#i kinda live a nomadic lifestyle and dont stay in one place permantly so its a necessity to borrow a scanner when I can

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sorry if u already answered this question, but how do you scan your art? like via phone or a printer or smth else? It looks so good!🙏

I usually scan with a flatbed scanner in 400dpi, as I found it gave me the nicest quality without being too large, but 300dpi is also fine.

The secret to getting good scan quality is Know Thy Printer. Every scanner has its unique traits you want to compensate for, be it low contrast, over saturating, or washing out colours. My great art hack is adjusting for this post scan! I found duplicating and multiplying the layer (fading opacity based on need) helped fix a *lot* of issues with the ink scanning ‘washed out’.

#ask #art faqs #cause I have a few more asks like this to answer and expect to have more #I have actually switched scanners a *lot* over the run of this blog #i kinda live a nomadic lifestyle and dont stay in one place permantly so its a necessity to borrow a scanner when I can #i actually have memorized/writen down the exact numbers for adjustments for each scanner i frequent #but after a while you can develop a sense of what settings you need to pull up #i use a cracked copy of Sai; the one I last used needs +12% contrast adjustment and multiply on 75% #stuff like that! #ive also has a scanner than needed 25% colour adjust and 50% multiply #it takes a bit of playing around with to get familiar but wow its made a difference #Id say the multiplied layer adjustment is the most key aspect into getting a clean scan! Higher contrast to sharpen edges! #Lots of free programs can do that too!