[DrDel]

tell me what you think.. I *finally* bought a scanner and have been practicing scanning in some old drawings.. this one is from June 1995:

[bld]

Not sure if you know this info already, but this should help all newbies to comic book work.

Most comics (now days) are printed at 120-150lpi, or about 300DPI.

The original artwork in on 11x17 or 10x15 bristol board.

Final printed size is about 8x10.


When scanning you should scan at twice the working resolution, then scale it down.

Your working resolution should be twice printing resolution.

Final image should be 150% printing resolution.

--all this varies deponding upon artists preference of course--

When scanning pencils or inks you should tweak the levels of the image. This will give you sharper contrast. ANTI ALIASING is a big no-no when coloring, you will run into trapping (white spots sticking out near linework) problems.

[DrDel]

bld,

I scanned the above picture in and reduced it in photoshop by 50%.... so it is half the original size as you see it on the web..

but my scanner is only 1200dpi and 8.5"x11" scan field...

so if I try to scan in a fullsize comic board it won't fit at the DPI you listed above nor will it fit into my little 8.5x11" scan field..

did I buy the wrong scanner? which one should I exchange it for?

(I got an Epson Perfection 1260

[bld]

Ack, no don't worry, you'll never find an affordable scanner thats 11x17, I was just rambling off some info that would be nice to you.

Usually they photocopy the inked linework, and scale it down 50% at the copier (or used to, probably use a large flatbed now).

Some artists also use a non-repro blue pencil to draw, then ink it over.
I used to, but non-repro blue pencils require constant sharpening and sometimes parts of the lead are too waxy and ink won't stick to it well.

I'm going to stop rambling. Your stuff looks good.

[B0b]

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Originally posted by DrDel:
but my scanner is only 1200dpi and 8.5"x11" scan field...

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nothing wrong with the scanner, 1200Dpi is enough res to blow your image up to A1 size picture (132Mb)