FROM ILLUSTRATION TO POSTER
INTEGRATING THE TEXT INTO THE DESIGNLINE THICKNESS AND COLOUR
When sketching and scanning the artwork for the
elements for retro travel posters, it is important to
aim at using just a few distinct line thicknesses in
the final image. If you sketch and scan at a range
of resolutions and sizes, the result within the final
design is not cohesive. Thicker foreground lines
can aid in creating depth. Line colour can also be
changed (try filling black outlines with the Paint
Bucket tool). Here the black dog outline is
replaced by dark blue so features can be picked
out. The reflections in the water are outlined in
white, indicating brightness.14
ADD STARS OR OTHER AERIAL FEATURES
The sky can be made livelier with the depiction of flying animals, clouds or a few stars. If clouds are to
be used, they must appear to float and not sit as solid, lumpy expanses of colour. A simple technique to add
stars is to set the Pencil tool to a particular thickness and place dots of appropriate colour directly onto the
Background layer. Stars should increase in number vertically from the horizon and also with distance from the
moon. This will also help guide the eye around the design.15
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The poster art is now near completion.
Commonly when working with so many individual
design elements, small areas of white
background may remain or imperfections in the
original scanning might litter the image. These
now need to be deleted or replaced with the
correct colours. To do this, zoom in to 100% scale
and scan across the whole design, fixing any
problems you may find with the Paint Bucket,
Pencil or Magic Wand tools.16
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After checking for any errors in the art, it is time to import the full design onto the poster. For the
artwork here, you should set up a new CMYK file of 600 dpi and a size of Width 13800 x Height 18600 pixels.
After doing this, select the full art layer from the file you have been working on and go to File>Copy Merged to
grab all the layers. Paste this into the new file and position the image so that the top and side margins are
equal. Text will be inserted at the bottom of the image.GRAPHICS AND WEB