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Digital Drawing Tools?
Platydroid
Hey PMC people, It's the platypus again with a question.
So I am a pretty artistic person - I tend to do fantasy related drawings and doodles in my spare time. I want to go beyond paper and pencil to digital drawing, but I want to know what tools/software I should get.
From a couple minutes of Google searching, I found that some digitizers (those drawing tablets) can cost hundreds of dollars!!! If any of you have experience in digital drawing and want to recommend the software/hardware I should be using (low cost is optional but probably recommended ), can you share your thoughts with me? THANKS!!!
So I am a pretty artistic person - I tend to do fantasy related drawings and doodles in my spare time. I want to go beyond paper and pencil to digital drawing, but I want to know what tools/software I should get.
From a couple minutes of Google searching, I found that some digitizers (those drawing tablets) can cost hundreds of dollars!!! If any of you have experience in digital drawing and want to recommend the software/hardware I should be using (low cost is optional but probably recommended ), can you share your thoughts with me? THANKS!!!
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If you want a good tablet, you're going to have to spend more money. Sorry, but that's how it is.
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Hmm... darn. Any alternatives to a tablet, or is that the right way to go?
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Anyone else have recomendations? Digital designers out there, help?
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The Wacom intuous 5 is a pretty nice and very cheap tablet.
Thats the tablet i have and i love it!
Thats the tablet i have and i love it!
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tablets are great
but you can do alot of thuff with your mouse for free with the programm "lazynezumi" which makes you mouse movement smoother
but you can do alot of thuff with your mouse for free with the programm "lazynezumi" which makes you mouse movement smoother
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A lot of people use a paint program called Paint Tool SAI, that one's free.
I've had a tablet for a while, but I'm not very good with it, maybe because I'm impatient, but I really like to see what I'm drawing on the screen that my pen is touching, so I wanted to save money to get one with a screen instead of just a pen-sensor. Kind of like a DS touch screen.
I've had a tablet for a while, but I'm not very good with it, maybe because I'm impatient, but I really like to see what I'm drawing on the screen that my pen is touching, so I wanted to save money to get one with a screen instead of just a pen-sensor. Kind of like a DS touch screen.
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Wacom tablets are the industry standard. They are the best, but afaik also the most expensive. If you don't mind buying lower quality stuff there's always Trust and Aiptek.
Of course you also need some drawing software. I know Wacom sells bundles (tablet + a program from either Adobe or Corel), but you can buy software on your own or download a free one from the Internet. GIMP, ArtWeaver, FireAlpaca, Inkscape and early versions of OpenCanvas are all free. If you want to buy a program, Photoshop is the most expensive and the most popular, but there are also programs like Corel Painter, Corel Paint Shop Pro and Paint Tool Sai (I don't know if Sai is still available though, I heard the company no longer has means to develop it because so many people downloaded it illegally).
Of course you also need some drawing software. I know Wacom sells bundles (tablet + a program from either Adobe or Corel), but you can buy software on your own or download a free one from the Internet. GIMP, ArtWeaver, FireAlpaca, Inkscape and early versions of OpenCanvas are all free. If you want to buy a program, Photoshop is the most expensive and the most popular, but there are also programs like Corel Painter, Corel Paint Shop Pro and Paint Tool Sai (I don't know if Sai is still available though, I heard the company no longer has means to develop it because so many people downloaded it illegally).
