[neo_hermes]

Now i just got this and i don't know how to use this...should i search for a drawing board? or...should i draw on paper then scan it to the computer. your help would be most appreciated.

[Turnsky]

Originally posted by neo_hermes
Now i just got this and i don't know how to use this...should i search for a drawing board? or...should i draw on paper then scan it to the computer. your help would be most appreciated.

wow, complete newbie.... paper & scan usually is the easiest way to go.. and cheaper too..

just use the Import -> (whatever the name of your scanner is) and it'll run the scanner, and import whatever you scan in..

just have a play around with PS, you'll get the hang of it.
(what, didya think i learnt whatever skill i have from a book?.. )

[Unknown Target]

Do that, or if you've got a good mouse and no time for scanning something in, you can try to draw it all out using the paintbrush and line tools

[Turnsky]

Originally posted by Unknown Target
Do that, or if you've got a good mouse and no time for scanning something in, you can try to draw it all out using the paintbrush and line tools

while not impossible, that's bloody tedious..


OR... you could buy a Wacom Graphics tablet...

[DragonClaw]

I like how KOTOR is conveniently placed

[Turnsky]

Originally posted by DragonClaw
I like how KOTOR is conveniently placed

that was just for size comparison, it was the closest CD on hand..

anyways.. just play around with it.. .and for god's sake.. keep /away/ from the lens flare filter!.

[PeachE]

Originally posted by Unknown Target
Do that, or if you've got a good mouse and no time for scanning something in, you can try to draw it all out using the paintbrush and line tools

i actually prefer this method - all i use anymore until i replace my broken tablet, that is.

[Nico]

Originally posted by Turnsky
while not impossible, that's bloody tedious..

Acutally,  redrawing on a new layer, with the line tool, what you've scaned, is probably the best technic for outlines.
But yeah, it's tedious

[Turnsky]

Originally posted by Nico


Acutally,  redrawing on a new layer, with the line tool, what you've scaned, is probably the best technic for outlines.
But yeah, it's tedious

yeah, i know, for i have attempted it myself..

[Rictor]

Ooooh, big Wacom. I have the little one at home, and have used the medium one elsewhere, but whats freakin' enormous.

[Nico]

Well, that's not exactly from personal experience ( I've tried it too tho ), that's just I spend a lot of time on the web looking at artist websites ( japanese, mostly ), and from time to time, some are nice enough to give little walkthroughs with an exemple, and, well, half the time, that's how they do.

[USS Alexander]

Well for a newbie i have some good advice for you:) go buy the adobe photoshop classroom in a book, and the photoshop woo!! handbook, 2 great books for studying photoshop, and after you finish reading those 2 you know enough to make cool graphics.

 i prefer drawing myself and scanning it into the computer, although if you are targeting for drawing/painting, then adobe illustrator is the better program, photoshop is more for image and graphic editing, and illustrator for drawing, painting and illustrations.

[JC Denton]

Turnsky, what model of tablet is that?  It looks a bit like a Cintiq, though I could be mistaken...

And as for the lensflare filter:  Go get SolarCell, and stack the flare on top of whatever it spits out.  That's probably the only use for it.  Most common flares are best done by hand.

[neo_hermes]

thx guys i'll fool around with Ps a bit longer.


turnsky: that thing is HUGE. i've only found older models of drawingboards.

USSAlexander: i'll see if i can purchase those books. maybe they can even help little ole me.

Nico: ....Line tool k i'll try it.

Thanks for the help fellas, with all this new info i'll be able to start drawing....I wonder if the older models of Drawingboards will work on a new computer

[Turambar]

hey, i like the lens flare filter! i use it in thruster glows for those nice radial lines, then i blur them, desaturate them, recolor them, and make it all look right

[Turnsky]

Originally posted by JC Denton
Turnsky, what model of tablet is that?  It looks a bit like a Cintiq, though I could be mistaken...

And as for the lensflare filter:  Go get SolarCell, and stack the flare on top of whatever it spits out.  That's probably the only use for it.  Most common flares are best done by hand.

12" x 12" intuos 2 tablet.

[Grug]

how much would one of those set you back?

And where would you go about grabbing one?

[Turnsky]

Originally posted by Grug
how much would one of those set you back?

And where would you go about grabbing one?

phear

[Grug]

Cheers for  the link.

But if I got that, I wouldnt have any arms left over to use it with!

-Grug