Thanks, Derik. As for the "original," there really isn't such a thing. I mean, the marks derive from my drawings (in this case, a 2-page spread from an 8 1/2 x 11 sketchbook), but they are so manipulated, recut and reassembled digitally that I think of the "original" drawings as just raw material. However, I am planning on printing them as pretty large inkjet prints (maybe 24" x 36").
It will take a while, probably, but I'll definitely let you know. I was also thinking of turning them into silkscreen prints--at that size, it might end up cheaper in the long run, especially since they're only one color. On the downside, I've never done silkscreens before, so I'd have to learn how to. But I imagine they might look really nice as silkscreens.
"Andrei Molotiu's comics are absolute marvels: hotbeds of evolving ambiguity where one never knows what disturbing or witty interaction between abstraction of objects and objects of abstraction is about to take place. Each time I've opened them I've been utterly absorbed, that is, drawn into places where I had no power other than to become what I was looking at. What he does is superb." --Harry Mathews
"I love artists that break the rules and Andrei Molotiu breaks them all, with mind-bending and beautiful results." --Scott McCloud
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Thanks, Derik. As for the "original," there really isn't such a thing. I mean, the marks derive from my drawings (in this case, a 2-page spread from an 8 1/2 x 11 sketchbook), but they are so manipulated, recut and reassembled digitally that I think of the "original" drawings as just raw material. However, I am planning on printing them as pretty large inkjet prints (maybe 24" x 36").
It will take a while, probably, but I'll definitely let you know. I was also thinking of turning them into silkscreen prints--at that size, it might end up cheaper in the long run, especially since they're only one color. On the downside, I've never done silkscreens before, so I'd have to learn how to. But I imagine they might look really nice as silkscreens.
Nice work Andrei! I can see so many faces in there! It's as exciting as it is haunting!
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