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How to draw a digital artwork 2
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You can use a mouse just fine.
If you actually want to 'draw' then you might want to consider buying a graphics tablet (Wacom Tablets are generally considered to be the best).
But in general a good mouse is fine for learning and using Photoshop (I still use one Most of the time), put off getting a drawing tablet until you're sure you'll get your moneys worth out of it.
Or (if you have a couple of thousand dollars lying around) you could buy a pressure sensitive LCD pen tablet - basically a monitor and tablet combined that you draw directly onto.
Moe: It could have been a real ugly situation, but luckily I managed to shoot him in the spine.
If you actually want to 'draw' then you might want to consider buying a graphics tablet (Wacom Tablets are generally considered to be the best).
But in general a good mouse is fine for learning and using Photoshop (I still use one Most of the time), put off getting a drawing tablet until you're sure you'll get your moneys worth out of it.
Or (if you have a couple of thousand dollars lying around) you could buy a pressure sensitive LCD pen tablet - basically a monitor and tablet combined that you draw directly onto.
Moe: It could have been a real ugly situation, but luckily I managed to shoot him in the spine.
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***Dear barehug,
Hum...I read the articles from the net. A Wacom Tablet (6x8 inches ) costs ~US$180 in Malaysia. Quite expensive.
I have to save money first!! Hehe
Last year, I bought a chinese input device where I got a small little tablet and a pen. That's for writing chinese words. I tried to use it to draw in the 'photoshop', it's so difficult to draw even a circle.
So, I am just afraid that the Wacom will be the same with the 'chinese word tablet'. I don't really understand how graphic tablet works in photoshop. Can explain a little bit?
Thank you very much. ^____________^
U
***Dear WizyWyg,
What you mean is draw the picture in a paper first then scan it and colour it in the computer? Hum...I will try to do it. This save cost. Hehe!
Thank you very much ^____________^
U
Hum...I read the articles from the net. A Wacom Tablet (6x8 inches ) costs ~US$180 in Malaysia. Quite expensive.
I have to save money first!! Hehe
Last year, I bought a chinese input device where I got a small little tablet and a pen. That's for writing chinese words. I tried to use it to draw in the 'photoshop', it's so difficult to draw even a circle.
So, I am just afraid that the Wacom will be the same with the 'chinese word tablet'. I don't really understand how graphic tablet works in photoshop. Can explain a little bit?
Thank you very much. ^____________^
U
***Dear WizyWyg,
What you mean is draw the picture in a paper first then scan it and colour it in the computer? Hum...I will try to do it. This save cost. Hehe!
Thank you very much ^____________^
U
Chel, yeah, that's what I meant. I can't use a mouse or the Wacom table to draw on; its traditional pen and paper for me. But heck, I didn't have to buy an expensive Wacom and a good scanner can scan up to 3600 dpi with no problems and costs $100 less than a tablet.
There are several tutorials on the net to do this.
There are several tutorials on the net to do this.
Another option is to draw in Illustrator, Freehand or CorelDraw and export your file to eps and open in Photoshop to colourize and do all your fancy effects and stuff. I do this all the time since it's easier to use the drawing tools in Illustrator.
A graphics tablet acts like a virtual brush(or pencil). You have a tablet and a stylus(pen), you draw on the tablet as you would on a piece of paper and the tablet will transfer those movements to the brush(or whatever tool you are using) in Photoshop.
The tablet change detect how much Pressure you are applying and will add more 'paint' the harder you press.
In Photoshop CS you can change the dynamics of the graphics table, EG: the more pressure = more 'paint/ink' or Opacity or size or flow And will react according to how much pressure is applied to the tablet(with the pen device).
It is a much more natural way to draw than with a mouse, but yes they are quite expensive.
If you have a scanner, I would try as WizyWyg suggested and draw your images on paper and then scan them in and edit in Photoshop.
Moe: It could have been a real ugly situation, but luckily I managed to shoot him in the spine.
The tablet change detect how much Pressure you are applying and will add more 'paint' the harder you press.
In Photoshop CS you can change the dynamics of the graphics table, EG: the more pressure = more 'paint/ink' or Opacity or size or flow And will react according to how much pressure is applied to the tablet(with the pen device).
It is a much more natural way to draw than with a mouse, but yes they are quite expensive.
If you have a scanner, I would try as WizyWyg suggested and draw your images on paper and then scan them in and edit in Photoshop.
Moe: It could have been a real ugly situation, but luckily I managed to shoot him in the spine.
mscallisto
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Lots of good suggestions.
Tablets are quite nice but they takes a lot of practice to get used to them.
I've tried an expensive tablet at work and also purchased a small tablet 7.5 x 5.5 for $16 and found both to be awkward.
To hold with one hand as if it were a pencil with a small button to simulate clicking while drawing on the tablet and looking at the monitor ain't so easy at first.
Still to watch an expert with a tablet is impressive and better than a mouse, in my opinion.
I went back to the mouse, and finally to a wireless mouse which I like very much.
Of course there's always WizyWyg's solution, which works great!
Tablets are quite nice but they takes a lot of practice to get used to them.
I've tried an expensive tablet at work and also purchased a small tablet 7.5 x 5.5 for $16 and found both to be awkward.
To hold with one hand as if it were a pencil with a small button to simulate clicking while drawing on the tablet and looking at the monitor ain't so easy at first.
Still to watch an expert with a tablet is impressive and better than a mouse, in my opinion.
I went back to the mouse, and finally to a wireless mouse which I like very much.
Of course there's always WizyWyg's solution, which works great!
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Hi all,
I have tried to use scanner to scan whatever I draw. I coloured it in Photoshop. I can see the result is quite good in photoshop especially using the CS version. I m still don't know how to use Illustrator. hehe. Really have to take time to explore it.
By the way, what's the different between Photoshop and Illustrator? I feel almost the same?
Or according to above mentioned, photoshop is for colouring while illustrator is for drawing?
And mscallisto could get a tablet with only $16 (in US$ ? )! So good! Practise makes perfect! I believe this! I will try to get 1, and practise using it everyday.
I like drawing. But I think the "feel" of drawing and colouring in computers is totally different in our real life using real pencil and colour pencil / water colours.
Anyway, I like both. hehe. I like graphics/pictures though I am not good in Photoshop/Illustrator.
Lastly, really thank you for all the informations / comments given by you guys!!! ^___________^
I have tried to use scanner to scan whatever I draw. I coloured it in Photoshop. I can see the result is quite good in photoshop especially using the CS version. I m still don't know how to use Illustrator. hehe. Really have to take time to explore it.
By the way, what's the different between Photoshop and Illustrator? I feel almost the same?
Or according to above mentioned, photoshop is for colouring while illustrator is for drawing?And mscallisto could get a tablet with only $16 (in US$ ? )! So good! Practise makes perfect! I believe this! I will try to get 1, and practise using it everyday.
I like drawing. But I think the "feel" of drawing and colouring in computers is totally different in our real life using real pencil and colour pencil / water colours.
Anyway, I like both. hehe. I like graphics/pictures though I am not good in Photoshop/Illustrator.
Lastly, really thank you for all the informations / comments given by you guys!!! ^___________^
Photoshop = Bitmap graphics
Illustrator = Vector graphics
Main difference is that in Illustrator, when you create anything in Vector format, you can resize, shrink, change dPI without ruining the original look (ie no pixlization problems when you enlarge something).
this has the best examples:
Illustrator = Vector graphics
Main difference is that in Illustrator, when you create anything in Vector format, you can resize, shrink, change dPI without ruining the original look (ie no pixlization problems when you enlarge something).
this has the best examples:
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