Purpose of this blog is to explain process I use to create high quality posters on Redbubble.
I consider my posters to be a hybrid - somewhere between my original paintings and digital art.
My goal is to make my poster look exactly like my painting.
#1 I paint an original image on watercolor paper using Chinese watercolor and Ink with Chinese Brush.
#2 I personally photograph my completed painting. For larger paintings, I photograph in two sections.
#3 I remove memory card from camera and insert memory card into my computer.
#4 I open image(s) in Adobe Photoshop.
#5 I manually clean up entire image background. For two images, I “stitch” them together in Photoshop before cleaning background.
#6 I adjust lightness/darkness/color to match original painting.
#7 I add digital signature.
#8 Depending on design shape and location of signature, I adjust image and signature to fit other non-poster products (cellphone cases for example).
#9 I upload finished digital files to Redbubble.
#10 I adjust images to fit each Redbubble product.
#11 To create products with different background colors, I repeat Steps #10 and #11 and add color background in Redbubble.
