Illustration Project Phase 4 - Follow up
Author of this post: Penelope Dullaghan | About Blog Authors »After the painting is completed, I scan it in and adjust in photoshop (my style is kind of grungy and I can correct little mistakes a bit this way). This also allows me to send you the final digitally, so it’s easy for you to just plop it down into your layout.
Hopefully you love it, and you email back to say so. And then I’ll send you an invoice. And after it’s in your layout and officially printed, you’ll send me some tearsheets. (Sharing!) And we’re done. You then reflect on how nice was to work with an illustrator and get another creative mind on the problem. And I reflect on how your good design helps the illustration look great (and in turn, you look great… and more importantly: your client looks great). And then I go back to drinking my coffee.
The End. (See? Wasn’t that fun?)
March 30th, 2007 at 3:42 pm
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March 30th, 2007 at 5:17 pm
Hi Penelope –
I also like to scan and tweak my own work. Was wondering what type of scanner you use (and do you always paint to fit the size of the bed)? Also, any recommendations you can share about color management/monitor calibration would be appreciated.
Thanks!
Abigail
April 2nd, 2007 at 4:22 pm
Hi Abigail,
I use a Canon CanoScan 8400f. I have really liked it so far… scans very high res when I need it to and is fast and efficient.
For illustration work, I always paint to the size of a scan bed (when will they come out with bigger scanners for cheap?!)… but for fine art, I paint bigger.
I don’t have any tips for color calibration. For prints, I get proofs made to see if they are spot on… And from experience, the tear sheets I have gotten back from jobs have been accurate, so i guess for me, it’s just trial and error.
April 6th, 2007 at 7:31 pm
hey abigail (hey penelope),
i also do touch ups in the computer. i used an all-in-one printer/scanner because it is pretty perfectly calibrated to print exactly how it scans.
when the file is being printed on a different printer, there are two things i do to improve the print: (1) calibrate my monitor. some print places ~ like http://www.4by6.com ~ will give you tools and settings that you can maintain for future prints and will give you pretty good results from any printer. (2) do a few test prints before you send files to a client. there is always an element of chance when a file is printed but when i calibrate my monitor; do some test prints; and adjust the colors accordingly, i am usually very pleased.