For the past few days, my day job has been eating a lot of my time. But that does not mean I need to stop doing what I like - and any time is a good time for some practice.
This was a digital painting study I did, which took only about six or seven minutes. The painting was done using GIMP and Wacom Intuos3 graphics tablet.
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April 24, 2008 at 4:06 pm
Sidhartha Dhar
Sir,
i am a student from India and I am very interested in design and illustrations. I see that you are a very accomplished digital artist and I always enjoy your tutorials.
I see that you use a tablet for your illustrations. How do you think they help in the design process. When doing the vector illustrations do they have any use. Because they are so costly, I want to get an idea of how it works.
Sidhartha
http://iccotdis.blogspot.com/
April 24, 2008 at 6:21 pm
Sidhartha Dhar
Hi Vyoma,
Nice and informative post indeed. I have seen all your tutorials and you are very good at what you do. You seem to be using a Tablet for most of your drawings. Do they really help. I mean, I do most of my work using the pen tool in Illustrator and PS and it is pretty good for me. I was planning to buy a tablet, but the high cost is a deterrent.
Can you advice me on that.
A very nice tutorial and a really lovely site.
PS : There was a tutorial related to a Bear or some animal here. But I am not finding it now. Was it really here or I am confusing your site with someone else’s!
April 24, 2008 at 8:41 pm
Vyoma
Glad to have you here, Sidhartha.
Yes, I do use Wacom Intuos3 6×11, but mostly for digital paintings. It is not really required for vector illustrations.
Now, is it worth the cost. It is for me, but basically, it depends on your workflow. If you want to dabble with digital paintings, and even digital sketches, it is way easier to do it using a graphics tablet that trying to get smooth strokes with a mouse. On the other hand, if you deal with only vectors, and do not even use a sketch as a basis, you do not actually require a graphics tablet.
If you do use sketches, then if you have a scanner - that should suffice. Instead of directly sketching in GIMP (or Photoshop) and then importing to your vector editor, you can sketch it on paper, scan it, and then import.
And if you decide to buy a tablet, at least in the Wacom series, do have a look at Bamboo (Asia link) - that is an entry level and is under $100.
April 24, 2008 at 8:43 pm
Vyoma
And Sidhartha, the video tutorial on the bear is at:
http://kalaalog.com/2008/03/16/painting-polar-bear-video/
You can find the other video tutorials in the Video category.
May 29, 2008 at 4:10 am
Mimi
hey there,
i am still in high school and is interested in the art and design industry, and is now getting into animation, anime, cartoon making etc. however i am a beginner at using programs such as GIMP at home.
you earlier mentioned” If you do use sketches, then if you have a scanner - that should suffice. Instead of directly sketching in GIMP (or Photoshop) and then importing to your vector editor, you can sketch it on paper, scan it, and then import.” i tried that but how do you make it appear like you did it on the computer instead of just a rough, messy sketch to work with?
please help i think ive tried everything.
would you suggest purchasing a tablet now for less that 100 if i wish to be in the industry in the future?
thanks
May 29, 2008 at 4:34 am
Vyoma
Well Mimi, I actually wouldn’t worry about having messy sketches in Inkscape. Because, I would just be using it as a guide, and at the end of the vectoring process, I delete the imported sketch. The imported sketch, serves as a guide alone, and that shouldn’t effect the final work.
Still, if you are considering to get it imported into GIMP (or actually make a raster work and not vector), then you would have to get a clean sketch. Because I usually keep at least a part of the sketch in the final artwork. I believe there are several methods like adjusting the contrast and brightness, going over with a dodge brush, and the simplest of all - select, delete, zoom in and clean up.
I am not a professional in this industry and I cannot authoritatively tell you more about it now. But I do intend to do some study and learn more on that - I will surely share it here.
Coming to the tablet, if you are able to afford it now, I do suggest you buy it now. The hours of practice you can get now with the feel of the digital pen is actually quite valuable. That said, do not discount the practice you get out of doodling with pencil and paper.
Hope this helps you out.