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Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 6:22 am
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| I can draw with pencil on paper, but when it comes to drawing with a mouse on a computer(cos I can't afford a tablet xD) I am LE SUCK.
I made this tonight though and I am very proud of it(I EVEN FIGURED OUT TRANSPARENCY <333), considering my usual results. I'd like to get better with the mouse, so any advice?
I know the ballon looks a little whack but I used GIMP to make this and they don't have that nice circle feature paint does. xD
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Maeve
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Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 10:32 am
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| That's pretty good for a mouse-made drawing!
About the balloon, you can try using the circular selection tool, and then simply fill up that selection, which should give you a more circular/ oval shape. It's an easy thing but it can save you a lot of time trying to make more complex shapes.
Also, if you're going to only use a mouse to draw, I suggest you read about the "Path" tool. Basically, it allows you to place anchor points, which are linked by lines that you can curve if needed, and then you can either transform that path into a selection or use a nice little thing that trace your path with the type of line you want. It's really useful for inking, and once you get use to it, it's not really longer than inking by hand. And since you can make multiple paths at the same time, or at least keep them saved up in a list, you can always go back and play with them a little to correct some things. So yeah, "Path" tool is great. I don,t remember if you can find Gimp tutorials on it though, but it's similar to the Photoshop's Path tool, so you can also check those tutorials and just change the word Photoshop for Gimp.
There's also other tools if you want to do more shading and all, but those might need a bit of tweaking and tries to get use to them, so you'd better start with the other things I talked about.
Hope it helps and keep up the good work!
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newdivision
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Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 12:03 pm
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| For a mouse, that's pretty good, and it's cute.
I guess the more you use the mouse the better you get. Before my tablet, I drew with it a lot so I got used to it and I used pre-drawn lines and circles on Paint and Photoshop as much as possible.
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Raezarin
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Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 8:41 pm
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| I don't really use the path tool because I found something better; an opensource vector program called Inkscape! Find it, download it and play around with the various features.
You definitely don't need a tablet (I have one and i use the mouse for Inkscape) and it can do various line thicknesses, along with merging objects together, line fill (filling your lines with colour, or a gradient!) you can fill in the objects themselves, and in general make some pretty cool vector art easily(well, if you have the patience for vectors).
Only annoying thing is that sometimes it crashes without notice so save every couple of mins (had it crash on an experimental piece .I swore. A lot. it was PAINFUL man! PAINFUL!)
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newdivision
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Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 12:37 pm
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| That's awesome, the path tool helped you a lot, and if it was offered, I'd buy one.
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Lux-Vertas
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Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 4:10 pm
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| Not bad, I can't imagen drawing without a tablet so, I can't offer any advice!
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LOL UR FACE
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Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 12:41 am
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Lux-Vertas wrote: |
Not bad, I can't imagen drawing without a tablet so, I can't offer any advice! |
Yeah I'm really hoping I can get one for christmas. ;3;
Here's another one:
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Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:47 am
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| I really wanted to work on eyes so I stayed up all night reading tutorials. >_>
I was tired of drawing my own avatar, and since I'm totally in love MelancholyMelody's avatar I drew her. :3
My next goal is working on hair, any advice is greatly appreciated! x3
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Maeve
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Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 3:34 pm
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| Wow, those are really nice!
If you're thinking about getting a tablet, I suggest you get a Bamboo (Wacom). It's a good introduction to the world of tablet drawing, and it is way cheaper than the other brands. It doesn't have some of the more advanced features like Intuos and other tablets have, but it's a pressure-sensitive tablet and it works fine (and, as a beginner (which I am too), I think you don't really need the more advanced stuff anyway). It comes in various size, and you can get one with a wireless mouse and/ or just with a pencil. I got one last Christmas and it's really great.
About drawing, hair is kinda hard to get. I mean, it's mostly a question of what style you're going for. You can just do like one base color, and then put a darker tone for shading and a lighter for highlights, like in anime/ cell-shade drawings, or you can do it strand by strand and smooth everything to make it look more real, which is extra long of course. Though, maybe you should start with the easiest/ less-detailed version first...
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Iregyura
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Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 6:25 pm
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| WOW! That's really, super good for a mouse drawing! You have such passion for it I can't even finish a sketch on paint and give up already
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Snowkoyuki
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Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 7:28 pm
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| That's really good, BUT if you feel like it at all, you can change the outline by cropping bits. Then, it will be smoother.
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