IN THE STUDIO-Session 1

Art, Comics, printmaking February 22, 2020

This post features assorted photos of the production stage of my art projects…whether on postcards, prints, paintings or comics…produced by hand in a small studio…whilst listening to music (some photos show a glimpse of the music machine and the disc being played)…taken over the past few years.

A printmaking session, postcards this time…woodblock, inked and reflective, at the bottom of the photo, with brushes, ink bowl and lid, knife and stirring stick…on a stained table cloth. (Photo-©2020 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics)
Much the same as the first one…woodblock with ink bowl and lid with red paint markings, brush, stirring spoon and first layer printed postcards. (Photo-©2020 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics)
Stamp pad with rubber letters for creating text on comics page…workbook with script plus pencil to make lists and for corrections…and music…I like to work to music…Merrie Land for this session from Damon Albarn’s band The Good, The Bad and The Queen…with speaker at top right next to ink bottle. (Photo-©2020 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics)
Drying time for wet postcards, arranged in rows…only two layers on the brown and black ones…but those blue and orange cards have been printed five times…a base, blue layer, then reddish brown and black over the blue…plus the orange squiggle and my signature stamp…five layers in all. (Photo-©2020 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics)
The box of rubber type I use for stamping the text in my comic…and bottom of the music machine in sight at top left. (Photo-©2020 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics)
A wider view… you can see the speakers and the featured album…it’s The WHO HITS 50!…thumping stuff that keeps my printmaking process really moving along…more art postcards, three variations, all with white ink on black paper…WOO WHO!…the joy of postcard art! (Photo-©2020 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics)

(All text, photos and artwork-©2020 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics).

   

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Co-creator and former Director of the Master of Animation, Master of Design, and Visual Communication Design courses at the University of Technology, Sydney, Dr. Michael Hill has a Master's degree in animation plus a Ph.D. in comics studies, prompting his introduction on ABC Radio as “Doctor Comics”. A member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Comic Art, and former member of the Comics Grid Journal of Comics Scholarship and the Advisory Committee of the Q-Collection Comic Book Preservation Project, he has delivered public lectures on Comics, Anime and Manga and held academic directorships in Interdisciplinary Studies, Animation, Design and Visual Communication. Having retired from academia and completing the donation of his collection of research materials on Australian alternative comics to the National Library of Australia, he is now active in the artistic domain, writing, drawing and printmaking, creating art postcards and prints and his own graphic novel: Blotting Paper: The Recollected Graphical Impressions of Doctor Comics.

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