F-C's art thread
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thats a good drawing!
Wow you are really good I have to steal that from you now... lol jk
I wish I could but I have a different style. I prefer paint and pastels
Did you draw that Mew in pencil? One thing I learned is that pencil doesn't show up well electronically. I remember the Toonami art submissions with Tom specifically saying he didn't accept pencil drawings for this reason.
Pencil or not, you can lighten the exposure on the scanner, if possible, to let it show up better, however. If you do it right, it can look something like this.
Pencil or not, you can lighten the exposure on the scanner, if possible, to let it show up better, however. If you do it right, it can look something like this.
that is awsums
looks cool.
What kind of darkening does your scanner do? What needs to be changed is not the brightness/contrast, but the exposure. Changing brightness/contrast means the scanner scans the picture in as normal and adjusts it after it finishes scanning. Lowering the exposure means the scanner scans with a bit less light, which is what you need.
The reason for this is because pencil is reflective. It makes the light from the scanner bounce right back into the scanner, and the scanner thinks that area is white, or at least lighter than it should be. Lowering the light the scanner gives off should lower the amount of light the pencil lead on the paper reflects away.
Another thing you can do, if your scanner can't change its exposure, is to go over the pencil drawing with pen, then erase the penciling. Pen ink still reflects, but only if it's fresh. Once all the water dries away, the scanner can pick it up just fine.
The reason for this is because pencil is reflective. It makes the light from the scanner bounce right back into the scanner, and the scanner thinks that area is white, or at least lighter than it should be. Lowering the light the scanner gives off should lower the amount of light the pencil lead on the paper reflects away.
Another thing you can do, if your scanner can't change its exposure, is to go over the pencil drawing with pen, then erase the penciling. Pen ink still reflects, but only if it's fresh. Once all the water dries away, the scanner can pick it up just fine.
Awesome drawing! it would take me MONTHS to do that!