If the drawing is going to be coloured mechanically […] there is usually a whiteout stage as well. I painstakingly fix up every line to make them more perfect […]
If the artwork is going to be coloured directly on the paper in watercolour, I can’t do this “fixing” stage because the artwork obviously cannot have whiteout all over it […] That means […] when I ink for watercolouring, I simply don’t make any mistakes that need whiting out. It’s a trick of the mind. If I can do this for the watercolour drawings, why can’t I do it for the mechanical method? Who knows. All I know is that if I am allowed to make mistakes I will make them — if I can’t, I won’t.
Seth, describing his process on creating a cover for The Walrus.
