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28th March 2006

Dissecting The Process

“How an A List Apart Illustration Comes Together: I’ve had a lot of inquiries about my process over the past couple of months. It’s always been rather difficult to answer these questions, because I approach each job with a different process, dependent on the needs of the resulting art. But lately, I have noticed a loose pattern all my jobs tend to follow — and while not every job can be shoe-horned into a rigid assembly line of tactics, they all seem to pass through the following phases.”

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28th March 2006

Pigments through the Ages

“Pigments are the basis of all paints, and have been used for millennia. They are ground colored material. Early pigments were simply as ground earth or clay, and were made into paint with spit or fat. Modern pigments are often sophisticated masterpieces of chemical engineering. This exhibit includes most important pigments used through the early 20th century.” (Thanks Coudal Partners!)

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