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Everywhere I've looked art paper is 9x12, and yet your average scanner only scans 8.5x11. That just seems silly to me...

EDIT: Yes I am aware they make scanners which can scan larger than 8.5x11. But they are also expensive and I can't afford one right now just like I can't afford a Cintiq 21UX.

EDIT: Yes I am ALSO aware you can scan your large image in chunks and stitch them together, which is what I do (duh). Still doesn't stop it from being an "inconvenience" though...

EDIT: Yes I am ALSO aware you can simply "take a picture of it" with your camera. While there's nothing wrong with doing that, I personally wouldn't trust using a photograph as my line-art source. I need high crystal clear resolution, something which using my current camera isn't going to achieve.

EDIT: Yes you can just take it to Kinko's or Staples or some other sort of office/print store and get it scanned on one of their nice big scanners... but that costs money and still is an "inconvenience"

EDIT: Yes I am aware you could also cut down the paper to the appropriate size.

EDIT: Yes I am aware that I could just use copy paper.

EDIT: Yes I am aware that there are other brands other than Epson.

EDIT: Yes I am aware these multiple edits are getting out of hand.

EDIT: Yes I am aware that setting the scanner on fire is going to rob me of my ability to print.

Seriously guys, there's like a million different ways to get around this challenge effectively. But the point I was trying to make is that ALL of that could be avoided IF the industry just made art paper 8.5x11 instead of 9x12.
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*RainbowStr8ghtJacket Apr 16, 2012  Student General Artist
I have this same problem right now >3<
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~juanitawolf Apr 8, 2012  Student General Artist
D: epsons are evil
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~btomimatsu Apr 5, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Happens to me every time. -.- Great comic!
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*EdanaRose Apr 5, 2012  Student General Artist
lolsofunny.
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~Nikko-chin Apr 1, 2012  Hobbyist Writer
Hate when that happens...I have to scan it two times and paste them together
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~pulchrissima Mar 31, 2012
my problem exactly...
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*s3xkytt3n Mar 31, 2012  Hobbyist
I absolutely love you "edits" on your comics. They make me laugh.
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~Dragon-Shifter Mar 18, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Oh dear if I had a nickle every time this happened to me.
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Mood: Content ~Am1vf Feb 1, 2012  Student
When this first happened to me years ago I scanned just half the drawing. I'll be damned if I ever let one of those things beat me so easily.

Great comic. I really laughed a lot.
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~Mi-chan785 Jan 13, 2012
And again, I'm nodding and laughing (not only about the comic but over a tons of EDITs as well x'D)
I do the scan-in-chunks-and-stitch-them-together thing and YES, it is a damn inconvenience OTL
And I can understand your desire to set the scanner on fire...
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