Let's see your Before and After shots, final artworks and steps in between! I would love to see your art in the Project Gallery, and see how you applied the steps.
It is a good place to receive feedback, help and encouragement.

Here is what we will be doing:

Set up your Scanner and Scan the Drawing in 300dpi or more.
Don't worry, if you don't have a Scanner: Lay your Drawing on a flat surface and light it as evenly as you can. Daylight without direct sun is best in case you do not have a ring light or something like it at hand. Take a photo with your phone or a digital camera
Import / Safe the file on your computer.
Open the file in Photoshop. The only layer will be locked - duplicate it, to have an editable layer, and to preserve the original.
By using Adjustment Layers (Curves, Hue/Saturation, Black&White, Levels) turn the drawing into black and white. You also can level out white and black values for the best result and highest contrast.
In order to work non-destructively, select all (CMD/CTRL + A) and copy/paste visible in place (CMD/CTRL + SHIFT + C, V). This helps you return to former steps if something goes wrong.
Once you are happy with the result, Cut the Drawing (select all and CMD/CTRL + X) or copy visible
Fill an empty layer with black
Turn on the alpha channel by using the shortcut Q
Paste the Drawing into the black layer, it should appear red on black!
Now press Q once more to disable alpha channel, it should select everything that's the white of your drawing.
Press delete to remove the selection.
You are left with your lineart!
If needed, add a mask to the lineart layer to clean up specs of color or dirt left from the original, correct litte mistakes or completely mask areas you want to redraw.
Done!

You now have the lineart isolated successfully.
If you want, you can use it to paint underneath, to color in the lines itself or to add shading to the drawing.

The file can be saved as a PSD or exported as a PNG to make best use of it.

Let us see your work and how you applied the steps! I hope to see the Project Gallery get filled with beautiful art <3

Mike Chan

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