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How to Digitize Watercolor Illustrations (Beginner)

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Welcome to How to Digitize Watercolor Illustrations! 

Digitizing your paintings give you a lot of creative freedom and go beyond paper to products like aprons, pillows, and mugs like this one that I created with my individually painted winter/Christmas-themed illustrations!

In this class, we'll paint individual illustrations, scan the whole thing, and then learn how to clean up your scan, digitize it, and arrange the illustrations to create unique shapes like a wreath and a corner accent design.

For this class, you will be required to have Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. You can download a 30-day free trial at www.adobe.com/downloads. 

You will also need to be able to paint and scan your work. But if you don't have a scanner, you can use my scanned painting to practice the digitizing.

By the end of the class, you'll be able to digitize your work using two different methods. Soon, you'll be on your way to creating your own stationery, t-shirts, mugs, prints, and so much more!

Let's get started!

Syllabus

  • Welcome Video
  • Supplies Overview
  • Painting Individual Watercolor Elements
  • How to Scan
  • How to Open, Save, and Rotate Image
  • How to Duplicate Layer
  • Erasing the Paper Texture Part 1: Levels
  • Erasing the Paper Texture Part 2: Using the Eraser
  • Erasing the Paper Texture Part 3: Magic Wand Method
  • Erasing the Paper Texture Part 4: Magic Eraser Method
  • Isolating Painted Elements into Individual Layers
  • Editing Colors
  • Digitizing in Illustrator
  • How to Manipulate Form
  • Putting it Together: Let's Make a Wreath
  • Putting it Together: Corner Accent Design
  • How to Export
  • Final Thoughts

Taught by

Audrey Ra

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