Digitize Your Ink Drawings: Learn how to turn your original drawings into digital works of art
A start-to-finish beginners guide to turning your hand-drawn sketches into digital assets, ready for use!
While digital drawing seems to dominate the art landscape, there still is something so special about creating a hand drawn piece with pen on paper. Many artists are able to make a living selling their original drawings, while also benefiting from turning their drawings into digital versions of their original work.
By digitizing your drawings, you’re opening up the doors to new ways of selling your artwork. For example, there are many online platforms like Society 6 or Redbubble where artists can easily add their digitized drawings to countless items like t-shirts, mugs, bedspreads, shower curtains - you name it! And while you still may want to sell your original artwork, making prints from your originals is an amazing way to generate revenue long-term from just one item. This is especially true if you’re able to license your work to other companies to use on their products.
This tutorial is for you if:
You’re a beginner and want to know how to digitize your drawings using either a scanner or digital camera and Photoshop.
You have or have access to either a scanner or digital camera
You have a basic understanding of Photoshop (e.g. how to create layers)
You work in pen or ink
You want to learn a different or new approach to digitizing your work than you’ve been previously using
You want to sell prints of your original drawings
You want to create different products using your drawings
You'll learn:
How to prepare your ink drawings to be photographed or scanned
Tips on how to photograph your images in both natural and artificial light for the best, most clear image
How to properly scan your drawings
How to save and open your drawings in Photoshop
The tools I find most useful for cleaning up and editing drawings in Photoshop while preserving as many of the original details as possible
How to create a isolated image of your drawing with a transparent background in both Photoshop and Illustrator
How to save and export your final image
Several ideas on how to use your now digital drawing
A start-to-finish beginners guide to turning your hand-drawn sketches into digital assets, ready for use!
While digital drawing seems to dominate the art landscape, there still is something so special about creating a hand drawn piece with pen on paper. Many artists are able to make a living selling their original drawings, while also benefiting from turning their drawings into digital versions of their original work.
By digitizing your drawings, you’re opening up the doors to new ways of selling your artwork. For example, there are many online platforms like Society 6 or Redbubble where artists can easily add their digitized drawings to countless items like t-shirts, mugs, bedspreads, shower curtains - you name it! And while you still may want to sell your original artwork, making prints from your originals is an amazing way to generate revenue long-term from just one item. This is especially true if you’re able to license your work to other companies to use on their products.
This tutorial is for you if:
You’re a beginner and want to know how to digitize your drawings using either a scanner or digital camera and Photoshop.
You have or have access to either a scanner or digital camera
You have a basic understanding of Photoshop (e.g. how to create layers)
You work in pen or ink
You want to learn a different or new approach to digitizing your work than you’ve been previously using
You want to sell prints of your original drawings
You want to create different products using your drawings
You'll learn:
How to prepare your ink drawings to be photographed or scanned
Tips on how to photograph your images in both natural and artificial light for the best, most clear image
How to properly scan your drawings
How to save and open your drawings in Photoshop
The tools I find most useful for cleaning up and editing drawings in Photoshop while preserving as many of the original details as possible
How to create a isolated image of your drawing with a transparent background in both Photoshop and Illustrator
How to save and export your final image
Several ideas on how to use your now digital drawing
A start-to-finish beginners guide to turning your hand-drawn sketches into digital assets, ready for use!
While digital drawing seems to dominate the art landscape, there still is something so special about creating a hand drawn piece with pen on paper. Many artists are able to make a living selling their original drawings, while also benefiting from turning their drawings into digital versions of their original work.
By digitizing your drawings, you’re opening up the doors to new ways of selling your artwork. For example, there are many online platforms like Society 6 or Redbubble where artists can easily add their digitized drawings to countless items like t-shirts, mugs, bedspreads, shower curtains - you name it! And while you still may want to sell your original artwork, making prints from your originals is an amazing way to generate revenue long-term from just one item. This is especially true if you’re able to license your work to other companies to use on their products.
This tutorial is for you if:
You’re a beginner and want to know how to digitize your drawings using either a scanner or digital camera and Photoshop.
You have or have access to either a scanner or digital camera
You have a basic understanding of Photoshop (e.g. how to create layers)
You work in pen or ink
You want to learn a different or new approach to digitizing your work than you’ve been previously using
You want to sell prints of your original drawings
You want to create different products using your drawings
You'll learn:
How to prepare your ink drawings to be photographed or scanned
Tips on how to photograph your images in both natural and artificial light for the best, most clear image
How to properly scan your drawings
How to save and open your drawings in Photoshop
The tools I find most useful for cleaning up and editing drawings in Photoshop while preserving as many of the original details as possible
How to create a isolated image of your drawing with a transparent background in both Photoshop and Illustrator
How to save and export your final image
Several ideas on how to use your now digital drawing