Our design office director says that in the old days comps, layouts, etc.,
were called "mechanicals."  A painted original might be raeferred to as a
"rendering."  Overlays would be called "past-ups" -- but "mechanicals"
seems to be the generic term overall.  However, you would also probably be
accurate to just call them the more contemporary "comps" which stands for
"comprehensive layouts," as you already have . . .

/stephen

S t e p h e n    N o w l i n
http://www.williamsongallery.net/google

Vice President, Director,
Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery
Art Center College of Design
Pasadena, CA 

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On 12/14/11 9:48 AM, "Wade Lawrence" <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>Hi all,
>Search as I may, I can't find an appropriate term for an original artwork
>from which a mass-produced advertising poster is to be produced.
>Specifically, I'm working with a collection of mixed-media comps
>(originals) for rock concert posters (mass-produced). What nomenclature
>should we use for the comps?
>
>The comps range from pencil drawings to painted boards to back-painted
>cells to digital prints with overpainting, etc.
>
>Wade
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