I used to work as a graphic artist doing detailed hand drawn vector stuff, and Illustrator's pen tool is the best pen tool bar none. It's nice, fast, easy to use. Photoshop's is worse and clunkier, and Flash's is also not as nice. Illustrator's pencil tool is also quite good if you want a less precise look for something.…
jaco: ^__^ penrod: woo, thanks dude firebert: haha, i do like whoring :) i really gotta do a shittonne more female heads, last one just took well over an hour (short haired one) >_< and that curley haired dude is just as confusing to me right now :poly122: moleskine and pencil for the unloved randall char... who i am…
Great stuff everyone! I have added some to mine after seeing all of yours! -Do everything I can do to get a job this year -Draw more, lately all I have been doing is 3D, but I can't forget to pick up a pencil now and then, I'll have to start going back to life drawing. -Spend more time with the boyfren (when and if hes not…
Thanks for the reply angel I have only started tinkering with UDK material editor so there is really a lot that I don't quite understand yet. As for the style and the effect yes your correct I want it to look like the traditional hatch and sketch effect like the video you posted except that I only want the hatching to…
This. I couldn't imagine painting or sculpting without it. You might find the program agrees, and once you have a tablet, the brushes behave more like you had in mind. I also find it better emulates the way I'd hold traditional tools, be it a pencil / brush / sculpting rake / etc. Even if you're trained more to use your…
One thing I'm struggling with is line quality, (would be good to hear from some 2D guys and how they tackled this when starting as well), but I am in the habit of 'petting in' lines, erasing and drawing again rather than drawing solid strokes, which makes the line art really shite XD I've seen some people sketch in pencil…
Something I learned from studying Mr.SlipGateCentral, is to paint lighting front to back with a specular from an upper angle. It helps to accent the characters, and give more overall volume to the lighting. And just for the sake tonal variances, try putting some blue/teal values in the rocks, not just a simple…
I started work several days ago. I made a few sketches, but I couldn't publish it, because I had some problems with authorization on the forum. Now I can do it. My first idea was steam-punk Vane. Next sketch I created more realistic and today I've made more futuristic sketch. For sketches I used a pencil and a marker I've…
My drawing skill sucks.. its nowhere near how good I should be. I've decided to set down the 3d stuff and strictly work on drawing and painting and all that. I will hopefully be getting a job and well the money I get from that will be going towards another pen tablet :) . A bamboo one at first, to have one and then a new…
haiddasalami: oh snap! thanks man. I hope all your stuff is going well! (and will continue to go well????) KristaW: I'm glad you enjoy it so much!! TorbenLindstrom: I appreciate all those things!!!! so erm... I don't have that much to show this time. I will have more next week! I swear that on the graves of my ancestors…