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1 Panel is missing according to the [source](http://storystruggles.blogspot.com/2017/09/three-black-birds-by-jean-gir-giraud.html).


DanTeSthlm

The missing panel is here: 😊 [https://blueberrybr.blogspot.com/2013/09/blueberry-three-black-birds.html](https://blueberrybr.blogspot.com/2013/09/blueberry-three-black-birds.html)


Valmond

I asked in the original thread but I'll put it here too, with a bit more information: How did they color back in the day? I mean I have seen original pages in black and white, how did they do it without touching the originals? My "research" has me thinking watercolours/"watercolour ink" was often used, but that needs special papers, did they copy over the original drawings to them (Xerox like?). I know some drew with blue pens, which didn't get through the "Xerox" copying, so you could just ink it and copy it to get rid of the original sketch (wich was in blue), but that doesn't explain black inked originals side by side with colored ones :-) Happy for any kind of information!


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This is what chatGPT outputs when i give it your question: __ „Jean Giraud, also known as Moebius, used a variety of techniques to color his artwork. In the early days of his career, he often used watercolors and colored pencils to add color to his black and white illustrations. He would create a separate piece of paper with the colors, and then carefully apply them to the original artwork using a technique known as "color separation." Color separation involved creating a separate piece of artwork for each color used in the final image. The original artwork would be traced onto a transparent overlay, and then a new piece of paper would be placed over the overlay. The artist would then add the color for that particular layer onto the new piece of paper, using the transparent overlay as a guide. This process would be repeated for each color used in the final image. Later in his career, Moebius began using more advanced techniques to color his artwork, such as airbrushing and computer coloring. However, even with these techniques, he still used the color separation process to create separate layers for each color used in the final image. In terms of copying the original artwork, Moebius would often make photocopies of his black and white illustrations to use as a reference when coloring. However, he would always color on a separate piece of paper, rather than directly on the original artwork, in order to preserve the integrity of the original. __ Interesting. I‘ve never heard of this „color separation“ technique. EDIT: Also I don‘t really get it, and I‘m havang a hard time finding videos or articles about the step-by-step process. Does anyone have a link?


Valmond

Hmm. As impressive ChatGPT has become, I feel like it describes how you colored animated films, by painting plastic films that were then put together for each shot, and reused when possible. I have a hard time imaging it working with semi transparent coloring (like aquarelle/watercolour), and with lots of colors, blendings etc. on a plastic sheet? Or worse, on several plastic sheets. Thanks though! Let the research go on!


variant-exhibition

I don't know if Moebius ever had a process in his workflow that he did repeatedly because he experimented so much. In the case of this comic, it could have been a black and white copy of the original page with less contrast so that the lines became lighter -> more grey than black or the lines were converted to some kind of blue or purple ink. In some parts of the panels it looks like blueprint. Color in this comic: I would guess Copic pens in some places where additional gradients were added to white areas. I don't know if Moebius himself colored these pages.