hmmm.. I did play with the levels quite a bit when I scanned it, to the point where if it gets whiter, I start to lose detail. I don't really want to lose any of the detail in this one, so I think I have to leave it as is.
The scanner shadow is a bitch, I know. Do you think I should crop it? The paper was about half a millimeter smaller than the scanner bed, and try as I might, I just could NOT get that shadow gone. So I reached the dilemma - post it with a little bit of shadow, or crop about 1/4 inch off the drawing.
Would warn you off of licking the pillars - you don't know where they've been! Thanks so much for the comment and critique, it's great to hear your thoughts (though I was hoping no one would notice the shadow.... )
Oh, dude, I'm so used to picking out the TINIEST scanner shadows on subs on ygallery that that one just jumped out on me. XD I doubt anyone who doesn't go around looking at scanner shadows all day would notice. It's pretty faint.
Maybe go in with a white paintbrush in Gimp/Photoshop and pick out the areas that're supposed to be REALLY white?
Paint them white? OK, but I think I need a little help here. The parts that are supposed to be REALLY white ARE white, at least on my monitor (as far as I can see, and besides where the shadow is, since whitening that makes it look even crappier (believe me, I tried. )). Could you maybe point out the problem areas for me, and I'll see what I can do?
I can't rescan it, since it is now framed (permanently) and on the other side of the province.
To me, they're more of a 10-20% gray, is all XD I keep my monitor settings weird, so it could just be me.
By "paint them white" I mean use the paintbrush tool in Gimp to just make them entirely white instead of that really faint gray- that way your darks stay dark. It really is fine as is, I'm just being nitpicky and having that art teacher voice in the back of my mind going "make your darks darker and lights lighter, nyah".
The scanner shadow is a bitch, I know. Do you think I should crop it? The paper was about half a millimeter smaller than the scanner bed, and try as I might, I just could NOT get that shadow gone. So I reached the dilemma - post it with a little bit of shadow, or crop about 1/4 inch off the drawing.
Would warn you off of licking the pillars - you don't know where they've been!
Thanks so much for the comment and critique, it's great to hear your thoughts (though I was hoping no one would notice the shadow.... )
Maybe go in with a white paintbrush in Gimp/Photoshop and pick out the areas that're supposed to be REALLY white?
I can't rescan it, since it is now framed (permanently) and on the other side of the province.
By "paint them white" I mean use the paintbrush tool in Gimp to just make them entirely white instead of that really faint gray- that way your darks stay dark. It really is fine as is, I'm just being nitpicky and having that art teacher voice in the back of my mind going "make your darks darker and lights lighter, nyah".
I HATE THAT VOICE.
Well, art teacher or no, I respect your viewpoint. I'll fiddle with it a little and see what I can do.
I have my settings pretty bright, so maybe it's just me. Or maybe we're BOTH monitor-settings culprits.