4-COLOR PRINT JOB

This weekend I will be working on two 4-color print jobs.  The designs are hand sketched dinosaurs.  The first thing I had to do was hand trace the drawings and outline them in black ink.  Then I was able to scan them into CorelDraw and use the TRACE feature to trace the drawings.  The TRACE feature is pretty cool.  Once your drawing is traced, it becomes a VECTOR graphic and then you can manipulate it as much as you want.  I didn't really add much to the drawings because they are so cute all by themselves.

The first drawing was easy to color because I only needed to use four colors.  The second one is a bit tricky and I am still playing around with it.  Because I only have a 4-color press, I am only able to do four colors per design unless I try 4-color process and I am not ready to venture into that area yet.  I can use the shirt color as one color, which would allow me to make the design a five colors.  I will have to see how that looks.

I definitely would like to take some computer graphics classes, specifically CorelDraw and Photoshop.  The community college here offers lots of Photoshop classes but I have not found a CorelDraw class that fits my needs.  Photoshop seems to be the program of choice but I prefer CorelDraw because it is much easier to learn.

Lots to do....Later!
Jeanette