I'm always designing—even when no one's looking.I love taking breathers for myself in which I just... am. I just doodle. I just mess around in Photoshop. Those little segments of my day really put an oomph in my step.
To the left, I give you my latest (literally just finished it seconds ago) creation: my soon-to-be personal thank you card. I adore thank you cards, and I'm always scouting for the prettiest ones. This is one I'll be using in the near future!
First I drew the edges, inspired by a napkin! I scanned my drawing into the computer and used Adobe Illustrator to convert my hand-drawn design into a vector, then imported it into Photoshop to rasterize and fiddle with the colors. Voila!
Read on to find out exactly how to convert a sketch to a vector.
Scan the illustration in at 300 dpi (grayscale) and save it as a JPEG. Then:
1. Create a new file in Illustrator, then import your sketch by going to FILE/PLACE.
2. Select the import and go to OBJECT/LIVE TRACE/MAKE AND EXPAND. (You might get a warning stating there are to many paths to convert; don't worry about that.)
3. Once you've performed your live trace function you have one more step before adding color. Select your image and go to OBJECT/UNGROUP. Now click anywhere on the art board to deselect your artwork.
4. Select all, then copy and paste into Photoshop (I paste as SmartObject, but there are a number of options).
5. If you like, you can toy with the SmartObject. When you're done, you can rasterize it and tinker with it some more. (After I rasterized this henna design, I inverted the colors and then opened the Hue/ Saturation channel. I checked off "Colorize" and then fiddled with the channels until I arrived at this nature-inspired green.)
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