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How to improve a traditional art scan guide

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EDIT: Sorry for the typos :C the tut's big so I missed some, will fix them sometime.

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A tutorial meant for artists who are new to publishing their works online. I've seen many uncropped, unedited sketches and pictures, and I think it's a pity. Some of my friends, who like to draw from time to time but not too often, tend to do that, and I just can't comprehend why they don't try to improve the quality of the photo/scan. So I decided to make this and show that it doesn't take much effort :) I illustrated it with the programmes I use but there are also others, even the simplest picture browsers usually have some adjustment tools.

I've never made a tutorial before but I hope it's at least a bit useful! Don't hesitate to share it with someone who's reluctant to edit their art after scanning :)

Maybe you know better strategies, after all I'm no expert, but this is not meant for experts either. Feel free to share your ideas :)

I mentioned the groups because many of them don't like the scanner borders, dark mobile phone photos of pictures etc. With the adjustments I proposed you are much more certain to avoid your art being declined in most groups on dA :)

The picture I used was drawn by me.
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Zen-Meru's avatar

I know you may consider this a simple tutorial, but it really helped me! i'm not so much into digital art, but I was pretty discouraged about posting traditional art because I just didn't know how to make my pieces look nice you know? Or just decent looking :XD:

I might start posting more now! Thank you so much! :boogie::+fav: