Quick update. New poster. This one is for a benefit concert at the Ryman Auditorium featuring Vince Gill. The client wanted a “contemporary” look with geometric shapes and lines. I used a metallic gold ink for the first color:
Those big gold blocks are just the bottom of old plates. The top one has “NIXON” on the other side. Richard Nixon campaign poster way back when? Who knows. Then the black brings it all together:
Mary snapped this photo of me printing. That’s a Vandercook just like what we use back at the UO (but a little bigger).
Tags: hatch show print, ryman auditorium, vandercook, vince gill
Gold is the color of a little yellow box, red is the color of the tiny little worm.
Silliness aside, you look so at home in all these pictures. It pleases the me.
Thanks for keeping us so updated, buddy. By the way, I got your postcard! I love it!
Print a high contrast black graphic on white paper. Cover the entire sheet in gold ink. The black graphic will show through in a subtle manner that will have everyone trying to guess how the hell you did that.
FYI, this was a technique we used at Harper Collins for the inside of A Day in the Life of Hollywood.
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