DAMN I just realized I didn’t even talk about my settings that I use for my scanner in that last post >o<
here’s a screenshot of my settings, which are basically just the default settings that come with the Mustek scanner:
The scanner bed, while being 17 by 12 inches, doesn’t scan completely to the edges - it misses about a half inch off the bottom, usually. though that’s usually not a problem for me, personally, and can easily be fixed in Photoshop.