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After taking a focused course on Surrealist history (while at the same time reading 2-3 comics per week) my work has finally shaped into a more consistent, cohesive organism.

This is one of the first prints I made while learning about the Surrealists and their processes. It originated through the Surrealist practice of 'automatic drawing' or 'automatism'. In short, this means that one suppresses their conscious mind to let the subconscious have more control of what's created.

For me this meant that after drawing the panel layout (without knowing what would go in the panels) I scribbled lines around for a minute or two. Then I would look at the scribbles and let my subconscious decide what I was seeing; similar to a Rorschach Ink Blot Test. Finally I would refine the lines so that others could see what I saw.

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Description
After taking a focused course on Surrealist history (while at the same time reading 2-3 comics per week) my work has finally shaped into a more consistent, cohesive organism.

This is one of the first prints I made while learning about the Surrealists and their processes. It originated through the Surrealist practice of 'automatic drawing' or 'automatism'. In short, this means that one suppresses their conscious mind to let the subconscious have more control of what's created.

For me this meant that after drawing the panel layout (without knowing what would go in the panels) I scribbled lines around for a minute or two. Then I would look at the scribbles and let my subconscious decide what I was seeing; similar to a Rorschach Ink Blot Test. Finally I would refine the lines so that others could see what I saw.

joshuavruggink.com/