Hi Folks! Looking for advice,pointers and help on how to transfer my hand drawn maps onto a computer to colourise them, enlarge them, correct inking mistakes, remove grid paper lines etc. I have drawn my maps lightly in pencil on graph and grid paper. I have also now just inked the outline with a a liquid ink black pen to define them and erased any left over pencil. What id like to do next is scan them onto my PC and use an editing software (recommendations welcome) to remove the faint graph grids and then colourise them and then later enlarge them so they can be printable, playable maps/ sections. Any advice would be welcome and appreciated :) Many Thanks, WarmishMushroom
There are quite a few good Youtube guides on turning drawn objects into digital lineart (search for hand drawn to digital lineart). It's mostly about getting a good scan or clean photo, then uping contrast and playing with the levels and then using an eraser tool. As for software, I use Medibang and a good free software.
Lovely thanks for your reply. ive been having a look at youtube and saved a few good tutorials. I think its going to be a case of trial and error and learn on the job as it were!
A good scan will probably get you quite a large original size. Work on it at that size. A photo might not get as good resolution unless you're using a good DSLR and have it setup with a tripod to avoid shake, or have a really good photography camera phone like the newest Pixel.
I use Photoshop and Sai, but I've heard many great things about GIMP.
If you have a good scan of it, I could run it through Photoshop and see if I can't get rid of the blue gridlines for you. No promises, it depends on the quality of the scan.
I've taken pictures with my phone of maps my friends have drawn and use AutoDesk's Sketchbook to recreate them in color and fix some details and mistakes.
Hi Folks!
Looking for advice,pointers and help on how to transfer my hand drawn maps onto a computer to colourise them, enlarge them, correct inking mistakes, remove grid paper lines etc.
I have drawn my maps lightly in pencil on graph and grid paper. I have also now just inked the outline with a a liquid ink black pen to define them and erased any left over pencil.
What id like to do next is scan them onto my PC and use an editing software (recommendations welcome) to remove the faint graph grids and then colourise them and then later enlarge them so they can be printable, playable maps/ sections.
Any advice would be welcome and appreciated :)
Many Thanks,
WarmishMushroom
There are quite a few good Youtube guides on turning drawn objects into digital lineart (search for hand drawn to digital lineart). It's mostly about getting a good scan or clean photo, then uping contrast and playing with the levels and then using an eraser tool. As for software, I use Medibang and a good free software.
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Lovely thanks for your reply. ive been having a look at youtube and saved a few good tutorials. I think its going to be a case of trial and error and learn on the job as it were!
A good scan will probably get you quite a large original size. Work on it at that size. A photo might not get as good resolution unless you're using a good DSLR and have it setup with a tripod to avoid shake, or have a really good photography camera phone like the newest Pixel.
I use Photoshop and Sai, but I've heard many great things about GIMP.
If you have a good scan of it, I could run it through Photoshop and see if I can't get rid of the blue gridlines for you. No promises, it depends on the quality of the scan.
I've taken pictures with my phone of maps my friends have drawn and use AutoDesk's Sketchbook to recreate them in color and fix some details and mistakes.
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