Transparency on Traditional scanned art.

Original source: Wolthera.info
Original author: Wolthera/Thera Dratara (Me)

Okay, so we've all had it once that we scanned something in and wanted to make it transparent. Like, removing the white from a lineart on white paper. For this you can set the layer on multiply or even use masking techniques.
In my case, I'm doing a water-coloured webcomic, and I wanted to remove the white, without damaging the colours. So that I could overlap the picture onto another and the colours would blend.

I was before messing around with masking techniques, but I had problem with keeping the colours right. I've now found a technique that's a bit more easy, and which allows me to draw this:



What you need:
*A picture(scanned in or otherwise)
*A computer with the gimp installed.

My version of the gimp is Dutch, so I'll be putting the english name of the steps in bold.

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As you may know, making comics is quite an elaborate process. There's many different elements to comic-making. There's the drawing, the scripting, the narrative, the lettering... and that's only scratching the surface.

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