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.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbz1VguobDI0z_Efjr3q3zqPnxaHydvwECAUsfWznumpg3Cb-aQ9CG0sSSahSgOs5wIFTHglZrcLGWByex2-x-u5ZF6Tvbd7Mq2W6a0MjQHO_C2JYv1rgPWS4NdSeSB4-SCmsQxj2LE1_-/s400/New3a.jpg)
*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:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhaNUziVpfPA1SryzDxT1PypvKekLqUZ-JALFLSw-t1qCJ6dCYeYtN9SpEveWgTqQZPR2N5ep7XTKA3hhYRO07492jRkgTzs-J_kWFMzzDY16a_0YdaBLurbSmNOvaWX8ItMViLmqiIV6i/s320/outline1.jpg) |
In the iPad |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidNLK2R0eGDTtHAzwKnMmEufcx_aWtIlxtuKLurbbzUvXRTbwoiQ3Rwvkrsh_dZmjPJAh3TuTDlAQATpqPz3dIRkWCq4MEDsNlJlPYgXddNiSVjmo4YGwBD_dRq8TTKlegkT7l1OVYgjLh/s320/outline3.jpg) |
Overtime |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh53GepLl3IDezGNx77IJsMYe1NQUCRvsEgszn7xQgrO6pevEVVcA8AZZR-rFK1pXqXjoXpphZncnseGcOXLxoAZqxqjdeSgE65Q8oF_XigjICuV52I1o3FgjqOQzy9CrMa76XSf3JV5TqJ/s320/outline2.jpg) |
Cluttered |