D Tractor, page 15 inks — the crowd talks

2024-07

D Tractor, page 15 inks — the crowd talks, 2024 — photograph by Ray Patrick

B&W, Comicsgate, DTRACTOR, Process

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Subject

The inks for D Tractor page 15: the whole field at the ice cream launch coming apart at once, every figure given one short balloon. Private driveway. Move different. Bad faith critique. Forklift. Print 50k more. Whats your favorite part? Detractor. We will win. Be a mac. Death blow!

Composition

A single wide panel photographed along its length, the heads banked front to back in rows so the balloons stack up the page like a sound chart.

Palette

Black ink on white over grey pencil, the blue board showing at the foot.

Handling

Pen. The front rank is fully drawn, the middle distance is shorthand, and the back of the crowd is hundreds of pencil marks that never become faces — which is exactly how the page reads when it is painted.

Medium and support

Photograph of the original inks, pen on paper.

Signature

Unsigned — a page in progress.