Experimental Techniques for Picturebooks
Scanning and Retouching
A course by Catarina Sobral , Author, Illustrator, and Director
About the video: Scanning and Retouching
Overview
“The reproduction of an illustration, to be as faithful as possible to the original artwork, will need some post-production work. In this lesson, I’ll be showing you how to do that work. ”
In this video lesson Catarina Sobral addresses the topic: Scanning and Retouching, which is part of the Domestika online course: Experimental Techniques for Picturebooks. Tell an original story using tempo, tension, and plot to create a wordless visual narrative from scratch.
Partial transcription of the video
“Scanning and Retouching In this lesson I'm going to show you how to scan and retouch the image so we can reproduce it as faithfully as possible to the original artwork. I'm going to scan with 300 DPI and in RGB, which is a broader color spectrum and will give me more possibilities in terms of reproduction. As you can see, I scanned with 300 DPI. DPI stands for dots per inch. If you look at any printed material with a magnifying glass or to an advertising closely, you'll see dots of four colors, cyan, magenta, yellow and black, mixed in different proportions. So here we have 300 dots placed ...”
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Course summary for: Experimental Techniques for Picturebooks
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Category
Illustration -
Areas
Children's Illustration, Drawing, Editorial Design, Narrative, Picturebook, Storyboard, Traditional illustration
Catarina Sobral
A course by Catarina Sobral
Catarina Sobral is a Portuguese illustrator, author, and director of animated films. Before launching her career as a freelance illustrator, she studied graphic design and illustration, developing a unique style blending her eye-catching illustrations and strong narrative voice.
Catarina’s work can be seen regularly in illustrations for press, album covers, posters, and of course, picturebooks. Her award-winning picturebooks have been published in 16 different languages and exhibited around the world, gaining recognition from the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, the Portuguese National Illustration Award, the Portuguese Authors’ Society, the White Ravens catalog, and 3x3 magazine.
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