Joe Golem and Drowning City

[Neil Hill]

if one day as we approach the end

"The End"...as in 2012 end of the earth "the end"...or the end of Hellboy?

[Big_H]

Actually, according to Christopher Golden, there's only one Joe Golem book.

That's interesting. I assumed since he said it was a two book deal that both would be Joe Golem.

(Which thread is that post from I'd like to read it?)

[noble_enough]

Speaking of Mikes watercolors.

Does anyone know what brand paint he uses? Or paper?

[THE REAL kirk]

This looks like a great new project from Mike and Chris and since I loved all of their previous collaborations I have no fear that this one won't be a must read as well.

While waiting for 2012 is a pain it would be considerably awesome if they had a mini preview and poster available at SDCC like they did with Baltimore. But, alas, my birthday has already passed and it is far too early for Christmas wishes - though dreams are still allowed.

[gdeo]

Seconded!!!
Btw.... AWESOME Argon avatar,Kirk !!!

[Middenway]

That's interesting. I assumed since he said it was a two book deal that both would be Joe Golem.

(Which thread is that post from I'd like to read it?)

It isn't from a forum. I was tweeting to him, saying how excited I was about the two upcoming Joe Golem books... and then he corrected me.

[Middenway]

"The End"...as in 2012 end of the earth "the end"...or the end of Hellboy?

Isn't it the same thing?

[Neil Hill]

Isn't it the same thing?

Ohhhh...good one.

And as to question about paper and colors Mike uses. I believe it's simply traditional water colors on wc paper (at least that's what it looks to my feeble eyes), and perhaps Christine can correct me if I'm off the mark.

[noble_enough]

I believe it's simply traditional water colors on wc paper (at least that's what it looks to my feeble eyes), and perhaps Christine can correct me if I'm off the mark.

Right, there are are just lots of options out there with 'traditional water colors'
I'm thinking brand wise what is it, is it tube paint or is it dry pallets, is it hot press or cold press water color paper. etc.

I've worked with a variety but haven't found anything I'm super happy with so I thought I'd give whatever he uses a try.

If I could figure out what Mike uses..

[Kees_L]

Right, there are are just lots of options out there with 'traditional water colors'
I'm thinking brand wise what is it, is it tube paint or is it dry pallets, is it hot press or cold press water color paper. etc.

I've worked with a variety but haven't found anything I'm super happy with so I thought I'd give whatever he uses a try.

If I could figure out what Mike uses..

I hope people knowing however privy to that information, would help you out.

In the meantime, from any of my personal thus inescapably limited experience, I would suggest trying out old-school both as acclaimed products, which would be traditionally quality watercolor paper both as known tube paints, if dry pallets might not be to your liking enough.

Because I did notice some notable difference in quality tube paints in relation to color vibrance, both as how the paint would handle itself in relation to good paper (and clean water).

Dipping your brush into your coffee wouldn't be helping things I will say.

Although generally I would figure tube paints to be foremostly necessary for "gouache" techniques, being less than semi-transparent waterpainting. Like biological illustrations for instance. Most birdwatcher books or plantlife illustrations are made in watercolor - just not typically using "aquarel-like" or (semi-)transparent techniques.

I'd be interested in your findings.

[Middenway]

Anyone else hear about this?

Joe Golem and the Copper Girl
a short story by Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden

In 1925, earthquakes and a rising sea level left Lower Manhattan submerged under more than thirty feet of water, so that its residents began to call it the Drowning City. In Joe Golem and the Copper Girl, hard-nosed private detective Joe Golem and his employer are faced with one of their strangest cases yet. When a young mother named Rachael Blum arrives on their doorstep, frantic about the bizarre changes in her daughter's appearance and the terrible dreams plaguing the girl, it’s up to Joe to separate nightmare from reality. But Joe Golem knows better than anyone that sometimes, the two are one and the same.

It's a 32-page ebook.

[regan]

Now in this months previews for preorder. I know the cover was posted earlier but here it is again b/c it is awesome.

[the goddamn batman]

Right, there are are just lots of options out there with 'traditional water colors'
I'm thinking brand wise what is it, is it tube paint or is it dry pallets, is it hot press or cold press water color paper. etc.

I've worked with a variety but haven't found anything I'm super happy with so I thought I'd give whatever he uses a try.

If I could figure out what Mike uses..

Honestly, what Mike uses should be irrelevant. It's how Mike uses it that matters.

I could be ink wash on Bristol, digitally colored for all we know.

[noble_enough]

Honestly, what Mike uses should be irrelevant. It's how Mike uses it that matters.

... right

Regardless, as an artist I am always looking for new tools or recommended ones by industry professionals. I was just wondering what brand watercolors he uses.

It wasn't a question of skill

[Kees_L]

Honestly, what Mike uses should be irrelevant. It's how Mike uses it that matters.

I could be ink wash on Bristol, digitally colored for all we know.

No, just look at the latest Joe Golem cover: that could never be digitally colored, because any real inkwash or watercolor techniques result from actually using those techniques instead of trying such through any computer obviously.

On the other hand I do agree with you that trying stuff out for oneself (especially any artist as gifted as Noble_enough himself) will be better than applying advice given by other people or even artists, because what would seem to work wonders for one person might not have to result in such for another person just like that.
My advice would be to just try and seek out what products would be good to buy from your art supply shop and experiment with those, I'd say.
The right paper and the right brushes and the right paints for you specifically (I'd say go with tube paints instead of dry ones because tube paints allow you more leeway or more scope instead of less of it, whereas dry pallets would be less cumbersome and more straightforward to work with, in the sense of having a pallet of ready-made colors at your disposal, whereas three tubes or 5 or 6 of the basic colors could make you any shade of color). Using techniques upon high quality paper like taping a page onto a table and then wetting all of the paper up, with working drier both as into less transparent both as more dense or dark color from there would be the way to go.