DOI Heft:
No. 2 (May, 1893)
DOI Artikel:Drawing for reproduction by process: outline work and tint boards
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.17188#0087
Drawing for Reproduction
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strongest depths as well as in the highest lights.
The thickness of the lines depends entirely on the vr- an artist's Opinion.
scale of reduction; the greater the reduction the It is the usual formula of the cheap photo-
thicker the lines, and the larger the distance engraver that he can give a perfect reproduction
between the lines. We should always recommend of any drawing, the artist will bear in mind
a reduction of one-third. In this case the artist the necessary limitations of the process. Now,
must make the drawing one-third larger, and the although this appears at first sight to be perfectly
lines about one-third stronger. The line must be reasonable, when one realises what those limitations
full and black, even to its very end. entail, it will be seen that it practically amounts to
We cannot recommend pencil or crayon for out- shifting the responsibility of reproduction from the
line work. Only drawings with sharp pencil or photo-engraver to the artist.
crayon lines of sufficient blackness will reproduce The cheap photo-engraver will tell you that you
well in line. Originals with soft, vignetted tones should work on the smoothest Bristol board, that
or lines can only be reproduced in half-tone. your ink should be quite black, that your pen
Drawings on tint or scraping paper require a should be full of ink, even that all lines should be
practised hand. The most important qualities are : firmly drawn and as smooth and as distinct as
patience, clean and exact rendering of the tones, possible ; which in practice really means that all
and very careful use of the scraping-knife, as other- flexibility and quality of line and subtlety of work-
wise the dots will appear rotten in reproduction, manship should be avoided—in fact, that the draw-
Any material may be used for drawing on scraping ing should possess commercial rather than artistic
paper, pen, pencil, or brush. qualities.
Too much show of genius is, however, undesir- Now, this arises partly from the fact that the
able. Drawings done in that way will at the cheap photo-engraver is unable to comprehend that
utmost only give good sketches—the woodcut-like a pen-and-ink drawing may possess other qualities
effect of a picture can only be obtained by than suitability for process, and partly from his
patience. erroneous notion of his duties, his general endea-
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strongest depths as well as in the highest lights.
The thickness of the lines depends entirely on the vr- an artist's Opinion.
scale of reduction; the greater the reduction the It is the usual formula of the cheap photo-
thicker the lines, and the larger the distance engraver that he can give a perfect reproduction
between the lines. We should always recommend of any drawing, the artist will bear in mind
a reduction of one-third. In this case the artist the necessary limitations of the process. Now,
must make the drawing one-third larger, and the although this appears at first sight to be perfectly
lines about one-third stronger. The line must be reasonable, when one realises what those limitations
full and black, even to its very end. entail, it will be seen that it practically amounts to
We cannot recommend pencil or crayon for out- shifting the responsibility of reproduction from the
line work. Only drawings with sharp pencil or photo-engraver to the artist.
crayon lines of sufficient blackness will reproduce The cheap photo-engraver will tell you that you
well in line. Originals with soft, vignetted tones should work on the smoothest Bristol board, that
or lines can only be reproduced in half-tone. your ink should be quite black, that your pen
Drawings on tint or scraping paper require a should be full of ink, even that all lines should be
practised hand. The most important qualities are : firmly drawn and as smooth and as distinct as
patience, clean and exact rendering of the tones, possible ; which in practice really means that all
and very careful use of the scraping-knife, as other- flexibility and quality of line and subtlety of work-
wise the dots will appear rotten in reproduction, manship should be avoided—in fact, that the draw-
Any material may be used for drawing on scraping ing should possess commercial rather than artistic
paper, pen, pencil, or brush. qualities.
Too much show of genius is, however, undesir- Now, this arises partly from the fact that the
able. Drawings done in that way will at the cheap photo-engraver is unable to comprehend that
utmost only give good sketches—the woodcut-like a pen-and-ink drawing may possess other qualities
effect of a picture can only be obtained by than suitability for process, and partly from his
patience. erroneous notion of his duties, his general endea-
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