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Anyone that does light-ish watercolors have any tips for digitizing it? My current scanner can't seem to pick up any lighter colors, which is a bummer.  lofi posted:
This is super cool. EatinCake fucked around with this message at 05:31 on Dec 6, 2018 |
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EatinCake posted:Anyone that does light-ish watercolors have any tips for digitizing it? My current scanner can't seem to pick up any lighter colors, which is a bummer. Adjust your levels to control what highs and lows are visible.
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Dec 6, 2018 09:01
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sigma 6 posted:Adjust your levels to control what highs and lows are visible. ...in Photoshop? Scanner doesn't scan in RAW, so I don't have quite that much flexibility there. Essentially, all the lows get blown out (like whites on a poorly adjusted camera photo) completely as you can see in the first image there. It's a little hard to tell without the original one, but that entire rectangle is shaded.
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Dec 6, 2018 09:56
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EatinCake posted:...in Photoshop? Scanner doesn't scan in RAW, so I don't have quite that much flexibility there. Essentially, all the lows get blown out (like whites on a poorly adjusted camera photo) completely as you can see in the first image there. It's a little hard to tell without the original one, but that entire rectangle is shaded. What brand of scanner do you have? Both flatbed scanners I've owned in my life (one from Canon, one from Epson) have had an "advanced" tab in the included scanning software that allows you to fine-tune things like contrast, gamma, brightness, and individual color levels. My current Epson also has a special mode for scanning reflective materials like photos, you may have to poke around a bit to find it but it's probably there somewhere. Also watercolors are notoriously difficult to scan correctly anyway in my experience, so good luck.
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Dec 6, 2018 10:57
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EatinCake posted:Anyone that does light-ish watercolors have any tips for digitizing it? My current scanner can't seem to pick up any lighter colors, which is a bummer. I read a tip for reducing the shadows of the paper texture in a watercolour when scanning, maybe it will help for this too? You should scan the watercolour twice: both right-way-up and upside-down, because the light of the scanner catches the grain differently this way. Then you turn the upside-down scan right-way-up, turn it semi-transparent, and layer it on top of the other. You could also try multiplying to original layer to see if the lighter colours are still there, just hidden a bit? And lastly, if you're scanning a thin paper, put another paper or two behind it so you don't get light going through the paper. You might even try scanning with a darker grey paper behind the original to make the lighter colours show better, though you'll have to fudge around the settings more afterwards.
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Dec 6, 2018 12:40
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lofi posted:
I love this.
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Dec 6, 2018 14:09
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Ty all! I was only aiming to do a quick building study, and it kind of ballooned.EatinCake posted:Anyone that does light-ish watercolors have any tips for digitizing it? My current scanner can't seem to pick up any lighter colors, which is a bummer. I've found putting a colour strip in alongside it helps - just a strip with a full range of colours on, including black. I think what's happening is the scanner seeing only a small range of colours and that loving up its attempts to help.
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Dec 6, 2018 14:23
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Sharpest Crayon posted:I read a tip for reducing the shadows of the paper texture in a watercolour when scanning, maybe it will help for this too? You should scan the watercolour twice: both right-way-up and upside-down, because the light of the scanner catches the grain differently this way. Then you turn the upside-down scan right-way-up, turn it semi-transparent, and layer it on top of the other. You could also try multiplying to original layer to see if the lighter colours are still there, just hidden a bit? And lastly, if you're scanning a thin paper, put another paper or two behind it so you don't get light going through the paper. You might even try scanning with a darker grey paper behind the original to make the lighter colours show better, though you'll have to fudge around the settings more afterwards. 
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Dec 6, 2018 14:53
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It's bat day. 
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Dec 6, 2018 22:39
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Nu-uh! 
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Dec 6, 2018 23:34
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lofi posted:Nu-uh! What paper are you using for this? Arches?
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Daler Rowney 300gsm/140lbs Aquafine Cold Press. They sure like their covers with a lot of text on them. I don't actually have masses of experience with watercolour paper, so I can't say if it's better than average or not - it's just a pad I've had around forever that's come into use at my line & wash class.
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Dec 6, 2018 23:49
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Hey good to see you're alive! It was you who originally linked the tip wasn't it? I drew the Hated Angle. 
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Dec 7, 2018 00:22
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Glad it's not just me feels that way.
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Dec 7, 2018 01:25
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I went to Disneyland again, and while I was on this Disneyland trip I started thinking again about making a comic and sketched out some basic concept art 
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Dec 7, 2018 07:36
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Sharpest Crayon posted:Hey good to see you're alive! It was you who originally linked the tip wasn't it? Yeah I'm alive. I did some arting since I posted last. Commission for a friend:  Some fan arts   Some personal arts   RIP Tumblr 
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Body horror 4 crabs. E: Tumblr flagged this as Adult content. Finally, those sweet pornography bucks are gonna start rolling in. Pentaro fucked around with this message at 05:29 on Dec 8, 2018 |
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Dec 8, 2018 05:17
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Today: some sprite work for items.
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Dec 8, 2018 20:08
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yo dos anyone want to swap ref pics 
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Dec 8, 2018 20:34
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I love this so much and I hope your friend did, too. Pentaro posted:
Them eyes must've been the ones to trigger the boob-alarm. Filthy, filthy boobeyes. Frown Town posted:yo dos anyone want to swap ref pics I drew dis and I got a dog reference to swap but imgur is being a right butt atm and I can't get anything uploaded.
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Dec 9, 2018 00:38
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Sharpest Crayon posted:I love this so much and I hope your friend did, too. yessssssss plz show me cool
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Dec 9, 2018 02:21
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Please meet my dog who has not met a human she did not like and oops you made eye contact - she is now your best friend. Here is the kitty! Who's a pretty kitty! 
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Dec 9, 2018 14:13
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Sharpest Crayon posted:Please meet my dog who has not met a human she did not like and oops you made eye contact - she is now your best friend. yaaayayyyy charlieeeeee nice doge
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Dec 9, 2018 20:29
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Does making glyphs count as art? Well whatever, that's what I did today:
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Dec 9, 2018 20:56
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Sharpest Crayon posted:Please meet my dog who has not met a human she did not like and oops you made eye contact - she is now your best friend.   « Excellent choix, madame ; et que puis-je vous servir à boire ? »
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Dec 9, 2018 21:57
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a hole-y ghost posted:can i draw this dog?toolate I already did Aaaaah my little Misti looks so smart!  "Our special today is a full 5 minutes of kisses on the face where I will attempt to sneak my tongue up one nostril, highly recommended"
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Dec 9, 2018 22:09
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Sharpest Crayon posted:where I will attempt to sneak my tongue up one nostril 
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Dec 9, 2018 22:20
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I haven't posted any life drawing in a while so here are favs from a few sessions (EDIT replaced with a less blurry photo)    
Radio du Cambodge fucked around with this message at 00:23 on Dec 10, 2018 |
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Dec 10, 2018 00:20
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digital doodle from today
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I wanted this done and dusted in a week, so in lieu of a background I turned it into a comic panel of sorts. Thoughts on whether the flat colour works compared to grayscale?
Doctor_Fruitbat fucked around with this message at 01:11 on Dec 10, 2018 |
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I am personally not a big fan or rasterization even if it gives a more believable comic-look. However! This is purely a matter of preference, and you can do grayscale flats just as easy as the colour. Character concept: kitty mage .... again. 
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Doctor_Fruitbat posted:I wanted this done and dusted in a week, so in lieu of a background I turned it into a comic panel of sorts. Thoughts on whether the flat colour works compared to grayscale? e: VV yeah have to agree with duper that the lighting is confusing the action a bit a hole-y ghost fucked around with this message at 01:39 on Dec 10, 2018 |
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Dec 10, 2018 01:19
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Doctor_Fruitbat posted:I wanted this done and dusted in a week, so in lieu of a background I turned it into a comic panel of sorts. Thoughts on whether the flat colour works compared to grayscale? Probably not imo (although I’m biased), but it’s not helped by confusing and conflicting lighting. Edit: I mean, go stark black instead of grayscale and, if anything, make the background gray
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Dec 10, 2018 01:21
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Needs more black.
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Dec 10, 2018 01:40
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Yeah, deep down I know that, but I'm still really averse to pushing those blacks. I'll work on that then.
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Dec 10, 2018 02:50
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You don’t need to push the blacks when you only use black 
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Dec 10, 2018 03:09
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Did a map in the style of Piri Reis today, and in the process learning: - Gold sharpie not gonna cut it for heavy use - Which of my papers can withstand a watercolor wash - That I should be bolder with said wash - This style would work better for maps on state/country levels  - Also, oi vey I need a better scanner, or figure out how to work for the one I have: 
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https://twitter.com/muffinlordArt/status/1072258032644616193?s=19 I've been drawing this for like a solid week on and off. I think it's finally come together.
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 This is my dark-skinned, white-haired demon girl in fantasy armour. Her name is Vyxxen and she is a sexy assassin. She uses little daggers because they are easy to conceal and carry when on a sexy mission. She usually seduces her targets first to get close to them, which is easy for her because of her charms. She uses light armour because as an assassin, she needs to be able to move very quickly and to do acrobatics (she's very flexible if you know what I mean!!!).
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