Two Days for the Price of One

[tealin]

Yesterday's Sketchbook - Look! I drew a pretty girl! LOOK! She's PRETTY! Tawneee again, and Nobby without any reference because I was in bed and couldn't be bothered.

Today's Sketchbook - Trying to make Angua pretty, because ... well, she's supposed to be. In theory. To be canon. (Shut up about the hair, I know.) Also I thought maybe Undecided Adrian should be a bit chubby because nether of the others really are (Sane Alex is, kinda, but you can't really tell with that beard) and then a guy walked into the library café who looked just like him. Unfortunatey he sat too close to draw him directly without him noticing so I did my best from memory when he left.

For those of you who may have missed it in the comments section of the previous post...

TEALIN'S NOTES ON SCANNING
Q. How do you scan your pictures? The pencil lines come out all nice. Mine, when I scan at home, always look all pixally no matter what I do.
A. It depends on the scanner, of course ... some scanners are just awful. Older ones can sometimes look dotty or pixelly. Also, scan it at at least 72 dpi. If you're planning to print something, scan it much higher-res. Check to see if your scanner has different settings for text, b/w image, b/w photo, colour photo, etc. Pick 'colour photo' or whatever setting is closest to that, i.e. the highest. I greyscale my scans after scanning them in colour because I find the colour setting on most scanners picks up detail better than the b/w. Greyscaling (a.k.a. 'desaturating' or 'making it black and white') turns my blue lines into grey ones, which makes the black graphite stand out more and makes further manipulations look better. I then play with the brightness/contrast in Photoshop* to make the white actually white and make the lines a bit darker – compare the images on my site or in the previous post to my sketchbook pages which I don't modify in any way (except greyscaling them sometimes).
*I can expand on this if anyone wants it...

Comments

[roga.livejournal.com]

Aw, I like this Angua. She's got this Mulan-ish look, and that sort of Angua-ian exhasperation.

And I'm shutting up about the hair :-)

[stevie-roch.livejournal.com]

Another suggestion as far as scanning goes:

I occasionally use blue pencil, and when I do, I take the scanned work into Photoshop. I then go to the Layers mini-menu, click on the Channels tab, and then click on the Blue channel. This makes the blue pencil disappear (for the most part) then I change it to grayscale, and then back to RBG color if I plan on coloring.

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

Ah, see, but then that exposes how ugly your black line is (I mean, um ... may be ...), whereas the grey'd blue line softens it. Mhm.

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

I mean the black line, not your black line specifically. Second person nonspecific or whatever.

[stevie-roch.livejournal.com]

Haha, I knew what you meant.

[karwei.livejournal.com]

I think you've got something with chubby Adrian.

[thefordmustang.livejournal.com]

Yea!

Tawnee is beautiful and cute. I LIKE the image. It fits close to how I envisioned her. I also like the Angua as both wolf and woman. As mentioned before, I think she would have shorter hair in an active job like hers so your lady's hair length fits well.

The Adrian gets better looking each time. And you made him with long hair yea! Definately a computer guy.

And, from your other post, the Adora Belle is nice, too. That was such a funny scene in the book- it really had the shadow of those old Loony Tunes cartoons- you caught it well. Kind of makes me realize that the way things are going with Air Travel, burning envelopes are about the only thing people can bring on board now in place of lighters. (Ha ha)

[hobbitnat.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the scanning help Tealin!! You're awesome!

[azvolrien.livejournal.com]

Personally I think this Angua's hair makes a lot more sense than the canon hair. I think it was said in Men At Arms that you couldn't fit a helmet over a lot of hair. And it's a bit harder to get a hold of in a fight.

[magicnme.livejournal.com]

I, for one, dig your Angua immensely, and have since your every early workings of her.

...this could have something to do with the fact that I've used her as reference and borrowed some of her features for a Shadowrun character of time, but...hehe.

[priscellie.livejournal.com]

Haha, I love your Nobby and Tawneee, and Angua's reaction is priceless!