Actually, tracing paper shows up fine, as long as you put the scanner’s lid down, it serves the same purpose as a piece of paper behind it. At first during the Anatomy Review 001, I was tracing people’s stuff and then scanning my reviews…they showed up fine.
Turp? Hard to find? Lol!
~Rk
Here we go. I had to stack other papers behing the tracing paer so it would show up. I did not use and number 2 pencil nor prismacolor. I used my secret weapon my favorite pencil of all time, The Ebony pencil! (the sandford design kind) It worked well. No refs. used.
Controlling the smearing in somewhat hard. I am still practicing this.
pushav,
Great to see this! I like how you’ve started the upper left face, and the leg…these are both turning out well. Why not try a self~portrait? I think it’s usually good to try to work from life…your imagination often skips a lot of details. Also, for smaller details, it might work to try a Q~tip as well, as I imagine it might be a bit difficult to control a tissue.
Good to see your work ~ I would say to try either the Master Copy with this technique, or a self~portrait next, as it looks like this is working well for you. It’s a nice technique because it’s a kind of transitional step between drawing and painting ~ which is exactly the phase where you’re at.
Good luck!
~Rk
The leg was tissue and turp.
The half face was with a q-tip.
The nice thing about this is you can use and eraser for highlights.
I deas are roaming in my head.:twisted:
Oh yeah my scanner lid’s insides are black. Even that cusion thing in the sacnner is black. Lol. That is why i had to put something behind it.
Self portrait? Remember my eye keeps falling out. 
Self portrait? Remember my eye keeps falling out.
Perfect! Just in time for Halloween!
No, I seriously think you ought to attempt the Master Copy with this technique. There’s a free DVD involved if you do this…for me, that is.
Are you willing to to work some overtime to pay for the dvd?
Wait wait wait. A free DVD of what? Lol you tried to get me. Lol. Nice try.
great work! Love the vibrancy of your sketches and the controlled distortion.
I also used to use turps, but they made my fingers feel funny - not ina good way, so I started wearing those surgical rubber gloves and switched to odourless solvents as well since I’d get head spins from the turps.
I’ve started to gravitate towards graphite + prismacolor though, i just like the erasability of graphite since I like to pick out the highlights with a kneaded eraser and use it as a rendering tol as much as my pencils.
Keep up theg reat work!
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I’m glad to see you guys doing something with this. I tend to forget that not everyone has access to a copy machine, but if you can scan your black and white drawing once you have it perfect the way you want it, you can print it out on your printer.
Then you can apply color only to the print and scan that when you’re done. If you screw up with the color you can print another black and white drawing and start over.
When you get comfortable with this technique, you should try and be more daring. Take some risks with the printed copy that you wouldn’t otherwise take with an original drawing.
When I get the chance, I’ll do some master copies. For now I have to get some freelance work done.
When I get the chance, I’ll do some master copies. For now I have to get some freelance work done.
Freelance, Schmeelance…we want to see Master Copies! 
Just kiddin’ ya, Sheff…sort of…
I are not 12, I am big boy now, I got toilet myself.
ROFL…
Cheers, 
~Rebeccak
Ok I found a substitute if you do nit have a printer. (I have one but I wanted to find another way to do this.)
You can use Microns and Bic roller pens to ink over your pencils that ways if you ued the turp, you stuff will still be there.
I just tried this and it works.
You can see the image on my mixtape thread here
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?p=2685710#post2685710
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