Every artwork started with a blank canvas... Similarly, Photoshop starts by creating a new canvas at the desired size. For this course, a 16 inches x 20 inches with 300 pixels/inched white canvas is selected.
* File > New
*Insert details of the new file
After that, I opened my scanned artwork, and resize it on my empty canvas.
*File > Open
*Select the area wanted, using the Rectangular Marquee Tool [M]
*Copy [Ctrl + C]
*Paste [Ctrl + V] it in the new file created earlier.
*Using the Transform function [Ctrl + T], resize the drawing to fill the canvas.
*Hold down the [Shift] key to avoid the image from being distorted.
I decided to start by tracing the outlines of my scanned sketches using the brush tool. This is done for all three of my sketches.
* Use Brush tool [B] to draw the outlines. Straight lines are drawn by holding down the [Shift] key before selecting the second point.
(Orange lines are used for clearer illustration)
*Curve lines are drawn using the Pen tool [P]. A straight line is drawn before adding points to form the path wanted.
*Stroke path is selected to apply Brush function on the path.
Here are my completed outlines for all three of my artworks:
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| In the iPad |
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| Overtime |
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| Cluttered |
