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The next 20 years he spent illustrating and calligraphing the story using graphite on parchment while intending to illustrate them in [[color]] awaiting the right time when computer technology would allow coloring the black and white images.

The next 20 years he spent illustrating and calligraphing the story using graphite on parchment while intending to illustrate them in [[color]] awaiting the right time when computer technology would allow coloring the black and white images.

By 2001, the [[technology]] had arrived in affordable form and then the black and white pages were digitally photographed and  printed on watercolor paper using a high-end ink jet technology called [[Giclee]] printing. After learning Adobe Photoshop with the idea of using software to color the images. it would become clear that even more time might be required to color the pages digitally than to do it by hand--and not half as much fun. Consequently, the addition of color to the printed image was made by applying dry [[pigments]], rephotographing the image, and then cleaning it up and make any minor adjustments using Adobe Photoshop before printing the page.

By 2001, the technology had arrived in affordable form and then the black and white pages were digitally photographed and  printed on watercolor paper using a high-end ink jet technology called [[Giclee]] printing. After learning Adobe Photoshop with the idea of using software to color the images. it would become clear that even more time might be required to color the pages digitally than to do it by hand--and not half as much fun. Consequently, the addition of color to the printed image was made by applying dry pigments, rephotographing the image, and then cleaning it up and make any minor adjustments using Adobe Photoshop before printing the page.