I'm quite happy with the appearance of the scanned lines, and the levels adjustments just makes them that bit bolder. It was just a matter of figuring out how I could apply colour to these line drawings.
I was worried that colouring slightly out of the lines was falling back on something I had done previously. I tried adding colour by filling in shapes with pink digitally. But it just didn't look right, and it looked too forced.
However I did like the effect of the layer mode - where the colour changes where shapes overlap.
In my sketchbook, I had done a few quick tests with ink, collage, and combining pen and pencil and other materials with these. I found that the real cut-out paper shapes had more texture and weren't as flat, with rough edges and wonky angles.
I tried scanning these in digitally (with scraps of black paper) and altering the colour. This turned out well. I think we're on to something here. It adds a small bit of something organic.
Clean lines aren't very Burroughs
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