Position:
Try to take a photo of your artwork in a space where there is natural light. Not in direct sunlight (as this creates unwanted shadows.)
Take your photo as square as possible to avoid any elongated angles of your artwork. I usually stand directly above the artwork and line up the edges of the paper to the sides of the photo frame.
Editing:
Cropping and basic editing can be done on most phones these days. Crop the unwanted background so you only see the image. Most phones also have basic colour/lighting tools that you can experiment with too.
Here is an example of artwork I did for Week 4 - Insects:
PIC 1 - You can see here that I took a wide photograph. I tried to keep the illustration as square as possible.
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| PIC 1 - Taking a photo as from a height keeping it as square as possible |
I used my phone's editing options and cropped the unwanted background of my photo.
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| PIC 2 - select the area I want cropped |
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| PIC 3 - the cropped selection |
Using my phone, I selected 'light' and I played with the levels that I preferred.
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| PIC 4 - the level of preferred colour |
Other helpful apps and programs (for phones and computers) to assist with editing photos, recommended by Challenge members.
Apps:
- Camera+
- Google Scan (free)
- Snapseed
- Instaphoto editor (Android)
- Phonto - for text or watermarking
Computer Programs:
I highly recommend that you have a 'play' with cropping and editing - it really does help display your artwork in the best possible way!
Stay creative,
x Nicky
Stay creative,
x Nicky
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