Book Cover Design: Illustrate Stories with Evocative Images
Scanning Into Photoshop
A course by Owen Gent , Artist and Freelance Illustrator
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
“So my painting's had plenty of time to dry, I've scanned in both sides of that just in an A4 scanner. at 400 dpi. And in this lesson, I'm going to show you how to piece those bits together and put those into our full jacket template. To start our final artwork edit. So let's jump into Photoshop. So we've scanned it at higher resolution. So it's going to fill up our page. And now I'm going to show you a little trick. To merge those two pieces together. So I'm gonna go to File, automate and photo merge. that's gonna take me to this page. I'm just going to press browse here. I'm going to go to...”
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Course summary for: Book Cover Design: Illustrate Stories with Evocative Images
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Adobe Photoshop -
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Bookbinding, Editorial Design, Graphic Design
Owen Gent
A course by Owen Gent
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.
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