

Using our graphics software of choice, we’ll begin by opening the scanned or photo image of our illustration.Įven though the original image is black lines on white paper, the imported image ends up with either a gray tone to it, or the lines aren’t as strong as in the original.

You can do this by using the Convert Brightness to Opacity function in Clip Studio Paint and SAI or the Alpha Channel function in Photoshop. At times like these, it’s best to extract your line work and convert it into something more suited for digital coloring. So, you just scanned or took a picture of your hand-drawn line art with your smartphone and, you go to color it to find that it just doesn’t look as ready to color as the original.
