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[JACCX023]

hey every one!

soo the other i was pretty bored and i was looking at my old drawings i did a few months ago and that i never finished,then i found a kind of khornated demon/marine i dont know what i did there hahahaha anyways and i was like *mmmm yea why not* and i started to just add ramdom stuff at it

it may look cartoonish but i really like it, the trouble is i want to paint it but i dont have a clue on with what/how/where to start and i know we have many excellent artists in the site i would really appreciated if you guys could help me out you know like uhh if i should use corel,photoshop etc that kind of stuff

ohhh and i wanna thank Khorne for always filling my head with rage and blood thirts!

[JC 042]

I'd go with photoshop, its a pain to get used to and master but it yields stunning results for pros.

Here's an example of the awesomeness I hope to achieve on photoshop one day:

Spoiler

http://m.youtube.com...U0&feature=plpp

[GREEN M00SE]

Their are a number of routes you can take, and I often use a combination of programs.

If to want crisp vector artwork that you can scale to any size I recommend either Adobe Flash or Adobe Illustrator (Illustrator being the harder one to learn but probably a bit more powerful).

If you want to go the Bitmap route than I Recommend Adobe Photoshop, you can import and export between the 3 programs with varying degrees of success.

For a cheaper but powerful route (black and white shading with screen tones) manga comic style I recommend Manga Studio Ex. It's got tools for creating comics such as speech bubbles, frames, screen tones various brushes and It also allows you to import/export with Photoshop while retaining layers. It can handle vector and Bitmap.

My suggestion would be to Trace your artwork lines in vector format, save that file and export just the lines with a transparent background as (PNG 24 format or a TIFF format). You can then import your lines onto a layer in Photoshop which you then lock so that you can't accidentally mess up that layer. You can then make blank layers underneath your line artwork which you can then apply your colours and mess with effects while your lines are visible on top as a guide.

Their is also a stripped down, cheaper and more simplified version of Photoshop called Photoshop elements if you want to take "baby steps" first.

Anyway hope this helps a little and good luck! Oh and check out a community website called Deviantart.com. It's free and a lot of artists post tutorials & their work up there. Most of them would be willing to give you pointers if you run into problems.

[JC 042]

For a cheaper but powerful route (black and white shading with screen tones) manga comic style I recommend Manga Studio Ex. It's got tools for creating comics such as speech bubbles, frames, screen tones various brushes and It also allows you to import/export with Photoshop while retaining layers. It can handle vector and Bitmap.

I gotta check that one out, could help with my future Graphics work.

[GREEN M00SE]

For a cheaper but powerful route (black and white shading with screen tones) manga comic style I recommend Manga Studio Ex. It's got tools for creating comics such as speech bubbles, frames, screen tones various brushes and It also allows you to import/export with Photoshop while retaining layers. It can handle vector and Bitmap.

I gotta check that one out, could help with my future Graphics work.

Yes do, especially if you are a fan of manga. It has templates for page layouts as well. It was originally developed for creating digital manga in Japan but it's good for creating western comics too. It's only drawback is it was designed for black & white artwork so for colour your best bet is to export your line work and do the colouring in Photoshop. Their is a "Manga studio for dummies" book for it as well.

[JACCX023]

hahaha funny stuff green moose i used photoshop elements but just the pencil and the eraser xD and when i tried to color it..it didnt turn out how i want it il upload it soo you can see and holy emperor jc that speed paint looks badass i too hope i can draw like that some day xD

currently im using my dads pc and he has coreldraw,corel photopaint,autodesksketchbookexpress but as you said i need to go with baby steps haha ohh and by the way are those programs you mentioned free?

[JC 042]

You could *find* them free.

[JACCX023]

ohhh hahaha xD i see but dont worry if i have to get them in the good old loyal way then its no problem

[CruciasNZ]

You can get Stylus Inputs for your PC which would allow you to draw on the screen like pencil on paper. Our banner of the Chaos Cruiser ramming the Imperial Battleship was done this way.

Also give GIMP a look

You could *find* them free.

Not from this website you won't - gives JC a menacing glare

[JACCX023]

holy cow really? nice! im gonna take a look right now!

[GREEN M00SE]

If you are looking at hardware, Wacom makes a product called the "Inkling". It's a ball point pen that is pressure sensitive and draws with regular ink on paper, the catch is it relays information to a receiver while you draw. In the end you have an ink drawing and a digital line version which you can download from the pen to your PC. The digital version can be saved in layers as you draw and can be edited afterwards. Their is a demo on YouTube somewhere.

[JACCX023]

ooh ok il try to find it right now im trying to see how gimp works

[JC 042]

You can get Stylus Inputs for your PC which would allow you to draw on the screen like pencil on paper.

I've got one of those, but I dont use it, I personally hate drawing, I always use the pen tool and edit the anchor point after to draw anything.

You could *find* them free.

Not from this website you won't - gives JC a menacing glare

LoL, wouldn't dream of it