Riso Animation Summer continues!
Upcoming workshops in Seattle, NYC, and online + new animation and links
Hey friends!
We hope you’re keeping your magical orbs of energy under control!
We had a great time at some recent fests, including our first trip to VanCaf where Zack Lydon released his 4-color “Summoner” animation and contact sheet:
We’re currently preparing for our next in-person workshop in Seattle at Paper Press Punch! Workshop attendees will learn all about the process of creating riso animations and will walk away with a two-color risograph printed contact sheet and video. We’re stoked to use some color combos we don’t usually have access to (like Light Lime and Orchid!?)
Sign up for the Paper Press Punch workshop here! (We ended up giving away these contact sheets with every purchase at Fantagraphics’ Hot Off The Press earlier this month!)
If you are not located in Seattle, but are still interested in learning more about risograph animation, we added a new virtual workshop on July 30! We’ll cover the same topics as the IRL workshop, but we’ll do the printing asynchronously and mail out your printed contact sheets (along with some other Zine Hug goodies) .
Maybe you are wondering about risograph ink on black paper after watching this animation?
Surprise! It was actually printed with 4 colors on white paper and then inverted digitally. However, you can print with certain inks on darker paper with fantastic results - check out Weiyun Chen’s dazzling Metallic Gold jellyfish animation on black paper, created at our Print N Play workshop at Lucky Risograph last year. We’ll host another workshop at Lucky in August - more info TBA.
For the rest of 2023, we’re planning to attend more fests on the West Coast, collaborate on anthology and fan zines again (finally! Our last anthology fanzine was released in 2019!) and work on more educational resources and workshops (anyone interested in traditional animation 101?)
Thanks for reading and hope to catch you at one of our upcoming events!
July 22 - Seattle - Riso Animation Workshop at Paper Press Punch
July 30 - Online - Virtual Riso Animation Workshop
August 13 - NYC - Riso Animation Workshop at Lucky Risograph - TBA!
August 26 - Bremerton Zine Fest
September 3 - San Francisco Zine Fest
September 10 - Olympia Zine Fest
PS. The above animation was a by-product of a new business card print :)