Nique's happy fun time thread ~ Super general discussion

[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

[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

[Vergil_Renata]

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

I use a tablet and switch between Paint Tool SAI and Photoshop CS6 for my art.
SAI is pretty darn good. You should give it a try!

[Kallera]

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

I would definitely recommend a drawing pad of some kind, mice can only get you so far. (tablet, though if you can shell out the money for it, a screen tablet for sure.) Also, though I mainly draw for digital work, knowing to work by hand is great for practice.

I use either Manga Studio EX 4, or Photoshop CS5. Don't be too concerned with version numbers, they update like the dickens.(Though newer Manga Studio versions come with cropping, which is welcome.) There are also free options such as GIMP.