Art / colouring programmes?

Pissin' Poonani · Post by **Pissin' Poonani** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 7:43 pm

Y'ellow.

I'm trying to get back into drawing pickchoorz again, and I'd quite like to have a go at colouring them using something like paintshop or whatever it is all the cool kids are using nowadays.

Thing is, it has to be free software-I'm not really up for paying for something which I may not get along with, and downloading 'naughty' stuff makes me nervous 'cause I'm a big scaredy cat.

Any tips or tricks would be appreciated too-although I prefer to colour using more traditional methods, I seem to suck at it lately and I'm impressed with some of the computer generated stuff I've seen (plus, I imagine that once you're familiar with the software you can achieve some speedy yet impressive results? That would be brilliant to be able to produce several coloured versions of one picture in an hour or so, rather than spend several hours producing a big old pile of rubbish).

Cheers,

The Big Piss.

Impactor returns 2.0 · Post by **Impactor returns 2.0** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 8:44 pm

you could try downloading a 30 day trial of Photoshop CS2 from Adobe. you might like it after trying it...
its like drugs...

Post by **Denyer** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 11:37 pm

My recs: http://virtualdebris.co.uk/miscellany/software.php

I gather the best way to computer-colour stuff is with a graphics tablet rather than a mouse, though. Not so much the software.

Also, there are techniques for drawing in pale blue (that doesn't scan) for the pencil work, over which inks can be set.

Impactor returns 2.0 · Post by **Impactor returns 2.0** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 11:40 pm

Im very lucky and at x-mass I bought myself a Wacom Intuos 3 tablet, expensive but the industry standard. its truly an amazing bit of kit and I love it.

Its also helping me to draw my own comic story...

Predabot · Post by **Predabot** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 11:53 pm

Impactor returns 2.0 wrote:Its also helping me to draw my own comic story...

Hmm?? You haven't told US anything about this?

Impactor returns 2.0 · Post by **Impactor returns 2.0** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 12:00 am

Dont worry ill be shouting about it very soon!

I have very high standards, so anything less then excellence requires me to whip my back in penance.

Optimus Prime Rib · Post by **Optimus Prime Rib** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 2:38 am

I knew about it.

Impactor returns 2.0 · Post by **Impactor returns 2.0** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 3:11 am

whipping my back?

Legion · Post by **Legion** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 9:27 am

yeah, we saw the signs...

Pissin' Poonani · Post by **Pissin' Poonani** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 8:46 pm

Completely forgot to say thanks for the help guys, being the ingrate that I am.

So, um, thanks for the help, guys!