In this Photoshop tutorial I show you how to separate your background layer from your line art. For example, if you have created a sketch in traditional medium on paper / in a sketchbook, you may want to colour this digitally. The problem with a standard scanned image, is that your scanned sketch will already have a background layer, meaning you will have to paint below the background ( which would not be seen ) or above the sketch (covering the sketch up completely). This technique allows you to split the line art and white background apart, meaning you can add colour below your line art in the same way you would with a digital drawing - Phew, sorry for the long explanation!

The scanner I use is a CANON LiDE 120 but as mentioned, I haven't picked anything fancy, just something cheap! There are much newer models of this out now.

There is another method for doing this if you have created a sketch in a coloured pencil, and inked over it in black, which allows you to delete the coloured pencil / clean up the picture before separating the layers. If people are interested I will create a video for that soon. Let me know what other videos you want to see & don't forget to subscribe! :)

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