Art help, please...?

[Vitani]

Probably not exactly the right place to post this since its neither a display of art nor a request for some but.... ( If it needs moving, please do so Admins )

I'm needing...Lessons. Well, not exactly, but I need to pick the brains of the SBF artists...

I know diddly about any kind of digital art, but would like to start learning and practising....So I'm looking for advice on which things to use...Specifically which programs are reasonably priced ( or free lmao ) easy to learn how to use, but still produce quality images once you get the hang of it....I have a stack of linearty things to practise things like colouring etc on, but after that, which things would I be needing to draw my own art and transfer it into a program for digital painting....Etc etc and so on and so forth....

Any help and advice would be GREATLY appreciated since my artistic skill is practically nil and...yeah

*offers cookies to anyone who can help poor confused 'Tani*

[Lilac]

As for free programs, I'd suggest GIMP. If you want to go all out and get a great program, it'll cost you. Like photoshop, GIMP has the smudge tool, pen tool, and you can noise change sizes. With a bit of patience, you can come up with some great pieces!

I can link you to some. And I think Mute used GIMP..

All drawing is, is a basic knowledge of anatomy.

[Vitani]

Thanks Lilac, if you could post here or pm me the links, that'd be fantastic

*gives cookies*

[Rio Saris]

You might be able to find a free download of opencanvas somewhere, not real sure, but it's a fairly excellent program as well.
^^

Well, I sketch in it anywho. xD Just starting to try coloring, but so far I like it. ^_^

[Vitani]

Thanks Rio, I'll look into it

I can't draw my way out of a damp paper bag but I'm hoping that'll improve....


*offers the plate of warm, fresh baked cookies*

[milon]

Do you have a tablet, Vitani, or just a mouse?

If you have only a mouse, I'd recommend GIMP. Photoshop and Opencanvas are excellent programs, but for starters, GIMP is good.

Do you want to draw and color, or do you want to do photo manipulations/edits?

Just to let you know...be prepared to spend hours on the comp now, cos getting involved with any types of art in a digital method will become slightly addicting :b

[Lilac]

Yes indeed. I doodle even though I'm horrible at drawing. I have basic anatomy down, putting things together is my problem.

Sure Tani. I'll message them to you.

[Queso]

I think you can download a 30 day trial for Corel Painter somewhere, its similar to RL painting. If you really want to go heavy duity into computer stuff, I would reccomend getting a tablet, the Wacoms come with photoshop and corel painter too. They're around 100 bucks though for the cheapest one though, so I would sugest using gimp for a while so you can decide if you realy are comitted. If you want tutoring send me a pm

[Goku-san]

I use photoshop and a wacom tablet to do my art. I may do a tutorial on how I do my stuff. (or maybe a vid)

[Vitani]

No tablet, just a shonky mouse and a very unsteady hand...Not the ideal things for art...I can't even walk a straight line, let alone draw one...

I'm being sent Paintshop by a friend to trial...Not sure of the version, and I'm going to try and d/l GIMP even though it'll take forever so I can try and use both of those to figure out which works best for me...

Mostly interested in drawing/colouring, but I'd like to get into manips too...


Bwahaha Kat, as if multiple hours a day on SBF aren't bad enough...I don't know how I find time to do "real life" stuff as it is....Could be the fact I only sleep around 4 hours a day


Thanks so much for the advice guys...It's very much appreciated *brings out newly made fudge ripple cookies*

[Cowgirls Rule]

I can try and help you, but I'm ok at drawing and coloring, but I am really good at manips.

[Lilac]