The following is a a first attempt to answer the questions of a redditor. They are coming faster than I am able to answer them, and I am going to propose that he call me and that I answer the questions by phone. I'll try to figure out a way- maybe video?- to present them here and on reddit.
Jerry, I've been trying to synthesize your process from posts, videos, interviews, etc, from over the last 12 or so years, but some questions remain. I'm posting them here per your suggestion to make them available for a wider audience. So I guess I'll just jump in...
New panels are each given a "center" around which the artistic operations are executed. How is the location of the center determined?
Many panels, but not all, have heavy dashed (often circular) lines around the center. And maybe around other points. And sometimes in expanding(?) concentric patterns. Sometimes these lines or fields overlap. I've seen you say that they don't really represent a physical in-world element and that they're a graphic element to the art. Basically, I'd like you to unpack how these forms work. When do they appear and when don't they? When are there multiples? When do they overlap? When are they true circles vs. "beans" or other less regular forms? If they're something your cards refer to, what are they called?
The dashed lines were originally just design elements. But then, in response to questions from redditors, I added to the reanimated human fantsay by saying that the dashes represnted invisble fences limiting newly arrived reanimants to the immadiate area around that town.
Do the first appearances of the void have the word "incursion" printed on them or is that something else?
That was the original term for The Void.
