LibGuides: Interior Design Standards: Organizing and Saving

Photographing Drawings

Photographing Artwork
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Scanning

Best practices for Scanning

When scanning your work, make sure the original is drawn in ink or with dark pencil lines. In the end we want high contrast between linework and paper. Keep an eye out for dark scans that have shadows or where the paper is visible after importing the image into Powerpoint or InDesign. If the scan doesn’t look professional, it will impact your presentation grade. Every scanner is different, so check your scanner settings for the best option.

Organizing Files

How to Photograph Drawings

To submit your work for review and grading, make photographs of your drawings.

Photograph your work as sharp and bright as possible – it is what the instructor will use to evaluate your efforts, and you want the artwork to look it’s best.

When you are finished with an assignment, photograph your drawing (without the flash) on the drawing board (edges of the paper must be showing). The camera resolution should 1200 x 1600 pixels (standard size on camera) or larger and 72 dpi
Photograph the work vertically.
Place lights on either side of the artwork, directed towards the artwork.
Line up the camera lens so that it is even with the light and parallel with the center of the artwork to achieve even lighting and avoid distortion.
Make sure there are no shadows on the artwork and that only the artwork and drawing board are in the photo. Take several images.