D Tractor, page 16 painted — the critique

2024-07

D Tractor, page 16 painted — the critique, 2024 — photograph by Ray Patrick

Comicsgate, DTRACTOR, Vito, Dick Masterson, EVS, Process

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Subject

D Tractor page 16 half painted on the board: VITO on the cart — the ice cream fukin sucks!! — DICK waving a sheet of paper from his window, I actually wrote a critique!, a zombie coming over the rail, and ETHAN's gauntleted fist and blade going through the bottom of the page.

Composition

Shot square to the sheet across two tiers, with the blue tape at the top and the painting stopping part way down so the white of the unpainted inks shows at the left.

Palette

Sky blue and park green behind, against the red AAAAA lettering, Ethan's violet cloak and a gold gauntlet; the zombie is grey and ochre.

Handling

Watercolour over ink, worked panel by panel rather than page by page — the photograph catches it with the figures coloured and the grounds still going in.

Medium and support

Photograph of the original page, watercolour and ink on paper.

Signature

The page carries the artist's handle; the photograph is of the board.