ok i think i've given into needing to use the grid method!!

[artsaves1228]

ok i just got some even bigger paper to do my artwork on! i thot with all the backgrounds ive been doing lately it would be so much better and more detail! but i also would like to try doing full bodies/more bodies!!

the new paper i got is 18 by 24 inches...ive been trying this one full body pic for along time and just cant seem to get it right at all i realy dont know how to word this question but i will try...ok since the paper i draw on is 18 by 24 and my paper i print the picture on(that i wanna draw) is only the size of regular copy paper, how does the gridding work? like how do i get the gridding squares to be equal? like how do i even draw teh squares to be equal?? like it seems the only way it will work is if ur drawing paper is the same exact size as teh picture you have printed to draw from... i have no idea if u understand what the **** im asking??!! its kinda hard to ask!!!lol!!!

[artsaves1228]

dammit sorry for the double post thread

[caleb]

Scale the blocks. 2:1 or something. Like, since your paper is 18x24, scale your picture to about 9x12, or 4.5x6. Then, scale the grid accordingly.

[artsaves1228]

i have no idea what u just said ive never done this before

[Skills]

Measure the picture then multiply the measurments by whatever size you want.

Ex. If a square on the orignal grid is 1cm x 1cm make it 2cm x 2cm on the new grid.

[artsaves1228]

[Angelke]

Will try to explain.

Say the picture you want to enlarge measures 10 by 10 inches. You wil place a grid over it which is 10 by 10 inch, but the individual blocks are 1 inch each. So you get 10 blocks from left to right and 10 blocks up to down (100 in total).

If you now want to draw that picture on a pice of paper that measure 20 by 20 inches the number of block left to right and up to down must be the same as explained above (= 10).

How do you do that? By making the individual blocks bigger. In my example you will use 2 inch per block. That way you stil get 10 blocks left from right and up to down.

You multipied it by 2. Or you used a ratio 1:2. Hope I was helpfull

[chelsea;]

do you understand now? if not i'll try my hand at explaining

[artsaves1228]

Originally Posted by chelsea;

do you understand now? if not i'll try my hand at explaining

i think i kinda do now...but since my paper isn't perfectly 20 by 20 or 10 by 10, its a little harder....cause i could easily do it if they were measured that perfect!! lol! i havent started teh drawing yet, so if u can help i would appreciate anything!!!

[Marianyberg]

Yay! here comes the master at english for your rescue! haha, well I'll try to explain.. I dont know if you'll need the help. But perhaps someone else will..

Well.. If you have a picture.. Lets say its 10*10 cm..
And the paper that you're going to draw the picture on is 135*135 cm..
Then you just take 135/10 = 13.5
That means that every square on that paper gonna be 13,5*13,5 cm.

So if the picture you're going to draw from is 14*16 cm and you've decided that the squares shall be 1*1 cm, and your paper is 30*30, you just take 30/17=1.875.
The squares will be 1.875 cm.

If you want to hawe the squares on the 14*16 cm picture 2*2 cm, you just 16/2 = 8

And then 30/8 = 3,75
And that means that you're going to have 8*8 squares that's 3,75*3,75 cm.



I'm sorry if all what I'm saying's just a blur to ya all..
But I tried anyway..
Now I'm exhausted..
I'm going to bed *yawn*
Goodnight!

Thanx for listening.