Who said Gimp + mouse sucked?
- Thread starter Kookyfox
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Your using a mouse to color a painting? My condolences.
Update: Nice work with the coloring.I see a lot of improvement in this painting. Just get a tablet ASAP? If you cant it would be easier use a vector program like Inkscape where you have precise control with your lines and color.
Update: Nice work with the coloring.I see a lot of improvement in this painting. Just get a tablet ASAP? If you cant it would be easier use a vector program like Inkscape where you have precise control with your lines and color.
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Kookyfox
Bomb Rider
Well a tablet costs a huge amount of money, so ASAP would probably be my birthday (then again a tablet is still very expensive). I finally could order an actual NOT-cardboard-and-wobbely-plastic-silver-tray lightbox, so just wait until I get that I should improve a lot on my lineart.
Oh and thanks!
You are not alone. I too use Gimp and a mouse. Before that I used to use a touch pad and gimp on my laptop it was like finger painting I guess lol Nice job on the coloring,did great!
We shall rule this earth with mice and fingers!
Blekarotva
Member
you can do really nice drawings with a mouse, this is something I did back in 2008 with a one, the pen tool is amazing :V
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I only need to give two words why a tablet is far superior to a mouse for drawing/painting: Pen Pressure.
http://www.crhfoto.co.uk/crh/photoshop_intro_01/mouse_or_tablet.htm
http://www.crhfoto.co.uk/crh/photoshop_intro_01/mouse_or_tablet.htm
PriestessShizuka
Dragon Master
Nice job!
Before I had a tablet, I would just scan my pen inked lineart, bump up the contrast a ton, clean up the lineart and color it with my mouse ^_^
This is what I used to draw in this way:
And I drew this entirely on Gimp with just the mouse and no printer to scan ^^
And I made this on the computer with vectors
Before I had a tablet, I would just scan my pen inked lineart, bump up the contrast a ton, clean up the lineart and color it with my mouse ^_^
This is what I used to draw in this way:
And I drew this entirely on Gimp with just the mouse and no printer to scan ^^
And I made this on the computer with vectors
TheRedGhost
Member
The best alternative to a tablet is making the pen tool your friend. (I am not sure what it is called in Gimp). Scan in your art, then vector it with the ink/pen tool- then proceed to colour or paint it as you would had you had a tablet at your disposal.