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Published: 2008-08-01 00:19:03 +0000 UTC; Views: 971; Favourites: 19; Downloads: 18
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Magazine illustration. Once again, I used scratchboard on this one. I really like how easy it is to do more realistic images with it.Scratchboard
6 hours
11 x 5
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Very nice on the lighting; enough to get a sense of what's going on, but also enough to hide it
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Hey, bud.
I used scratchboard on this one. Basically, the board starts off black, and you scratch away the white areas with a knife or scratch tool. It's a bit like drawing a negative, as you don't draw the black, but scratch it away to reveal the white.
Tom
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Man this is sweet. I used to produce alot of print work with Linoleum, Wood and even Acid metal etching.. This piece brings me back to those studies.. Bravo..
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Thanks so much, bud. I'd love to do some print work--have you posted any of yours?
Thanks, man.
Tom
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No... Can't say I am as proud these days of the work.. When I was a freshman in high school I was elected to be apart of a prodigy college art program at Hartford Art School during the winter semester. I took fine art illustration and printmaking. It was in my print making class that I learned all the techniques. I gotta tell you though had I had the materials these days to produce the acid plate work I cetainly would. Acid plate is pretty much as close as you get to scratchboarding. You take a sheet of metal and paint over it with a black acid resistent material. Once it dries you scratch of the material that you want printed like a scratch board. you then drop it in an acid bath and depending on the time and types of acid you can get different depths and textures. Once your done with the bath you wash and bring it to the print press for printing.. Although it is certainly not something you want to screw up.. The acid will burn right through flesh..
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i really liek how dark this one is, both in atmosphere and they way you drew it.
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Thanks, bud. I was fumbling my way through this, so I'm glad that it came out okay.
Tom
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Thanks bud. I was experimenting a bit with that scratchboard, so I'm just glad that the figures came out recognizable!
Tom
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...What's a scratchboard? 
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It's a piece of cardstock that has a layer of white chalk with a layer of black ink over it. When you scrape away the ink, you reveal the white underneath. So, instead of laying down black (like I do with my traditional inks), I scrape away the black in the areas I want to be white. It takes a bit to get used to, but it's a lot of fun.
Thanks so much!
Tom
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Now I gotta go to work but I'm gonna get back to you on this one.One of the best I've seen.
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Wow, thanks so much, man. Between you and I, I had no idea what the hell I was doing on it!
Tom
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I love the grotesque leer on the killers face,Almost Mr.Punch like in his pure evil.This is in my top 5 of your work....so far.
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wow, scratchboard? i dont really like the feel or sound while scratching a scratchboard, but this makes me want to pick some up.
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I hadn't used it since I was 9, so I was a bit worried that it wouldn't work out. Now that I've got two under my belt, I'll definitely be using it again.
Tom
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