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The Life of Chuck

Gregory Manchess

Lately I’ve been illustrating classic novels for special handmade editions. One publishing house I’ve worked with is Arete Editions in the UK. I’ve worked with the publisher, Marcelo Anciano, for twenty years and we love to discuss books and publishing and writing when working together. It’s from one of those conversations that he offered me the chance to illustrate Stephen King’s mild ghost story, The Life of Chuck. Marcelo also works on books and interior…

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An experimental process: Laser Print Transfers

Rovina Cai

March 28, 2025 - Every once in a while, I venture off on a creative tangent and experiment with something completely new and different. I don't get to do this often enough, but every time I do, I discover a new method, material, or approach that I can add to my creative toolbox. Today I’m sharing one recent experiment that I tried out on a rare-for-me traditional piece! For this piece, I wanted to challenge myself to find a traditional process that closely follows my usual digital working process. I’ve tried several different approaches to traditional art, but nothing so far has quite clicked. One main issue is that I often want to preserve as much of my drawing as possible, while adding colour on top or underneath, but the drawn lines always get lost in the colouring process…

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