Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Explanation

This is the top 3rd of an orchid done in colored pencil.  I unfortunately do not have a scanner with a big enough bed to do the whole piece at once, and I am having great difficulty putting the 3 scans together in Photoshop.  The reason for this is that the paper sits at different heights from the bed when I put it in different places, and this affects the color of the background.  It is hard to match up the whites, as some are in shadow.  Does anyone know where I can find a scanner with a big bed to use for this piece???

1 comment:

RMartin said...

Anne--The large bed scanner seems to be a need for a lot of artists. When I Googled those words, I found a number of discussions by artists of products and costs. What I'd suggest is to check with Staples and see if this is a service they offer. They do copying of large graphics http://www.staplescopycenter.com/ASP1/storefront.aspx but this is mostly likely to be photocopying. There may be other custom photocopy places locally that offer the service.