Here is a self portrait I did 50 years ago, in 1976, when I was 19 years old and a student at Santa Barbara City College. This is pencil on Graphix Duoshade paper (which I miss). Yes, that's what I looked like. That's how we all dressed in the 1970s.
January 21, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Here is a self portrait I did 50 years ago, in 1976, when I was 19 years old and a student at Santa Barbara City College. This is pencil on Graphix Duoshade paper (which I miss). Yes, that's what I looked like. That's how we all dressed in the 1970s.
not the difference between zipatone and duoshade - !
a man in a black shirt says whoa whoa cowboy surrender
ALT: a man in a black shirt says whoa whoa cowboy surrender
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January 19, 2026 at 12:25 PM
not the difference between zipatone and duoshade - !
FYI Craftint and Grafix Duoshade is the same thing. The paper was invented by Craftint, an art supply manufacturer in Cleveland, in the 1920s. Craftint sold the patent to Ohio Graphics Arts in the 1960s. They scrubbed the history & claimed they invented it & changed the name to Grafix paper.
December 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
FYI Craftint and Grafix Duoshade is the same thing. The paper was invented by Craftint, an art supply manufacturer in Cleveland, in the 1920s. Craftint sold the patent to Ohio Graphics Arts in the 1960s. They scrubbed the history & claimed they invented it & changed the name to Grafix paper.
Wow! So small! I see the duoshade is still holding up… I have seen originals from that period from other cartoonists where the lines are totally gone now and you a can only see the gray ink.
December 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Wow! So small! I see the duoshade is still holding up… I have seen originals from that period from other cartoonists where the lines are totally gone now and you a can only see the gray ink.
I think art techniques and stylistic elements born out of limitation are the coolest! I'm figuring out how to apply duoshade to art in procreate! I think it'd fit perfect with a comic/world i plan on doodlingg
October 14, 2023 at 4:14 PM
I think art techniques and stylistic elements born out of limitation are the coolest! I'm figuring out how to apply duoshade to art in procreate! I think it'd fit perfect with a comic/world i plan on doodlingg
So today's #comictober is another preview of an upcoming Shadows of Oblivion one-shot called "Stygian Echo" This issue has a slightly different look as I'm utilizing a digital duo-shade for the values rather than screen tones or gray tones.
#duoshade #manga #webcomic
#duoshade #manga #webcomic
October 31, 2024 at 12:37 AM
So today's #comictober is another preview of an upcoming Shadows of Oblivion one-shot called "Stygian Echo" This issue has a slightly different look as I'm utilizing a digital duo-shade for the values rather than screen tones or gray tones.
#duoshade #manga #webcomic
#duoshade #manga #webcomic
Ohio Graphics Arts of Cleveland, Ohio, stopped making it in 2009. So 16 years ago. That company acquired the Craftint Paper patent in the early 1960s when Craftint Co. focused on the paint-by-numbers fad & left the professional art supply biz (yike!). They renamed the paper DuoShade.
January 7, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Ohio Graphics Arts of Cleveland, Ohio, stopped making it in 2009. So 16 years ago. That company acquired the Craftint Paper patent in the early 1960s when Craftint Co. focused on the paint-by-numbers fad & left the professional art supply biz (yike!). They renamed the paper DuoShade.
His use of DuoShade and silhouettes are impeccable.
July 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
His use of DuoShade and silhouettes are impeccable.
here's a video demo showing how the Graphix Duoshade paper works - very cool
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gftg...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gftg...
DUOSHADE Drawing Demo Using Long Extinct Process. BEWARE! Once You See It, You'll Be Jealous To Try
YouTube video by Cartoonist Kayfabe
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December 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
here's a video demo showing how the Graphix Duoshade paper works - very cool
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gftg...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gftg...
Dalrak the Mighty: A 36 hour comic. Back in the fabled time of 2012, a mere month before the end of the world, Seth Talley and I set out to make a comic book in just 24 hours.
Now I’ve given that original comic a coat of digital duoshade and printed it on newsprint the way comics were meant to be…
Now I’ve given that original comic a coat of digital duoshade and printed it on newsprint the way comics were meant to be…
September 20, 2023 at 6:06 PM
Dalrak the Mighty: A 36 hour comic. Back in the fabled time of 2012, a mere month before the end of the world, Seth Talley and I set out to make a comic book in just 24 hours.
Now I’ve given that original comic a coat of digital duoshade and printed it on newsprint the way comics were meant to be…
Now I’ve given that original comic a coat of digital duoshade and printed it on newsprint the way comics were meant to be…
Yeah, I started this lamentation when craftint discontinued DuoShade board. You can 'fake' things digitally... but it ain't the same in terms of the process and the creative groove.
February 26, 2024 at 9:17 PM
Yeah, I started this lamentation when craftint discontinued DuoShade board. You can 'fake' things digitally... but it ain't the same in terms of the process and the creative groove.
Excellent duoshade work by Russ Heath for "The Executioner" from Creepy #92, 1977
#duoshade #craftint #doubletone #forgottenartsupplies #artofthecomicbook
www.comics.org/issue/31568
#duoshade #craftint #doubletone #forgottenartsupplies #artofthecomicbook
www.comics.org/issue/31568
March 20, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Excellent duoshade work by Russ Heath for "The Executioner" from Creepy #92, 1977
#duoshade #craftint #doubletone #forgottenartsupplies #artofthecomicbook
www.comics.org/issue/31568
#duoshade #craftint #doubletone #forgottenartsupplies #artofthecomicbook
www.comics.org/issue/31568
Byrne used duo-shade paper on NAMOR.
It's a specially, chemical-coated paper that, when one of two different chemicals are applied (either via pen or brush) produce a specific texture or hatch.
Duoshade by Grafix stopped being made in the in 2000s.
But it's actually an old technology from 1930s
It's a specially, chemical-coated paper that, when one of two different chemicals are applied (either via pen or brush) produce a specific texture or hatch.
Duoshade by Grafix stopped being made in the in 2000s.
But it's actually an old technology from 1930s
January 19, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Byrne used duo-shade paper on NAMOR.
It's a specially, chemical-coated paper that, when one of two different chemicals are applied (either via pen or brush) produce a specific texture or hatch.
Duoshade by Grafix stopped being made in the in 2000s.
But it's actually an old technology from 1930s
It's a specially, chemical-coated paper that, when one of two different chemicals are applied (either via pen or brush) produce a specific texture or hatch.
Duoshade by Grafix stopped being made in the in 2000s.
But it's actually an old technology from 1930s
One think i'm still trying to remember when i'm drawing traditionally, is that value is going to do alot of the work. I dont' always have to draw everything in pen. Duoshade/screentones can do some of the work. The first one here is the original inks. the second is edited inks with duoshade:
February 15, 2024 at 7:48 PM
One think i'm still trying to remember when i'm drawing traditionally, is that value is going to do alot of the work. I dont' always have to draw everything in pen. Duoshade/screentones can do some of the work. The first one here is the original inks. the second is edited inks with duoshade:
You’re welcone, of course. I’m very proud of the comic. We’re up to issue 7, and headed for 12.
I save the Eastman pages for page-turns, for maximum effect. They’re done with duoshade, just like the 80s TMNT stuff.
I save the Eastman pages for page-turns, for maximum effect. They’re done with duoshade, just like the 80s TMNT stuff.
June 25, 2025 at 6:13 PM
You’re welcone, of course. I’m very proud of the comic. We’re up to issue 7, and headed for 12.
I save the Eastman pages for page-turns, for maximum effect. They’re done with duoshade, just like the 80s TMNT stuff.
I save the Eastman pages for page-turns, for maximum effect. They’re done with duoshade, just like the 80s TMNT stuff.
Speaking of commissions, here’s some I did a few years ago. Duoshade printed on toned paper, then inked.
December 22, 2024 at 7:05 PM
Speaking of commissions, here’s some I did a few years ago. Duoshade printed on toned paper, then inked.
A touch of digital DuoShade!
February 14, 2025 at 7:36 PM
A touch of digital DuoShade!
I wish you could still get Duoshade board.
March 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I wish you could still get Duoshade board.
Two very fun-to-draw secondary characters from my first "starring" comic art gig, Link Yaco's clever and funny Metacops! Almost 35 years ago, kids! Boadicea/Boudicca, and the Queen of Sheba. Toned using Craftint/Duoshade board-- presumably an extinct technology here in 2025!
June 16, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Two very fun-to-draw secondary characters from my first "starring" comic art gig, Link Yaco's clever and funny Metacops! Almost 35 years ago, kids! Boadicea/Boudicca, and the Queen of Sheba. Toned using Craftint/Duoshade board-- presumably an extinct technology here in 2025!
I mean look at this glorious duoshade
July 22, 2024 at 5:07 PM
I mean look at this glorious duoshade
Have always admired the duoshade and ink commissions @sandyjarrell.com offers on toned paper—and mine's done! Simple request, let him cook: "Meskin's Huntress, please."
April 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Have always admired the duoshade and ink commissions @sandyjarrell.com offers on toned paper—and mine's done! Simple request, let him cook: "Meskin's Huntress, please."
Man... I mis Duoshade so much.
December 22, 2024 at 7:35 PM
Man... I mis Duoshade so much.
Easy brushable tones were why that DuoShade paper was created. Have you heard about that stuff? It’s what they used on all the old TMNT comics. One chemical made lines show up one way, and another made lines show up at a 45° angle. Super cool old-school tech that is lost to the sands of time!
November 30, 2024 at 10:41 PM
Easy brushable tones were why that DuoShade paper was created. Have you heard about that stuff? It’s what they used on all the old TMNT comics. One chemical made lines show up one way, and another made lines show up at a 45° angle. Super cool old-school tech that is lost to the sands of time!