Creative Sketching: Fill Your Illustrations with Life and Detail
Scanning
A course by Mattias Adolfsson , Illustrator
About the video: Scanning
Overview
“In this lesson, you will use a scanner and Photoshop to transfer the drawing to your computer. If you don't have a scanner there is a PDF with instructions on how to use your cell phone in the section of downloadable files.”
In this video lesson Mattias Adolfsson addresses the topic: Scanning, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creative Sketching: Fill Your Illustrations with Life and Detail. Create artwork filled with intricate ideas while maintaining balance and harmony.
Partial transcription of the video
“Scanning In this lesson I'm going to show you how to scan your drawing both with a scanner and also with a mobile phone. You don't really have to have a very large scanner, even if your drawing is very big. You can scan it in several passes and then in Photoshop mix it together, so if I have an image that's larger than my scanner, I do four scans. One, this part, one here, one here, and one here. You can try, if you have an even larger drawing, it might be eight scans, but you want to have them overlapping a little bit each part. Otherwise Photoshop will not recognize it. And when I do the ...”
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Course summary for: Creative Sketching: Fill Your Illustrations with Life and Detail
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Drawing, Ink Illustration, Pencil Drawing, Sketchbook, Sketching, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting
Mattias Adolfsson
A course by Mattias Adolfsson
Mattias Adolfsson has been working as a freelance illustrator for over eleven years. While working as a graphic designer in the computer games industry, he started sharing his work on social media, where he began his successful career in illustration.
His long list of clients includes Nickelodeon, Disney, Dreamworks, Cartoon Network, Warner Brothers, and other important animation studios. He has also illustrated for magazines including The New Yorker, The Hollywood Reporter, and The New York Times.
Mattias has created a variety of illustration work in areas like product design, for baby clothes brand Atelier Choux Paris, record sleeves, as well as an art commission for the largest hospital in Sweden.
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