Doodle Style Tutorial in Adobe Illustrator « Illustration Info. How to Scan Handmade Art to the Computer Effectively - Tapastic. Do you make your art by hand? I used to make my comics mostly by hand, drawing the comic with a soft pencil (about a 4B), apply watercolor, then photograph my comics with a digital camera. Then apply digital retouching in Photoshop. Nowadays, I pencil and ink my comics, scan them to the computer and color the work in Photoshop for a much cleaner look to be read on a computer screen. Properly scanning your hand-made artwork can be a challenge. What settings should be used? What resolution should the art be scanned at? I have a way of scanning a hand drawn image that will be ready for coloring in Photoshop. 1. 2. 3. 4, Create new folders with the names Initial Scan and Master File: Create these folders to keep your work in order. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. I hope that helps! See you then! Get the Most Out of Your Line Drawing.
November 29th, 2006 Before I went to college, the only digital art I produced were little scribbles I made with my mouse in Microsoft Paint. Then, in my second semester, I took a little class called “Introduction to Computer Imaging” where I was first introduced to Photoshop. One of the first things I learned in that class was how to scan and color a drawing. I was absolutely fascinated with the idea of being able to put my drawing on its own layer and be able to color it without worrying about ruining it. My drawings are still an integral part of my digital paintings. Whether it is a clean ink line or a rough sketch, it can be an important tool and a deciding factor in the overall look of your painting. Different Types of Line Whenever I start a new painting, one of the first decisions I make has to do with the drawing.
Here’s examples of two black and white images I made that use different types of line. A finished image that utilizes an ink drawing. Preparing the Line The result: A great technique for scanning your inked drawings. This is a nice and quick way to get amazingly crisp and sharp scans of your artwork.The scanning process itself is crazy fast and you'll end up with a perfect scan - no need to adjust levels or remove smudges, scratches and noise because of the texture of the paper.
And the best part, at least for me, is that the scan itself will be cut out from the background so you don't have to spend time removing it and can move straight on to colouring or whatever you'd want to do. You can only use this procedure with white or, at least light, paper with sketches drawn using ink, felt tip pens, markers and the like.It won't work as well when you've used a lead pencil or something else that leaves smudges and/or has a faint edge.
In step 4 you'll find a quick rundown for people who know their way around Photoshop as well as some final notes and examples of the difference between this scanning method and the "regular" one. Photoshop Class: Scanned line drawing to finished colored illustration. [15 Oct 2010 | By Dot | 7 Comment(s) | 9,180 views ] I bet you guys thought I’d forgotten how to draw, huh? I must admit, art has been on the back burner these days… but I volunteered to do a little illustration for a neighbor’s baby shower. And, since you like our last ‘Photoshop Class’, I thought you guys might like a little peek into how I colored it. This is a quick method I use for coloring more ‘cartoonish’ drawings… I sketched the drawing in pencil, then went over the line work in ink. Step 1: Scan Clean up the worst of the stray pencil marks, and scan in your drawing. Step 2: Levels Create a new Levels adjustment layer. Move the white arrow to the left and move the black arrow to the right (see the Step2 image) until you have a white background and black lines.
Step 3: Clean up the Lines For this illustration, I wanted smoother lines. Click on the image, and choose Live Trace. Copy, and paste back into your Photoshop image. Step 4: Create a Line Art Layer 1. Now I set up my layers. Illustrator's Live Trace: Sketch to Vector. Advertisement In this post we will take a drawn design, scan it and clean it up in Photoshop, then trace it using the Live Trace feature in Adobe Illustrator. Live Trace was introduced in Adobe Illustrator CS2 but is still a powerful tool available in Illustrator CS5. This process really gives an artist the freedom to digitally experiment with drawings of any kind. The vector art it produces can be used in numerous ways and is easily customized. Scan and Clean Up Scan your sketch and bring the image into Adobe Photoshop.
Cleaning up the image is important for getting a good trace in Illustrator. Go to Select -> Color Range: Sample Colors: Select from drop-down.Localized Color Clusters: Leave this deselected in the beginning.Fuzziness: Play with this setting to get the edges less, or more, sharp.Selection Preview: Select None.Invert: Choose this if you would rather preview selected pixels as black instead of white. Turn off your previous layer. Tracing in Illustrator Use the Knife Tool: Cleaning up scanned sketches with GIMP and Inkscape | DarkGoddess. I’m no professional designer, but I do feel the need to get some sketching done once in a while. Sometimes I feel the urge to make a full colour image like my TNP fan art and various (now more-difficult-to-find) mini illustrations for Yvan’s blog. Without the formal training, and the expensive professional tools, I’ve used GIMP for years. For cleaner lines I’ve been including Inkscape to my routine – as SVGs can be easily resized without loss of detail.
Look ma, no pricely-licensed software! Lloyd in Letchworth - reminds me of "Dot and the Kangaroo" The sketch to convert Lloyd sketch - finalized design The comic industry had to start off without computers in the beginning.. In the case of this drawing, I had a few ideas already in mind and used the best sketch. Lloyd sketch - rough cleaned The clean line After processing the sketch to be as clean as possible, I import the image (just a link rather than embed) into a new SVG page in Inkscape. Lloyd - 'final ink' stage in Inkscape Adding colour.