Nique's happy fun time thread ~ Super general discussion

[Niqote]

This is Honey. She likes swimming and eating Tuna.

[HiirNoivl]

This is Honey. She likes swimming and eating Tuna.

Awww.... *melts from the cute*

[Sophia]

This is Honey. She likes swimming and eating Tuna.

That is adorable

[Catapult]

Bah I can't sleep. :< Just doodling the La Noscea area. :P

You call this "just doodling"?!?

/jaw drops

[Ruethryl]

Annnnnd... splash~!

As cats you should know better >.>;;

[PortableFishy]

With so many great artists in here I was just wondering, how do you make your drawings digitally? Are you using some sort of electronic drawing pad? Any applications you use or would recommend for a beginner? I don't have any drawings to post but seeing all the nice art from everyone has gotten me interested in giving it a shot!

As another art form, I do like music a lot though and just thought I'd share a random song I wrote (forgive me, it's not FF related though):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAyo6G8p1P0

[Hulan]

You would have to ask some of the real artists for a final opinion; but for myself, I have started drawing on a tablet and it is a real quality of life improvement when working digitally. I use Photoshop CS6 and Illustrator CS6. The former I use normally, but the latter has a much nicer crisp look that I like (really it's a crutch for my terrible abilities XD).

For starting out, I would grab Gimp, since it is a good analog to Photoshop and it's free. If you like the way it feels, look into getting Photoshop Elements (cheap) or CS6 (much more expensive). Tablets are pretty pricy too if you're planning on just drawing casually, so you may want to consider just working with mouse and keyboard until you decide to take it to the next level. A nice middle ground is a trackball mouse. It takes a day or so to get used to, but the fidelity is much higher than that of a laser mouse and great for fine motor control.

[Deli]

With so many great artists in here I was just wondering, how do you make your drawings digitally? Are you using some sort of electronic drawing pad? Any applications you use or would recommend for a beginner? I don't have any drawings to post but seeing all the nice art from everyone has gotten me interested in giving it a shot!

As another art form, I do like music a lot though and just thought I'd share a random song I wrote (forgive me, it's not FF related though):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAyo6G8p1P0

/bigclap
<3 your beats

big hulan is super good too & tanking

[Denmo]

You would have to ask some of the real artists for a final opinion; but for myself, I have started drawing on a tablet and it is a real quality of life improvement when working digitally. I use Photoshop CS6 and Illustrator CS6. The former I use normally, but the latter has a much nicer crisp look that I like (really it's a crutch for my terrible abilities XD).

For starting out, I would grab Gimp, since it is a good analog to Photoshop and it's free. If you like the way it feels, look into getting Photoshop Elements (cheap) or CS6 (much more expensive). Tablets are pretty pricy too if you're planning on just drawing casually, so you may want to consider just working with mouse and keyboard until you decide to take it to the next level. A nice middle ground is a trackball mouse. It takes a day or so to get used to, but the fidelity is much higher than that of a laser mouse and great for fine motor control.

I would only add SAI Paint Program to that list. It has some incredible brush tools.

[Rahsch]

<Excalibur player here>

I do all my art atm traditionally, I call my stuff doodles because I can do better once I have the means to do my work digitally and there are alot of mistakes I do while just drawing in ink and not using pencil sketches as a guideline to guide my quill.