Comments for Sean Neprud http://seanneprud.com Making things... Mon, 13 May 2013 13:38:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Comment on Direction III by Sean http://seanneprud.com/blog/2011/12/direction-iii/#comment-2906 Sean Mon, 13 May 2013 13:38:29 +0000 http://baddeacondesign.com/?p=2201#comment-2906 @Alli, thanks for stopping by! My real printmaking love is lithography, but that is hard to manage in my small home studio. Any printmaking is good printmaking though. With regards to coloring, I *am* using the snazzy programs to help with the coloring, and it's *still* a pain in the neck. I need staff. And minions. A whole staff full of minions! @Alli, thanks for stopping by!

My real printmaking love is lithography, but that is hard to manage in my small home studio. Any printmaking is good printmaking though.

With regards to coloring, I *am* using the snazzy programs to help with the coloring, and it’s *still* a pain in the neck. I need staff. And minions. A whole staff full of minions!

]]> Comment on Direction III by Alli Farkas http://seanneprud.com/blog/2011/12/direction-iii/#comment-2901 Alli Farkas Sun, 12 May 2013 17:43:01 +0000 http://baddeacondesign.com/?p=2201#comment-2901 Got here via your dad's blog. He's directionless too at the moment, apparently, but is about to pursue hot dogs. Anyhow, as relates to this post about woodcuts...I did some way back when, in college, and I was a very lazy woodcutter. I made mine more along the lines of scratchboard, where the lines are white against a black background. You can get some super-fine lines that way, and there's much less time spent cutting away all the parts you don't want to print. However, if you should decide to try this, you will definitely need a press. Unless you really enjoy working that spoon on all the areas on which you saved labor by not cutting them away! Looked at your comic pages too, and since I don't know a dang thing about how comics are made I'm of course wondering if there isn't some snazzy program that makes all that coloring in a lot easier. Or maybe not. Maybe that's why the syndicated comic authors often have all this staff that does the dirty stuff for them. Got here via your dad’s blog. He’s directionless too at the moment, apparently, but is about to pursue hot dogs.

Anyhow, as relates to this post about woodcuts…I did some way back when, in college, and I was a very lazy woodcutter. I made mine more along the lines of scratchboard, where the lines are white against a black background. You can get some super-fine lines that way, and there’s much less time spent cutting away all the parts you don’t want to print. However, if you should decide to try this, you will definitely need a press. Unless you really enjoy working that spoon on all the areas on which you saved labor by not cutting them away!

Looked at your comic pages too, and since I don’t know a dang thing about how comics are made I’m of course wondering if there isn’t some snazzy program that makes all that coloring in a lot easier. Or maybe not. Maybe that’s why the syndicated comic authors often have all this staff that does the dirty stuff for them.

]]> Comment on Safety First! by Hansi http://seanneprud.com/blog/2013/04/safety-first/#comment-2830 Hansi Thu, 18 Apr 2013 13:42:22 +0000 http://seanneprud.com/?p=2278#comment-2830 100% safety is good even here on earth. Can't be too cautious. Nice work. 100% safety is good even here on earth. Can’t be too cautious. Nice work.

]]> Comment on Moon Bases by Hansi http://seanneprud.com/blog/2013/04/moon-bases/#comment-2815 Hansi Sat, 13 Apr 2013 17:57:40 +0000 http://seanneprud.com/?p=2274#comment-2815 Wow! Wow!

]]> Comment on Once More, With Color by Hansi http://seanneprud.com/blog/2013/04/once-more-with-color/#comment-2814 Hansi Sat, 13 Apr 2013 17:56:23 +0000 http://seanneprud.com/?p=2269#comment-2814 Looks good, your colors are working nicely Looks good, your colors are working nicely

]]> Comment on Page 2 by Once More, With Color « Sean Neprud http://seanneprud.com/blog/2013/03/second-page/#comment-2805 Once More, With Color « Sean Neprud Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:58:21 +0000 http://seanneprud.com/?p=2263#comment-2805 [...] Page 2 [...] [...] Page 2 [...]

]]> Comment on What Is The Difference Between Western Woodblock Printmaking and Japanese Woodblock Printmaking (Moku Hanga)? by Sean http://seanneprud.com/blog/2010/04/difference-between-western-woodblock-printmaking-japanese-woodblock-printmaking-moku-hanga/#comment-2804 Sean Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:55:33 +0000 http://baddeacondesign.com/?p=1204#comment-2804 Yes, no, I don't know? I don't use the Japanese woodblock method, so I don't know all the ins and outs of it. I just know the basics of how it is different from western block printing, which I much prefer. Yes, no, I don’t know?

I don’t use the Japanese woodblock method, so I don’t know all the ins and outs of it.

I just know the basics of how it is different from western block printing, which I much prefer.

]]> Comment on What Is The Difference Between Western Woodblock Printmaking and Japanese Woodblock Printmaking (Moku Hanga)? by Lauren http://seanneprud.com/blog/2010/04/difference-between-western-woodblock-printmaking-japanese-woodblock-printmaking-moku-hanga/#comment-2786 Lauren Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:39:31 +0000 http://baddeacondesign.com/?p=1204#comment-2786 Dear Sean, Why do some mokuhanga artists use nori with the inks? Did the ukiyo-e masters do that? Can't the artist just use sized paper or size the paper themselves and print without the paste (nori)? Thank you, Lauren Dear Sean,
Why do some mokuhanga artists use nori with the inks? Did the ukiyo-e masters do that? Can’t the artist just use sized paper or size the paper themselves and print without the paste (nori)?

Thank you,
Lauren

]]> Comment on Page 2 by Hansi http://seanneprud.com/blog/2013/03/second-page/#comment-2757 Hansi Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:29:56 +0000 http://seanneprud.com/?p=2263#comment-2757 Looking good....Have fun in Anaheim. Looking good….Have fun in Anaheim.

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