Tune in next week, I’m going to experiment with what I made during this hike so look out for that! Ideas for form and imaginary cities. So now I am almost packed and excited to find inspiration with nature. There you go, a quick, colourful and bold funky design for later reference and also even to share on your social media channels.įinally, here is a good run-through by the people at Autodesk themselves! To edit the original scan, use the eraser tool to take out any black lines from the original sketch that you don’t want. Make sure you are on the new layer and paint away! Then drag this layer below the scanned image…Ĭhoos a brush you want size, color etc. Go to layers, top right button and click the plus sign to add a new layer. The scan will now open in the application… Then click on the plus sign bottom middle of screen and “scan sketched”…Ĭlick on the white circle at the bottom of the screen when you are happy with the shot. Save current sketch if you have something open already. Click on the top left symbol and go to gallery. Open the Autodesk Sketchbook app on your smartphone. With this technique, you can make real Life Drawing. It is clean, it looks good and bold and I only need my smartphone (with a camera) and sketchbook. Even better, it is light and as you will see, you can easily combine your traditional sketches with it, out on the move… This Nice Small Tip That Gets Big Results – Scan Sketch With Autodesk’s Sketchbook Mobile I want to travel light and concentrate on traditional sketches but it would be nice to edit them digitally with colour below so I don’t have to take paints or inks with me that will weigh things down.įor digital work on the smart phone Sketchbook is my choice, free or £4.99 for more vital features such as smudge etc. I want to sketch some natural forms to act as “an ideas generator” for new projects. Its a beautiful path that goes from Fort William to Inverness along the chain of Lochs including Loch Ness. Today, I’m in Scotland and I’m packing to go hiking for a few days. It is a quick way to make bold sketch work with vibrant graphic colours. Traditionally drawn line work mixed with digital elements. I use this to quickly make “tradigital” work. This allows you to add colour in a layer below.

In other words, the blacks remain solid and the whites are see through. Here is a great tip! Use the scan sketch feature on Autodesk’s sketchbook for mobiles, it lets you quickly and easily pull your real life sketches into your smartphone with transparency. Scan Sketch With Autodesk’s Sketchbook Mobile.

Scan Sketch With Autodesk’s Sketchbook Mobile “tradigital art” while travelling light

How to use autodesk sketchbook mobile