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Galan

Joined: 03 Oct 2013
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 03, 2013 11:50 am    Post subject: Turn Scanned Pencil Into Digital Painting Reply with quote

Hi everyone,

I have a task I have been attempting to complete for some time now. I am trying to turn my scanned pencil drawing into a digital painting with Photoshop. I have found a number of tutorials online, but have yet to find a technique that can help me accomplish my goal effectively.

Here is the drawing
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10101574124793187&set=a.699795756627.2322850.9623308&type=3&theater

And here is the outcome I am looking for
http://www.deviantart.com/art/Man-Of-Steel-Painting-380545337

Can someone help?
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Rarity

Joined: 27 Nov 2012
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Location: The Netherlands
PS Version: CS6
OS: Windows 8

PostPosted: Thu Oct 03, 2013 1:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Do you have access to other tools other than Photoshop with the regular keyboard and mouse? IE a pressure sensitive pen tablet?

As really there is no other way to turn a sketch into a digital painting effectively with nice results besides brushing over it. A mouse doesn't offer the smoothness and control a pressure sensitive tablet does.

That's the 'general' answer though. There is quite an extensive and good use of value in your sketch, you could try to use that to affect 'blocked in' colour.

Here's how I'd do it step by step, if anything needs further explanation don't be afraid to shout out.
- Make a cut out of the sketch
- Adjust the levels on it to have 'regular' colours a 50% grey, shadows darker than that and highlights lighter.
- Block in colour like you'd do with a 'normal' digital painting.
- Put the adjusted cut out of your edge on top of the blocked colour and experiment with the blend modes overlay soft light (maybe even hard light) and the opacity.
- Blur when needed but make sure the cut won't bleed out using the blur.
- Manually brush in some detail where needed later.

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rocklikestone

Joined: 07 Nov 2013
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 07, 2013 3:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

There are many techniques to achieve this but the first, most basic thing is to isolate your sketch/line drawing into a layer of its own. After which you can add color fills, gradients, textures and subtleties to bring your drawing to life.
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milkweed

Joined: 11 Dec 2013
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Location: Iowa


PostPosted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 10:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Using either Photoshop or Illustrator

First make a duplicate copy (new layer) of your image and lock the original layer.

Second you want to use the Pen Tool, or in Illustrator you can also use the Blob Brush Tool, and then make a drawing of your pencil drawing.

Another method, albiet a bit more crude, is to use the threshold filter to create a straight black and white image. Make sure you do this to a copy of your original scan.
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