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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Someone else can</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">probably</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">do a better job at answering your question, but here is my shot at it:</FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">In the "old days" Tom made Color Guides. Tom colored the pages (photocopies called "stats") using what looked like watercolors to me. Very cool to see. Then he would code them to show what proportions of each different color should be</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">cyan, magenta, and/or yellow. So a color guide, in addition to being colored, has all sorts of little codes like 2y1m or something like that. (I don't have one in front of me.) That is what would be sent to the printer for use in the color separation process. (Which I think is done by magic Elves.) </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The folks at Dark Horse told me that Stan was one of the few "Old School" guys who made the transition to computer coloring. That's because he's good! </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Sergio is famous for his "loose" pencils. To a non artist like myself, it looks like Sergio basically does his inking freehand. He draws little squiggles and circles in pencil just to block a scene. But that's about it. He's amazing. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">-Gary G. </FONT></SPAN>
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<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">From: groop-bounces@groo.com [</FONT></SPAN><A HREF="mailto:groop-bounces@groo.com"><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">mailto:groop-bounces@groo.com</FONT></U></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">] On Behalf Of Andrew Krakowski</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 1:44 PM</FONT></SPAN>
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<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Subject: [Groop] how did tom luth do his job?</FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Heya, total newb questions here.</FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I was told in the (late?) 90's comics were coloured with computers, assuming illustrator, photoshop or some 3rd party software, but how did Tom Luth (and I guess every colour-ist) colour the comics before that?</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Sergio always drew Tom with paints and a brush. Where they acrylics?</FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Also did Sergio always just draw in pen? Or pencil first?</FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Cheerio!</FONT></SPAN>
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<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Andrew Krakowski, BSc</FONT></SPAN>
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