Hole in the Wall
Photos depicting some of the process of making my short form comic "Hole in the Wall". The story follows our silhouetted protagonist running from a monster, who then stumbles into a strange store, where they learn is only accessed via their dreams. This book is currently being sold at Quimby's in Chicago. This book was drawn in Procreate, touched up in photoshop, and printed in Risography. Risography is a method of printmaking that requires the ink drum within the machine to be changed per color. It is a very hands on method that requires lots of attention to registration, and fine tuning to get the colors and textures to the way that is preferred. It is a method that has gained a lot of traction with artists for its more "tactile" look and feel to the print quality, and each print almost has its own distinct feel to it. Since the ink never fully dries to a point, I opted to laminate the covers to help prevent smudging.
Digital drawing of the Front cover of "Hole in the Wall"
Digital drawing of one of the first pages. Originally the colors were going to be in Teal and Orange instead of the eventual Violet. The change happened because the teal drum had been sent out for repairs.
First couple pages printed on tabloid sheets, to eventually be cut down into pages. Each color you see meant another time the pages had to be run through the machine.
Another angle of some printed pages, some cut, some not.
Another shot of pages organized and laid out to be organized for binding.
Here the front and back cover are being laminated and cut down before being spiral bounded.
Each booklet laid out after being printed, cut and organized.
Close up of some completed booklets. In total there were 43 complete copies, all hand made.
A photo of Hole in the Wall being sold at Quimby's, a local comic/zine store in Chicago IL.