Quote:
|
Originally Posted by mlomaka
Thanks. I know there is a lot out there. I guese that is sort of why I was asking. I would like to start doing digital, I was just wanting to see if there is one program that is easier to use than others. I know it has to do with how familiar you are with a program. I have access to photoshop, but the guide is the size of a phone book. A little intimidating. Also, I am curious to see how many people use a wakum (spelling?) tablet. I can't figure out how you can draw on the computer and get the proportions right. I have a friend who draws the car by hand, then scans it & does all the work on computer. I figured I would start there. Just seeing what other approaches there are.
|
oh, yeah. i sketch the car first and scan it (or take a digital pic cause my scanner is small). i think any digital art starts this way ... at least kinda. i'm pretty sure if you want to really "draw" on screen as if you're sketching, you need a large tablet. I have a small wacom that I just use for digital "painting" like in photoshop because it doesn't really need to be large for that. I find sketching to be awkward with the tablet though because when i sketch i turn my paper completely upside down, on its side, at funny angles ... all sorts of stuff. the tablet doesn't lend itself to that much. i use 2 monitors so i have illustrator open on the left with my sketch placed in it, then ref pics on the right screen open in PS. I don't really use the ref pics A LOT in the drawing(by drawing i mean in Illustrator) portion, mostly for how I want my coloring to look but they're good for both and to keep me on track. photoshop doesn't make your art look a certain way, so if i was you i'd give it a shot. it can give you so many looks and just one little trick you pick up can be something no one else is really doing EVEN though they use the same "medium" technically. That makes it pretty fun. you can go from very conceptual looking to hyper photorealistic using techniques that are actually pretty similar. anyway, my sketches are really rough and don't show much. it's like you were already thinking, for some of us (*cough* ME *cough*) getting proportions right is tricky and I have to use the sketch to work out the kinks THEN go digital from there.