Graphics Design: Coloring Book Pages
In 2014 we started a crayon coloring station. So of course we needed coloring pages for the current year's mascots! Coloring pages are super easy to make and don't take long for great results.
- Find the art for the mascot you want to turn into a coloring book page
- Turn off all the color layers so only line art shows (and possibly the light base color if it isn't turned off easily - it'll disappear in a few steps, I promise).
- Flatten the image
- M (Marquee)
- Ctrl-A (Select All)
- Ctrl-C (Copy)
- Go to Illustrator
- Ctrl-V (Paste)
- Open the Image Trace Panel
- Click the "Preview" button
- Adjust threshold up fairly high (usually over 200) and tweak until it looks good
- Make sure to add the logo and date for the year
- Save file in the Coloring Pages folder in the graphics dropbox. Make the folder if necessary. It helps for finding the files later to use the year and what the file is in the name so "2015 Coloring Page" with the mascot name for the file name.
- Rename the *.ai file as a *.pdf
Done! It's ready to print on one of the con's workhorse laser-jets! =D