Just a quick question

[YoungHeros]

When you draw something, do you draw it large? :)

[captainspud]

I work straight into Photoshop... if I'm just knocking something out for fun, I'm partial to 800x800 squares. When I'm doing a real pic that I plan to finish, I do 8.5"x11" at 300dpi.

[Pyroclasm]

If I draw something completely on paper, then it is on an 8.5 x 11 and then scanned at 300.  Recently though, I don't usually "finish" a drawing on paper.  It is sketched out and scanned in at about 72 dpi.  I load it into Illustrator, finish the image (including ink and color), and then resize it to whatever size I need for final printing.

[daglob]

Depends. Like Pyroclasm, I haven't been doing finished work on paper recently. I usually scan at 300 dpi, although I have scanned lower res and enlarged the pic. Back when I first got a scanner and Photoshop (3.?), the scanner I had was my father's unused scanner/printer/fax machine/copier, and only scanned in B&W. When I scanned at 300 dpi, it gave me a pciture at 72 dpi, but it was poster sized-3'x2.5' or so. I learned real quick that it's always easier to decrease your resolution than increase it. The stuff of mine you see in the last few Artistic Challenges was done at 300 dpi, and I don't usually reduce it below 100 when I post it (I think the site will, anyway).
In the "real" world, I usually try to consider the reproduction method. Sometimes for direct photocopy, I do it same size, but if I can I do it at least 1.5 times (preferably 2x) so that it can be reduced.

I have a light box, two opaque projectors, and a pantograph. They haven't seen much use lately, but I wouldn't trade anything for them.

[UnkoMan]

I... tend to draw pretty small. A lot of my artistic challenges are small enough that I can fit four or five characters on an 8.5 by 11 sheet. This is a lot bigger than I used to draw. I don't do a lot of fixing up on the computer either.

Probably why my stuff looks like cartoony doodles. They are.

[zuludelta]

Depends really, but I'm most comfortable drawing in sizes that don't exceed 8.5" x 11". With a scanner and Photoshop, I don't really have to worry too much about drawing something a particular size appropriate to the media its going to be printed on (or the screen it'll be shown on), since it can all be scaled to fit.

[Midnight]

14" x 17" bristol (and larger) is fun but impractical when there are literally reams of 8.5"x11" sheets around.