Yamaha YZF-R6 Pre-Shading

hey! haven't shown anythin for a long time, mostly cause i dont know how to photograph drawings well (too large to scan). If anyone knows how to photograph drawings well let me know! c & c wanted!

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/503/137893CIMG2253_2_.JPG

Also, the pic is smaller than i wanted, need help with that too (actual drawing is about 13x9 on 17x14 paper)

uhm, only a few words pop into my head ... wow ... drewl ... and again, ... wow

JvK

Here's what I do to photograph my artwork. I have a sheet of plywood clamped to the support post in my basement. I cut 2 pieces of 2x4 and clamped them to the plywood sheet about in the middle. I bought 3 cheap reflector lights (the polished aluminum ones) and installed the daylight flourescent bulbs in them. Two of them are clamped to the 2x4's and the other is clamped to the top center of the sheet of plywood. They all point to a spot near the center of the sheet. I put a strip of masking tape vertically and one horizontally to set my camera to while it's mounted on my tripod. I then mount my artwork to the plywood centered on the crosshair of the tape so that it will be in the center of my camera lens. It's best to move the tripod back far enough so that you can zoom in on the artwork that way there isn't as much distortion in the viewfinder. I then set my camera to the flourescent setting and I also set it so it will take 3 pictures at different f-stops.(bracketing) It's surprising that even doing this if you set the camera on automatic it will take almost as good a picture as the bracketing. Most of the pictures that I have posted on this forum were shot in this way and have come out quite well. I have found that this setup is about the least expensive but most functional way to shoot your artwork.
gbritnell

thats lookin really goo so far cant wait to see the rest

thanks for the comments so far, i got about half of the rear finished in shading.
Hey gbritnell, ill def give that a shot, its a good enough explanation i think to be put in the tutorial... unless there is already a tutorial on takin the pics. Thanks,ill try a version of that or somethin

Great start! I think you might benefit from some heavier paper though. once you go thick you never go back

Alex

yeah, thanks for the tip. what type of paper do you use..specific
i have the front wheel to do then ill post the finished drawing..