sister midnight

Open publication - Free publishing - More noir

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(photo of MA expo open day by Charlotte)

Jeff Jones

the protagonist and the audience

Above: In the opening sequence of David Lynch's Lost Highway, before we see the protagonist, we see his reflection, we see his perception of events.


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Ctrl.Alt.Shift Unmasks Corruption

Ctrl.Alt.Shift Unmasks Corruption
Edited by Paul Gravett, John Dunning and Emma Pettit


"A selection of pieces from Ctrl.Alt.Shift Unmasks Corruption will be exhibited at the The Jam Factory in Oxford, alongside the winners of the November ’09 Ctrl.Alt.Shift Unmasks Corruption comic strip competition.

In September ’09, Ctrl.Alt.Shift ran a competition asking people to create comic strips on the theme of corruption. The winner’s work was exhibited in the Lazarides Gallery in London in November ’09 alongside a retrospective look at how comics and satire have been used throughout history to highlight political important issues."




http://www.ctrlaltshift.co.uk/event/ctrlaltshift-unmasks-corruption-comic-exhibition




photo: Olivia Flint

technology

above: layout and digital lettering with Adobe InDesign on an Imac.



It is nice to finally be able to use a functional computer... The artwork was completed using traditional art tools and then scanned at 600dpi and cleaned up in Photoshop. The final artwork is prepared for print with the final layout adjustments and text completed digitally using InDesign. I have also experimented with the sequence of the pages using small thumbnails and importing the scanned artwork into non-linear video editing software. Lettering the comic digitally has allowed for the text to be edited and altered with non destructive edits to complement the artwork. For the lettering, I have been using comic fonts designed by Blambot as my focus is on illustration rather than typography, using pre-existing fonts allows me to focus on the sequential design of the artwork.







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