine was for the appreciative revellers and gods (or so Disney's 'Fantasia' tells me)... <BR/>Egads! Be that the case, is then Eddie the 'Bacchus' of paper??<BR/><BR/>That tied in by accident, I assure you. And clumsily so.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>*If you know Monty Python well enough, you'll understand "the Larch".<BR/>** And the Lumberjacks.<BR/><BR/>(For contribution, Steph draws on whatever paper can handle her punishing pencil lines and flooding watercolours, but it doesn't matter because most of her stuff is done on Photoshop anyways)<BR/><BR/>I need to make my comments shorter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-78152603502652799052007-07-04T10:50:00.000-05:002007-07-04T10:50:00.000-05:00CS10 paper was indeed lovely, and sadly no no long...CS10 paper was indeed lovely, and sadly no no longer available!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-36563215944151130222007-07-04T09:42:00.000-05:002007-07-04T09:42:00.000-05:00I don't have to work tomorrow. I'm going to hit th...I don't have to work tomorrow. I'm going to hit the local superstores and nab a copy of the new book.James Robert Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17281049641681225389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-47688742497855878282007-07-04T04:57:00.000-05:002007-07-04T04:57:00.000-05:00When I had a go at doing comics I bought that spec...When I had a go at doing comics I bought that special paper like you are supposed to, and ended up doing it on the back of the waste paper from work, which I guess is laser printer paper, because the proper paper was so expensive I didn't want to make mistakes on it. Never worked out if I preferred a pen or a brush before I gave it all up and threw it in the fire, so I never worked out what paper suited best. Happy days.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17550582367655414409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-61450080687446977752007-07-04T03:37:00.000-05:002007-07-04T03:37:00.000-05:00Throw it in the fire! Throw it in the fire! Mick w...Throw it in the fire! Throw it in the fire! <BR/><BR/>Mick with a capital M unlike that chap you refer to in your 'blog' (shudders inwardly)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-49779164288430048802007-07-04T03:33:00.000-05:002007-07-04T03:33:00.000-05:00Gum strip, or gummed strip, here (Cambridge, UK)Gum strip, or gummed strip, here (Cambridge, UK)Dave Sheltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03265971917147812508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-2618500953883916402007-07-04T02:23:00.000-05:002007-07-04T02:23:00.000-05:00I'm sure it's called gum strip in the UK. Or maybe...I'm sure it's called gum strip in the UK. Or maybe that's just in the north.Tom Abbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03355764045886741973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-27347544947734171312007-07-04T01:36:00.000-05:002007-07-04T01:36:00.000-05:00FRom hell ws drawn on A3 size pages, which is 16 b...FRom hell ws drawn on A3 size pages, which is 16 by 11 approx.<BR/>Nowadays i've been getting smaller, by which i mean a3 but with a bigger margin around all four sides. (The printed sizes are getting smaller, so it's logical that the art should tooEddie Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02492020671613766729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-75014190014651542602007-07-04T01:26:00.000-05:002007-07-04T01:26:00.000-05:00Nerd question: how much bigger than the printed ar...Nerd question: how much bigger than the printed art are your originals?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-72664542783595729422007-07-04T01:08:00.000-05:002007-07-04T01:08:00.000-05:00Eddie Campbell said...stretching paper is one of t...Eddie Campbell said...<BR/>stretching paper is one of those things you need to watch somebdy else do first. Everything is wet and you let it dry , with the tape round all four edges of the paper, no gaps, holding it to the board. Sometimes the paper is so strong it bends my lightweight board, and it feels good to drum your fingers on the taut surface, with a couple of milimeters of space between it and the bowed board. You paint on it while it's like that. when finished and completely dry, Razor it off around the edges, leaving a half inch of tape on the art paper. you can always trim it closer later. you need to leave a huge margin between the art and the edge of the page. i've usually got a couple of inches. If you try to be stingy about it you'll always end up sorry.<BR/>When I'm working on a painted book i always have two or three pages on boards at the same time.<BR/>of course, when you go back later, after you've taken it off the board, to make corrections, then you just have accept a degree of minor warping.Eddie Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02492020671613766729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-53328713645207799082007-07-04T00:58:00.000-05:002007-07-04T00:58:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Eddie Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02492020671613766729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-38020001723863651482007-07-04T00:47:00.000-05:002007-07-04T00:47:00.000-05:00it's called butcher's tape, when i went to buy it....it's called butcher's tape, when i went to buy it. after i decided to try to learn watercolour, of course i had to go out & buy all the supplies the books said to buy.... but it never worked for me. <BR/><BR/>i couldn't get the tape off once it had dried, without taking off half the thickness of the paper. if i cut off the taped edges before i painted, it would bend & buckle the same way as if it had never been stretched. what i've settled on are those watercolour pads which are gummed on three & three-fourths sides. it still ripples a bit, but it is the minimum of truoble for me.<BR/><BR/>since i use graphite rather than inks for drawing, smoothness of the paper makes a big difference. i use the official comic boards for comics, because texture is less desirable if i'll be shrinking a piece a lot & want to keep things clear. for a really neat textury, tonal look, though, i dig soft pencils on watercolour paper.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com