Thanks! The process is fairly simple. I just drew the black and white line and scanned it into Photoshop and colored it. The only unusual thing is the way I do my line drawings. I use a black prism color pencil on a frosted acetate. The frosted acetate takes the pencil well and gives it a clean line. The only reason I do that is that this is a substitute for pen and ink. I'm kind of heavy handed and just not that great of an inker. I don't have the brush control. So this is my substitute.
The drawing is rather large too. That helps with making the line cleaner when you shrink it down for print. Because I have only a standard size scanner I have to scan it in parts at a time and then assemble it in Photoshop.
Once in Photoshop I create a transparent line drawing layer. Then I color everything on separate layers underneath that layer, using my Wacom tablet. Here's an OK tutorial on creating a transparent layer in Photoshop. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF9Kq2Xd7tA&feature=related
Also, you can create a transparent layer simply by selecting "multiply" in the drop down menu in the layers palette. This is not good enough though if the printer needs a transparency for printing purposes. Then you have to create the transparency like in the YouTube video. But if you are just going to flatten the image and send it as a jpeg, the multiply option is all you need.
you nailed it. everything on this cover is great. I would like to see the process you went through creating it. There is much to be learned. Even the Easter egg of Yoda hanging from the rear view mirror of the cab. I love it!
Wow! You are very generous with your compliments. I'm a big fan of Norman Rockwell's. He was certainly an American master. I'm not sure I'm in his league, but it still feels great to have someone say that. Art is all about communication and you seem to be a fine communicator yourself. Thanks for making my day.
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Thanks! The process is fairly simple. I just drew the black and white line and scanned it into Photoshop and colored it. The only unusual thing is the way I do my line drawings. I use a black prism color pencil on a frosted acetate. The frosted acetate takes the pencil well and gives it a clean line. The only reason I do that is that this is a substitute for pen and ink. I'm kind of heavy handed and just not that great of an inker. I don't have the brush control. So this is my substitute.
The drawing is rather large too. That helps with making the line cleaner when you shrink it down for print. Because I have only a standard size scanner I have to scan it in parts at a time and then assemble it in Photoshop.
Once in Photoshop I create a transparent line drawing layer. Then I color everything on separate layers underneath that layer, using my Wacom tablet. Here's an OK tutorial on creating a transparent layer in Photoshop. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF9Kq2Xd7tA&feature=related
Also, you can create a transparent layer simply by selecting "multiply" in the drop down menu in the layers palette. This is not good enough though if the printer needs a transparency for printing purposes. Then you have to create the transparency like in the YouTube video. But if you are just going to flatten the image and send it as a jpeg, the multiply option is all you need.
you nailed it. everything on this cover is great. I would like to see the process you went through creating it. There is much to be learned. Even the Easter egg of Yoda hanging from the rear view mirror of the cab. I love it!
Wow! You are very generous with your compliments. I'm a big fan of Norman Rockwell's. He was certainly an American master. I'm not sure I'm in his league, but it still feels great to have someone say that. Art is all about communication and you seem to be a fine communicator yourself. Thanks for making my day.
Dan
Great piece.