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Sharn-Lugonn In reply to Tenshi-no-Hikari [2006-05-26 15:19:31 +0000 UTC]
It looks good because it took such a long time to finish ... If I had a tablet, I could draw much faster. But I like drawing on paper much more than with a computer. On the other hand, my sis is constantly whining about a tablet. I won't be buying one for myself, they are pretty expensive, but I will probably buy one for her as a christmas present . Well about the layers - even with a computer I want to be as traditional as I can , so no layering for me, even if it makes it easier.
I am using the GIMP , since it is free (as in free speech) and can be run on various operating systems. That is a good thing, since I am running Gentoo Linux and Photoshop is not available for it. But when I am doing some graphics work at school, I am using Corel PhotoPaint rather than Photoshop, I think it is neater. I especially love the choice of media like crayons, charcoal, brush, highlighter etc. there . You can do these kinds of media in the GIMP (probably in Photoshop too), but you have to experiment a bit with the brushes and drawing mode to get the proper effect. In PhotoPaint, all is nicely preset, you just pick a crayon or whatever . I guess that would be amazing with a tablet .
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DarkLuminosity [2006-05-05 21:56:07 +0000 UTC]
ya, drawing with a mouse is SO Damn hard!!
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Sharn-Lugonn In reply to MissMicike [2006-04-18 04:48:35 +0000 UTC]
I am glad you like the picture. I do not have a tablet, so that means hours and hours of painting with a mouse under 550 - 800% magnification. No fun, though the result is worth it. Therefore I usually do drawing and colouring with pencils and do not bother myself with digital art.
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Sharn-Lugonn In reply to MissMicike [2006-04-18 10:58:33 +0000 UTC]
The only problem I have with my scanner is that it does not interpret very light colours too well, like the picture of Gaav-sama - it looks like his skin is white, but it really is not. Other than that I guess that my scans look quite good. But it really depends on the quality of the scanner - my cousin has a horrible one which I find completely unusable. But the scanner I am using is at my sister's place, some 300km away, that is why I put up a photographed picture from time to time. But today I am going to try out the scanner we have got in school, I hope it works well.
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MissMicike In reply to Sharn-Lugonn [2006-04-18 17:46:49 +0000 UTC]
You have scanner at school? Ah, some good schools... ^^ Taking a photo of a picture is the best after the scanner I think ^^
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Sharn-Lugonn In reply to MissMicike [2006-04-19 09:21:36 +0000 UTC]
Photographying the picture can still look reasonably good, but I have found out that only when you put the picture in full sun. Otherwise the colours just are not right. But it is horrible for pencil sketches which must be post-processed in a computer quite heavily just to actually see the drawing.
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