tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post988426010430983502..comments2024-03-09T05:53:59.542-05:00Comments on Oz and Ends: Old Ladies Applying Brown Paint to AcetateUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-9238292539335168342009-02-21T16:46:00.000-05:002009-02-21T16:46:00.000-05:00A lot of older picture-book artists also remember ...A lot of older picture-book artists also remember creating separations by hand. <BR/><BR/>I recall reading that when H. A. and Margret Rey came to America, they were taken aback by their new publisher’s insistence that they create the separations for <I>Curious George</I>. Apparently European publishers weren't trying to save money that way.<BR/><BR/>Later Ed Emberley's wife Barbara did the separations for <I>Drummer Hoff</I>, and in gratitude for that tedious work she was credited as author, though Ed had written the book's text.<BR/><BR/>I suspect the necessity for color separations influenced some picture-book artists' approach to color, such as Ellen Raskin. <BR/><BR/>It's neat to know that Eric Shanower stands near the end (?) of a venerable tradition.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-85164229832074932512009-02-21T16:38:00.000-05:002009-02-21T16:38:00.000-05:00Perhaps of interest is that Hungry Tiger Press's f...Perhaps of interest is that Hungry Tiger Press's first major publication, Oz-Story No.1 (in 1995), had a mechanical "hand-done" color separation by Eric Shanower. This was still a different way to do the old-style color seps. The artist would essentially create four drawings: a black-line drawing and three other sheets covered with various densities of stickyback film, one sheet for each process ink color: cyan, yellow, magenta. We chose this vaguely old-fashioned technique because it was much cheaper than photographically separating a painting and Eric knew how to do it from his training in art-school. We got a call from our printer liaison who wasn't quite sure what to make of these odd bits of artwork. But she showed them to one of her elders who smiled and said he'd take care of it all. It came out beautifully. Many would never guess it was a hand-separation job.<BR/><BR/>Now it is much cheaper and easier - indeed only a few mouse-clicks in Photoshop. But it's kind of sad that so much craftsmanship is now long gone. Sigh ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com