![]() ![]() I have a bottle of ink diluted to 50% strength for such effects, and using markers will give you grayer lines as well, which you can use to advantage. I use the density of the ink at times to create some depth effects. Why grayscale for linework, you say? My inks aren’t really just black and white. I scan the art in at 300 dpi at 100% in grayscale mode. Single pages are much easier because I scan them in threes, one row per scan, and the rows are only 7 inches or so high. This has been a problem with every large format scanner I’ve had. I think it has to do with the speed of the scanning lamp, which might slow down or speed up in the center for unknown reasons. So, I often have to do some repair work and digital “fixing’ in that center area. Unfortunately, what often happen is that while the image lines up well on the outside corners, the center will be off somewhat. Then I accept the transformation by hitting “enter”. Then I go to the corner on the opposite side and rotate the layer to align there. I grab this and drag it to the aligned corner. This gives you a center + that is the point at which you rotate your layer around. I find the best way to do this is to line up one corner of the bottom artwork with one corner of the top, then switch to Edit-Transform-Rotate. Then I reduce the opacity of the bottom image so I can see through it, and line up the linework easily. ![]() I place the top section of the first page into the template and then the bottom section layered on top of it. I scan a full 12 x 17 but lop off an inch from that 12 inch height at that middle edge to eliminate the distortion. Part of the problem is that the center edge of a section, meaning the place where the scanner stops in the horizontal middle of a single page gets distorted because it is being lifted off the glass slightly by the raised edge of the scanner. For some reason, these big scanners have a little trouble with their consistancy, and I often cannot line up the sections so they match. ![]() This is very difficult to do, and not just because it’s time consuming. I have to scan that in quarters and then place the sections into a master template, make adjustments, flatten and then prepare for color. I use their ScanWizard Pro software and scan directly into Photoshop.¬¨‚Ć Even so, a two page spread of original art is 21.5 inches x 33 Inches. I use a Microtek ScanMaker 9800XL ( Epson Expression GT 20000), which is a flatbed with a 12?x17? scanning area. I invested in a very large scanner to simplify my life and cut down on popping veins in my forehead. ![]() This is roughly as much fun as getting poked in the eye by a sharp instrument, but it is what it is. Now that the inks are all done, erased and cleaned up, it’s computer time! First the pages need to be scanned in sections, then placed together to make a complete page. September 5th, 2014 | Posted in MAD Magazine ![]()
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