Title Dye
Artist Rudolf Strobl
Designer Rob van Hoesel
Colour grading Colour & Books
Separations Colour & Books
Press checks Colour & Books
Production FINE BOOKS, Jos Morree
Publisher Fotohof Edition
Printer Wilco Art Books
Binder Patist
Pages 42
Paper Amber Graphic 150 grs
Binding Soft Cover Swiss Binding
Reproduction cmyk neon +Pantone green
ISBN 9-783902-993694
Year 2018

 

The Book

Dye takes you on a journey through our need as human beings to have fun and play pretend we are at war with each other. Often these places were we shoot at each other with paintballs are slightly weird. Especially when you see the aftermath of several shootouts. At the same time the images that are left are captivating and full of different colour and life.

 

 

The Process

These paint ball colours are often neon’s and therefor they presented a difficulty to get translated onto paper and maintain that bright neon colour. The first suggestion was to put some neon ink in the normal CMYK ink. However, as I thought, and the printer confirmed, that would not work. So, my idea was to add a separate green layer that would be added to the traditional four colour separations. This would keep the bright pink in check and balance the images our nicely. This was my first time trying to add a fifth colour to the printing process. I wrote about this process in more detail on my blog. This process was incredibly fun and challenging to do. I had been meaning to experiment with a fifth colour and this was my opportunity.