tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post1703911688421322452..comments2024-03-28T21:17:45.398-05:00Comments on A MOMENT OF CEREBUS: High Society: "The Aardvark Initiative" -- a Restoration BulletinA Moment Of Cerebushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02718525538144698138noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-19628137083754179202014-08-21T09:00:06.640-05:002014-08-21T09:00:06.640-05:00It would be interesting to contact the Preney folk...It would be interesting to contact the Preney folks and ask them.<br /><br />Would make a great MOMENT OF CEREBUS follow up!M Kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10295757194810521492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-38177055621076687722014-08-20T19:19:10.138-05:002014-08-20T19:19:10.138-05:00So to be clearer, and vaguer--
If I understand it...So to be clearer, and vaguer--<br /><br />If I understand it correctly, the black portions of the positive correspond to clear portions of the negative. So the marks you're seeing in the extreme contrast adjusted images would have been made with an exacto or some other similiar blade, scraping off emulsion from that portion of the substrate. I think it's likely it wouldn't be visible at all to the naked eye if you had the neg in front of you right now.<br /><br />(But, like I said, I haven't actually had one of these guys in my hands, so please take all of the above with a few grains of salt, eh? I'd love the guidance/wisdom/collected knowledge of anyone with high-contrast film negative experience.<br /><br />Sean Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09794186823194520775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-37995398615973399102014-08-20T19:06:12.687-05:002014-08-20T19:06:12.687-05:00Hey Margaret,
I actually don't know very much...Hey Margaret,<br /><br />I actually don't know very much about the process at all-- this part of the restoration work has all been a learning experience for me. Although I did a ton of paste-up as a teenager, by the time I was doing professional work most printers had long since switched over to digital. So unfortunately I have to guess about a lot of the details here. <br /><br />But what I can tell you is this- this work was done to "shore up" areas of weak black that might otherwise reproduce as a broken line, or "dusky", without some other kind of intervention. The areas you see in the images correspond directly to "weak" blacks on the page in the original art scan--watery brush strokes, or areas where the tone overlapped the black and lightened it up. <br /><br />I've "re-negative-d" the images to give you a better idea of what you'd be looking at in person.Sean Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09794186823194520775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-29029037584159763982014-08-20T18:10:50.758-05:002014-08-20T18:10:50.758-05:00wow! Pretty cool Sean. I wonder when the touch-up ...wow! Pretty cool Sean. I wonder when the touch-up to the negatives happened: was it at the start or did the emulsion on the negative get scratch or worn on a certain spot so they went in with a touch-up pen/brush and did their work? Interesting to see that detail.Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04070671522440242311noreply@blogger.com