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srca1941:
I think Marie Severin said she kept the paper in mind when coloring for EC.

-Eric

JVJ (RIP):

--- Quote from: jeffcannell on December 08, 2011, 06:26:00 PM ---
I can't cite the quote, but I believe it was in response to some of Marvel's Masterworks series where the silver age coloring schemes seem off putting on the high gloss white paper.

I seem to remember an artist discussing the pink used for Caucasian skin becoming more flesh-like on pulp. I'll do some googling to try to find the source, but I could just as easily be mistaken.


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Certainly have been lots of controversies and opinions about old comics and coloring and paper and scans, and I'm sure that will continue forever. And I am also certain that many artists have had strong opinions on the subject.

I read your comment to indicate that someone stated that the coloring used on pulp paper had an influence on how artists drew their strips, which I had never heard before. I have heard about using color for things like "holds" (like Powell did with his Shadow stories) and such and leaving out lines for colors to imply them, but never heard that the paper had anything to do with it. I'm not claiming that no one said what you quoted, just that I'd love to know the source.

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JVJ (RIP):

--- Quote from: srca1941 on December 08, 2011, 07:09:42 PM ---I think Marie Severin said she kept the paper in mind when coloring for EC.

-Eric

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I'm positive she did, Eric, but did she keep it in mind when she was drawing? That's the question, or the quotation I'm trying to source. Were artists pre-1970s influenced by the color of the paper?

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srca1941:
I can't see where the coloring of the paper would have any influence on the drawing. Now the TYPE of paper, that's something else. I seem to recall reading something a few years back from either Carmine Infantino or Joe Kubert about having to adjust their work early on so it would reproduce well on newsprint where the ink would bleed.

-Eric

josemas:
Here's three things related to drawing, printing and coloring that I can remember Joe Kubert telling us when I had him for a teacher (1979-82) at the Kubert School.  These all were in regards to the way comics were printed back then on newsprint.

1. You should draw to avoid dropout and bleeding so don't use too fine of a line and don't bunch your hatching too close together as the first will quite likely drop out and the later turn into a black blob when it's printed.

2. You should draw so that your black and white work will hold up on its own as you often had no control over the coloring either in the color guide making or in the color printing.  If your art was solid though it would stand up better under a weak coloring job and poor color printing.  In other words don't depend on the color to help your art and consider the fact they it may hurt it to some degree.

3. You should keep in mind that the color guides you prepared with Doc Martin dyes (which were rather bright colors) on white paper would look more muted when printed.

Best

Joe

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