Untitled-01, originally uploaded by aesop.

The first of a set of drawings for Turndust.

I want the words to stay on the same level as the images, to be read at more-or less the same rate as the images, to have the same ‘range of clarity’ that the images have. Sometimes more obvious than others.

All these images will be reworked for silkscreen. I’ll be reducing the range of tonal values to try to exercise some control over how they posterise in the print process. (I’ll be printing another colour underneath as a sort of duotone as well). I want to use some digital mark-making alongside the hand-made marks. Also, perhaps, put in some photographic material.

Several will need lots of reworking, and in fact I want completely different versions of some things, but this is laying down the material to work from.

I’ve had a lot of fun doing these. It’s a little challenging thinking how they’ll be altered by silkscreen, but it is by far the easiest bulk print setup I have access to. (Litho is just too tricky for me, and there’s little sense of ownership with the setup.)