10-01-2012, 05:42 PM
Well, the main thing here is that I don't have a tablet -- thus I have to use a mouse. Believe me I don't want to but I can't get one yet. It's probably the only reason my lines turn out so wobbly and bad. I'm trying to practice though, I just have to overcome this problem of the whole execution of it in the beginning.
And uh... to be honest I'm currently trying to start on my Halloween gift... so I kinda do have a deadline. I want to make it nice by trying to make it in that "painty" style like how Starpower and others do it. I could do it in an outline if I had to but not in black, and not with the pen tool because I don't want it to look vector-y, but painty as I mentioned.
As for my usual (flawed) method, at least when I do vector art in Photoshop (I use CS3 myself, I may consider upgrading at some point but for the moment CS3 is pretty comfortable for me), I always start with the outlines, and once they're finished I color and shade. I would normally try to go along with that same procedure with this but the outlines just don't look good to me... I know I need to try to ignore that and push forward but it's so hard when you can't even get the general shape/figure/angle right and you have to keep undoing it and trying again.
EDIT: Hmm, Previous' sketch method seems to be working for me so far, I finally have something decent enough to be considered a sketch. I'll see how it goes from here. Thank you guys for your replies~
And uh... to be honest I'm currently trying to start on my Halloween gift... so I kinda do have a deadline. I want to make it nice by trying to make it in that "painty" style like how Starpower and others do it. I could do it in an outline if I had to but not in black, and not with the pen tool because I don't want it to look vector-y, but painty as I mentioned.
As for my usual (flawed) method, at least when I do vector art in Photoshop (I use CS3 myself, I may consider upgrading at some point but for the moment CS3 is pretty comfortable for me), I always start with the outlines, and once they're finished I color and shade. I would normally try to go along with that same procedure with this but the outlines just don't look good to me... I know I need to try to ignore that and push forward but it's so hard when you can't even get the general shape/figure/angle right and you have to keep undoing it and trying again.
EDIT: Hmm, Previous' sketch method seems to be working for me so far, I finally have something decent enough to be considered a sketch. I'll see how it goes from here. Thank you guys for your replies~