Digital Illustration with Japanese Ink Techniques
Prepping the File for Print
A course by Yohey Horishita , Illustrator and Art Professor
About the video: Prepping the File for Print
Overview
“It’s important to take a look at your digital file and see which settings it's under because the digital files have their own language too! When they deal with screens (which is the TV, cellphone, or tablet) and print, they use a different language for how to display the color! For print, let me show you what you should do. ”
In this video lesson Yohey Horishita addresses the topic: Prepping the File for Print, which is part of the Domestika online course: Digital Illustration with Japanese Ink Techniques. Discover “tradigital” illustration by combining traditional techniques with digital tools to create contemporary artwork inspired by Japanese motifs.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Prepping the File for Print In the last lesson, we colored our piece in Photoshop. In this lesson, we'll prep the file for print. This is the original document, right here FinalProject. I do not want to damage or mistakenly delete some layers, move some things, or lose some things. I don't want that. Make sure you save it. This is your original. What I normally do is whenever I need to prep my file for print or for a different client, project, or social media and web, I always duplicate this document. Image menu, Duplicate, and now just name the file as FinalProject-Print. Good. Now, it's...”
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Course summary for: Digital Illustration with Japanese Ink Techniques
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Digital Illustration, Drawing, Ink Illustration

Yohey Horishita
A course by Yohey Horishita
Yohey Horishita is a Japanese freelance illustrator and art professor at the Maryland Institute College of Art. He studied illustration at the Savannah College of Art and Design, before moving to New York City for eight years, then later to Baltimore to teach.
He’s collaborated with publishers such as Penguin Random House and newspapers like The New York Times and Yomiuri Shimbun. Yohey has also participated in projects with The New York Metro, Canon, and Casio.
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