Only eight more days before the entry deadline for »Freistil – The Black Issue«. The annual for young, European illustration promises to be a very special book, for this year we will be exclusively publishing works in black and white. It will be printed in six colours (CMYK + extra black + varnish) and – like the three previous books – with a very special jacket. Of course, Verlag Hermann Schmidt Mainz ensures distribution that will sell the book to the 5,000 most important editorial, advertising and design offices.

The registration deadline (by fax) is 31 October 2008 and we will expect your work by 14 November. You can find all the information at
http://www.freistil-online.com/ under the heading »Entries«. In order to already answer the most frequently asked questions, we have put together a tiny catalogue:

Set up two NEW CHANNELS in Photoshop for the six colours. In addition to cyan, magenta, yellow and black it is possible to set up the two additional colours »extra black« and »varnish«. This also applies to images consisting only of extra black and/or varnish!

The application of all colours (not including varnish) may not exceed 350%. This can be best controlled using the dropper.

Gray-scale images are best portrayed in four-colour mode, line images best in extra black. The varnish may not be half tone, but only applied as a surface.