Book Cover Design: Illustrate Stories with Evocative Images

Scanning Into Photoshop

A course by Owen Gent , Artist and Freelance Illustrator

99% positive reviews (179)

4,204 students

Audio: English

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About the video: Scanning Into Photoshop

Overview

“I’ve given my painting a good amount of time to dry and now we’re going to jump back into Photoshop for the final time.”

In this video lesson Owen Gent addresses the topic: Scanning Into Photoshop, which is part of the Domestika online course: Book Cover Design: Illustrate Stories with Evocative Images. Learn how to distill the words of a book into a single image using watercolors, handmade textures, and Photoshop.

Partial transcription of the video

“Scanning into Photoshop My painting's had plenty of time to dry and I've scanned in both sides of that in an A4 scanner at 400 DPI. Now I'll show you how to piece those bits together and put those into our full jacket template to start our final artwork edit. Let's jump into Photoshop. It's scanned at a high resolution so it's gonna fill up our page. I'm gonna show you a little trick to merge those two pieces together. I'm gonna go to File, Automate and Photomerge. It's gonna take me here. I'm gonna press Browse here, go to my Scans folder and I'm gonna select those two halves of my paintin...”

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Course summary for: Book Cover Design: Illustrate Stories with Evocative Images

Level: Beginner
99% positive reviews (179)
4204 students
5 units
18 lessons (3h 29m)
8 downloads

Category
Design
Software
Adobe Photoshop
Areas
Bookbinding, Editorial Design, Graphic Design

Owen Gent

A course by Owen Gent

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Artist and Freelance Illustrator

Owen Gent is an artist and freelance illustrator who specializes in book cover design. Growing up in Devon meant he was inspired by nature from a young age and always dreamed of being an artist. He went on to study illustration in Falmouth in Cornwall, and there, began experimenting with telling stories through the traditional and digital painting techniques which are now an integral part of his work.

He currently creates from his studio in Bristol and has worked on everything from editorial illustration and advertising to record sleeve design and animation. During his ten-year career, he has worked with publishers including Penguin Random House, Harper Collins, and Vintage and had his work recognized at the D&AD Awards, International Illustration Awards, and Cannes Lions - International Festival of Creativity.