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Published: 2010-04-13 19:06:10 +0000 UTC; Views: 449; Favourites: 16; Downloads: 10
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Alrighty, so I've been working on getting my computer in working order with all the software I need and getting very distracted by awesome PC and Wii games. I got Mega Man X8 back thankfully (all I needed was my email address), but I'm probably not going to ever have Photoshop again. I'm trying to get used to Gimp, but while it is very similar to Photoshop, it still feels ... different.This drawing is one I did during my computer-less state. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. It's inspired by the epic Endgame showdown between Sonic the Hedgehog and the original (in the comics) Dr. Ivo Robotnik AKA Julian Kintobor. While I have to admit I like Dr. Eggman better as a character, I've always thought of this guy as being way more evil and much more of a big-time villain.
Anyway, the main point in posting this is because I NEED HELP! This is a scanned drawing and as such is very dusty looking. In Photoshop, I would use the Stamp filter to get rid of all that and have very clean line art. Well, what I need to know is how to do something like that in Gimp without having to manually edit out all that crud. Any help would be greatly appreciated (and saying buy -insert expensive art program here- is not helping XD).
Sonic and Robotnik (c) Sega, Sonic Team, and Archie Comics
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... the who with the what now?
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Welcome back!
Hmmm... I hate to tell you, but I only know of 2 ways to solve the "noise" problem on lineart, and neither one is what you're going to want to hear.
The easiest way is to ink your drawings before you scan. That way, you can erase all the pencil marks, and what's left will be light gray. Then just scan it in as black and white, or convert it to black and white in Gimp.
The other way to do it is more complicated, but yields the absolute best results. Open a new transparent layer in Gimp over your drawing, and trace it. Yup. Takes a while, but you'll have a perfect black-on-transparency piece ready for colors.
FYI, I do BOTH. So every drawing I make, I actually draw THREE TIMES -_- Once with pencil, once with ink and then once with my mouse (my tablet is a brat).
Sorry, that's all I know. If anybody else knows a better way, I'd freakin' LOVE to hear it!
Awesome art, BTW!
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Heh, oh well. I guess Photoshop is for the lazy, and Gimp just requires a little more work. XD Thanks!
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Yeah, Photoshop makes it easier, but only if you can cough up enough cash to get it. Gimp has the luxury of being free, but it's harder to work with. It's all a balance, I guess.
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