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 Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2006 12:42 pm
All artists have different techniques when it comes to their art. But some just happen to work better than others. Inking, shading, CG, all of these are very diverse and happen to be a major block to many artists.
So why not share a bit of your best art tips, and help out your fellow artists? : 3
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Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2006 1:02 pm
I guess I'll share some of mine now, though I don't have many. XD
When inking, I highly suggest varying the line width. Thin to thick is usually the rule when it comes to inking by hand. Digital inking sometimes evades this rule, as people like to use a tool ( pen tool, for one ) to ink their sketch. However if you are doing it digitally, I suggest going back and using a small brush to manually add some varying widths to your lineart. Yes it's tedious, but the result is so much better and so much more pleasing to the eye.
CG is one of the things that frustrates a lot of people. They demand to know what art program to use, what tools to stick to.
My advice? Forget about it.
Just play around with what you have. The programs do not make the artist. Some people who have absolutely no other art program on their computer make it great just by using MS paint! And Oekaki is always free, and open to everyone.
But really, tools and programs can only enhance it a bit. The real sign of your artistic strength lies within yourself, and you shouldn't depend on outside sources. It will only let you hide raw talent underneath fake effects.
That being said, I only stick to a max of 4 tools in /any/ art program I use. And two of those are pencil and eraser. : )
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Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 2:38 am
SAVE REGULARLY!!!
It may seem pointless saving so much but you never know when your computer will become constipated and freeze up! So SAVE SAVE SAVE! I find it bloody annoying when I have to go over things again when I already had it the way I wanted it before! The program I use tends to stuff up a lot so now when I cg/pixel my right hand is holding the tablet/mouse and my right hand is hovering over Ctrl+S~
Better safe than sorry ne~
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Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 4:20 pm
When CGing hair, always CG from darkest to lightest (cell)...
It's all I can think of right now x3
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Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 8:00 pm
When sketching, either make it reallylight, or have a reallygood eraser on handd.
I can't say how many pictures I would've seen, that would be PERFECT(er), were it not for the sketch lines that couldn't be erased... ._. *coughmyownworkcough*
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Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 7:01 pm
XD
Hi, Kyora~ heart
If you scan an inked pic, or you're doing a collabthat already has lines, get the lines on a new layer. There's a whole process to it, and you can find a tutorial on BakaNeko (just Google it... XD).
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Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 8:09 pm
If you want practice, draw from life. Draw your friends, draw your family, draw objects in your room. That has helped me so much. And when I say draw from life, I don't mean from a photograph. I mean from life. :]
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Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 11:03 am
CLEANING LINEART!
Alright, so one of the most annoying factors and tedious tasks of not drawing digitally is scanning in your drawings and then your image quality of your sketch AFTER it has been scanned in looks crappy.
It just doesn't look as great as the sketch in your hand!
Personally, I use auto-contrast and then go to the levels option in Image >> Adjustments >> Levels and mess around with the levels until it seems a lot cleaner! By now, you should have your lines and the white negative space in between!
I then use the wand-marquee tool and select one of the black/colored lines. Then I go to Select >> Similar and then ONLY your lines should be selected.
Next, you can either:
- Go to Select >> Inverse, and then press Delete to clear the white sections OR
-Press Ctrl+X to cut the line-art out and put it on another layer!
Now you can edit your line-art with a transparent background and make your CGing days a whole lot easier!
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Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 5:09 pm
Better Anatomy/art etc Tip
Don't ever start cartooning or drawing anime first if you are or what to become serious about art/painting or wanting to draw semi realism or full on realism. It screws up your perspective, and ability to 'correctly' draw anatomy. (my friend who is an awesome painter says she regrets learning cartooning/anime first before realism because she reverts back to disproportionate figures and faces. )
Especially since cartoons/anime and what ever are completely stylized and most often times the anatomy is disproportionate or not normal. (think barbie).
I am totally guilty of this as well :< And I regret learning how to cartoon or drawing anime first than realism
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