Strolling South Africa
A Splotched Genet strolling the cliffs of her home in South Africa :3
Genets are part of the Civet/Mongoose family and are relatives to meerkats :3
Genets are part of the Civet/Mongoose family and are relatives to meerkats :3
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I don't even know what you would consider "splotching" something? x.x
*sighs*
I'm aware of the issues with the white spots, I can't afford a professional scanner. As Heuvadoches said, its due to the scanner, and probably also the fact it's a cheap scanner, and my pencils are oil-based which has a shiny surface, hence with a scanner of such low quality, will distort the picture with those specs.
When I scan my drawings, here's what I do:
1) I do the quick preview, which usually means the lamp has to warm up and adjust.
2) Wait a couple of minutes, and then do another preview scan -- it'll come out a bit brighter.
3) Once the scan area is set, I'll scan at 800-1200 dpi. My scanner's software has a control to remove things such as dust, speckles, scratches, and so forth (Photoshop does too...not sure about GIMP).
4) I open the scanned image in Microsoft Office Picture Manager (you can use GIMP) and look at the quality of the scan, if it looks good, then I'll close that and open Photoshop and add my titles, copyright, etc (again, you can do that in GIMP).
5) I'll resize the picture (in Microsoft Office Photo Manager -- GIMP for you) and save it to another file such as "original_filename (50%).jpg". As long as the file size is under 15 MB, I don't think the system will have too much of a problem with it. Resizing to around 8 MB seems to work okay.
I hope that will give you something to try. :)
I'll try that with this drawing I'm working on right now, I imagine you'll like this one, speaking of :P
The scanner I have is like the cheapest one you can get at Walmart... Like when I try to print out my art or comic pages, it prints it wayyyyy too dark an saturated... But I'll have to try the strategy you provided ^_^
My scanner can also correct for over and underexposed images, too. Might see if yours has anything for that. Sometimes if a picture still comes out too dark, I'll increase the brightness, contrast, and mid-ranges by 5-10 points, and that usually helps.
I downloaded a copy of this and ran it through Photoshop. I think I got most of the speckles out of it for you, so I'll send it to your e-mail and you can take a look at it and see what you think. :)
Oh, and I lightened it just a tad, too. ;)
I'll have to switch out the pics, that helped quite a bit.
I'm not even kidding, though, I would look at the drawing then the scan repeatedly, trying to figure out where the specs were coming from xP
And Windextor is here to clean your SOULLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
*Sorry, couldn't resist a Dane Cook reference :P
It'll help keep your drawing from becoming smudged over time (especially pencil, charcoal, graphite, and pastels), unless you mount it behind glass. :P
:P on the D.Cook ref. ;)