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The operation to colors a works that will be print is call "Le bleu". Now, more and more, it is done with computer programs. The traditional way is still used by only biggest print of the big editors. Here, you will see the Stedo's way, drawer of "Isidore" and "les Pompiers".
Draw.
Stedo starts to draw with a pencil. After, he uses drawing ink to increase the contrast on pictures and texts. Increase text's contrast allows the editor to print them in a better way. Of course, that will not prevents him to replace the text to translate the book.
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Scan.
The drawing's scan is done with 800 dpi in line-art mode. This resolution imposed by the editor may vary for some projects. After imports the digital image in Photoshop, its color mode will change in sequence from line-art to Grey levels and after in CMJN as requested by the editor. Stedo obtains a darker result, when he tries to print a drawing made in RGB mode.
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Prepare the work.
First, the image is controls to erase to fake points that may appear during the scan.
After, a new active layer in multiply mode is creates.
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