Clean up illustration or

drawing using computer

graphics
 Quick Tip: Clean Up Your Traditional
Drawings in Photoshop

Traditional sketches are often

appreciated more than digital one.
They seem more lively, more “real”,
and they have some kind of “soul”.
However, if you want present your
pencil art to a wider audience using
the same medium as digital art-the
Internet-you stumble upon one
great problem. Any tool you use to
convert traditional art into digital
form will have some influence
(usually negative) on its quality.
 A scanner is the best tool
you can use here. It will give
you ” zero perspective “, which
takes away at least one
problem. However, if you don’t
have one, use a camera. The
bigger the resolution, the easier
it’ll be to achieve a sharp
picture. Both ways will give you
a digital file with the content
looking nothing like your
sketch.
1.How to Fix the Perspective
The bigger the picture, the harder it is to take a picture of it without any
lens distortion.

 Step 1
 Place your file into
Photoshop. Use the Crop
Tool (C), hold Alt and Shift,
and drag the borders away
a bit to make the canvas
bigger. This way we’ll get
more space for
transformations without
scaling the picture down.
Step 2
 Right click the layer and
Convert to Smart
Object. It’ll let you
transform the image
multiple times without
losing quality. Go to
Filter > Lens Correction
and switch to the
custom tab.
Step 3
 The previous method has
its flaws, so we need to
add one more correction.
In my case, the picture
turned out too “squished”
vertically. If that’s also
your case, Rasterize it,
and then use the Free
Transform Tool (Control-T)
to stretch it to the proper
proportions.
 2. How to Remove the Colors
In many cases your black-and-white sketch will be turned into a mass of
random colors, usually because of incorrect white balance.

Step 1
 Open the Window
> Adjustments
panel. Select
Black & White.
3. How to Remove the Messy Background
Smudges, dirt, uneven lighting-the background of your sketch is
something you’d gladly say goodbye to

Step 1
 Add the Layer Mask
to the sketch. Make
sure your
background layer is
white, and if not,
add it.
Step 2
Click the white rectangle
next to your sketche’s
thumbnail. Use Soft
Round brush paint
roughly the area around
the character.
Remember: black
removes, white brings
back
Step 3
Make the stroke
smaller and work
precisely on the
edges; switching
between black and
white to get the right
effect. The
background is gone!
 4. How to Fix the Contrast
Contrast is usually the one and only
thing an artist changes before posting a
scanned artwork. However, it’s a far more
complicated issue than it seems, and playing
with the Contrast slider only may bring more
harm than good.

Step 1
 Add the Levels adjustment.
Step 2
 This panel shows you the
histogram- a distribution of
blacks and whites in the
picture. A perfect histogram
look like a mountain with
gentle slopes, but “perfect”
doesn’t mean the most
desirable. The shorter
(horizontally) the
histogram, the higher the
contrast. Drag the right
slider to the left to turn
light grays into white, and
the left slider to the right to
make dark grays black.
Step 3
Sometimes, because of uneven lighting
or smudges, some parts of the picture
are darker than the rest. We need to
pick up them and change their histogram
individually.
 Use the Quick Mask Tool (Q) and paint
over the area you want to change.
Press Q once again to go back into
normal mode and invert (Control-Shift-l)
the selection. Then add the Levels
adjustment once again-it will be applied
to the selection only. Play with the
sliders until the element matches the
contrast of the rest.
You can apply the same contrast to
other parts just by clicking the mask
(the rectangle next to layer’s thumbnail)
and painting with white over them.
Step 4
 The problem with the Levels
editor is that it changes the
shades evenly. There’s a big
chance your scanner/
camera lost the finest dark
shades, and they’re very
important for the final “feel”
of the picture. You can’t
bring them back with the
histogram, but there’s
another tool-the Curves
editor.
5. How to Crop the Picture
When drawing traditionally, you are
forced to work on the dimensions of the
sheet of paper. When using the Crop
Tool (C), pay attention to the “rule of
thirds” grid and make it work for you.
 6. How to Give It a
Traditional Feel

Step 1
 Right click any of the layers
and select Flatten Image.
Then go to Filter> Filter
gallery. Expand the Texture
list and select Texturizer.
Use the Sandstone texture
with a subtle Relief and a
proper Scalling.
 7. How to prepare It for View

Step 1
 To scale the picture, go to
Image > Image Size and
type a width that is more
appropriate. Also, choose
Bilinear for the resample
method.
 If the picture is scaled and
still looks a bit blurry, go to
Filter > Sharpen > Smart
Sharpen. Play with the sliders
to get a subtle sharpening.
There is no need to save the picture in
the same format as your “digitizer”
tool. Go to File > Save for Web to
choose the best settings for your
image. Most of the time you don’t
need to care about the size-just make
sure the quality stays intact.
THAT WOULD BE ALL THANK
YOU!!! 