Bottoms Up Backgrounds Production Notes

Delivery specs

• 1920 x 1080 pixels @ 300 dpi TIFF
• (Translates to 6.4 x 3.6 inches)
• Add between 150 to 300 pixels (½ - 1 inches) on all sides as a bleed.

Drawing

rotary lead pointer

• 11 x 17" Xerox all purpose photocopier paper
• Drawing at 225% target size
  • Photoshop file
    • Active area: 4320 x 2430
    • Size w/150 pixel bleed: 4995 x 3105
    • Size w/300 pixel bleed: 5670 x 3780
  • drawing dimensions
    • 1920 x 1080: 14-⁵⁄₁₆" x 8-¹⁄₁₆"
    • +150 pixel margin: 14-¹³⁄₁₆" x 8-⁹⁄₁₆"
• Drawing tools
  • Staedtler 2H pencil
    • Whittle down the wood to expose lead
    • Sharpen with Pacific Arc rotary lead pointer
  • Copic Multiliner SP, either 0.2 or 0.1

Scanning

• Scan @ grayscale 600 dpi
• In Photoshop
  • Apply Threshold
    • level: 178
  • Scale 50% (reduction)
  • Drop it into a 300 dpi file sized @ 225% enlargement relative to final target of 1920 x 1080
  • Scale the file 44.4% to match delivery specs