Make Up #1 [Fri 311008] - Line Art Techniques Continued

Homework
Please refer to last blog entry for homework instruction. It's an important discussion class next session, so be prepared.

More Line Art Techniques
We covered a lot today. Thanks for your concentration and energy. Outlined below are the things we tried this session –

• Different levels of Threshold Adjustment command were used to create layered line art for screen-print style overprinting.


• Image > Adjustment > Hue And Saturation[Apple-U] was demonstrated to enable shifting of the Hue, Saturation, and Brightness of your art. You saw how to make a faked Duotone effect a la Reid Miles' portraits for Blue Note Records.


• You also saw the Image > Adjustment > Levels command [Apple-L] and were shown a rudimentary use of it to improve the contrast in an image.


• Holding down the Alt key as you access the Levels or the Hue/Saturation Command [Apple-Alt-L/ U] allowed you to access the previously applied settings for a consistent/continuous effect.


• You saw how to blend using different line art sources. Also, the This Layer/ Underlying Layer feature [accessed by double-clicking on the blank part of a Layer in the Layer Palette], helped to hide parts of the image without the need to delete anything from your images.


• The Transform tools were accessed for Scaling, Rotating, etc. The Apple-Zero shortcut can be used to zoom to the Transform control handles if they are hidden from view.


• In the second half of the class, after seeing a scanograph blended into the line art mix, we got a little closer to a genuine line art technique using Image > Mode> Bitmap on a scanographic image. We got as far as defining a pattern [Select an area of your image and goto Edit > Define Pattern] and applying it as a Custom Screen effect via Bitmap mode. Remember to change to Greyscale prior to Bitmap mode, and be sure to raise the resolution of your art in the Bitmap dialog box.

That's all! See you next time.