This is why access to a scanner is bad.

[ickaimp]

Borrowing scribe_ari's scanner. And OMG. O.M.G. LOOK at that!!!



That is TWO pages in the middle of a sketch book on CREAM coloured paper. And it scanned like B&W. (I drew the image around the crease of the book, it's the pillar)

Is that not AMAZING?!!?! No shadows or anything! A Clean Scan!

Wow.

... art is from Gordian Knot: Be like Water, BTW. Drawn April 2009. Yeah, my backlog is that old. ~_~

Okay! Off to scan some more! Next up! One with Pencil Shadings! Let's see how that turns out!

Comments

[saitaina]

So long as you appricate the little things.

And that is a beautiful piece. The lines make the amateur colourist in me want to fill it in, but the rest of me just wants to stare at that scene forever...so peaceful.

[ickaimp.livejournal.com]

It did dawn on me after posting that it prolly sounds weird to other people, cackling over scan quality instead of how well the art turned out, but when you only have access to a scanner and a computer that can run graphics programs 2 or 3 times a year, it's a Big Deal.
But it's a HUGE step up from trying to take a photo of the art then using brightness/contrast to clean it up. >P

If you wanna fill it in, play with the colours, please, feel free!

I usually try to do some pencil shading on these, but I'm not in the right headspace to use shading to portray mood right now. ^^;;

[lil-1337.livejournal.com]

That looks great. I love the way you used the crease between the pages. Very clever.

[scribe-ari.livejournal.com]

Glad you love the scanner. You know, you can come over and use it on other occasions.

[ickaimp.livejournal.com]

.... But that'll mean I'll have to get back into the habit of DRAWING more! 0_0