Topic: Coloring practice

[idolminds]

Bored, hadn't messed with my tablet in a while, found a fairly simple drawing on Da.

[beo]

nice. good transition of colour on the legs. i'm sure you've said before, but what tablet are you using and how happy are you with it?

[idolminds]

Wacom Graphire 4 4x5.  I'd like the next model up (Intuos) for the tilt sensing which would allow for some nice effects in programs like Painter, but I can't really justify the cost. I can't draw for crap, so it'd be wasted. For what I use it for, I'd say I'm pretty happy with the one I got.

Speaking of programs, I forgot to mention I did my coloring in Open Canvas 1.1 (the free version).

[beo]

is the pressure sensitivity adjustable so that if you tend to press a bit too hard or too soft, you can change a setting to compensate? also, how's the photoshop support (i guess it just "works")?

sorry for the inquisition, but i'm looking at getting a tablet when i've got a few spare pennies and the graphire 4 looks quite attractive. oh yeah, one more - can you use other mice than the one that the tablet comes with?

[idolminds]

I never used the mouse that came with it, so yeah.

Pressure sensitivity is adjustable in just about every art program that supports pressure sensitivity. And yes, Photoshop just works.

[Quemaqua]

I have a Graphire 3... never got a lot of use out of it.  Apparently tablets just plain aren't my thing.  I couldn't never get comfortable with it for drawing.  Coloring was nice with it, though.

Anyway... nice job, idol.  This proves that you must be my colorist when I do magical comic art.  Seriously.  I think it would be really fun to fiddle with.  I should totally just draw some shit for you to color up, see if I can't imagine up something interesting.

[NatchDan]

I wish I could afford a tablet like a Graphire. At the minute I'm making do with a tiny, tiny Trust tablet. It does the job, though. I don't colour, though, usually. This is probably the best I ever got out of it:

[idolminds]

heh, thats cool natch.

So I'm downloading a podcast and didn't know what else to do but color again!

[Quemaqua]

Yay, it's Scud!  Well done... nice attention to detail. 

[sirean_syan]

Is SCUD still around? I never read any of the proper comics, but the guy always seemed pretty great.

[idolminds]

Holy shit thank you for making me go look it up. You can read what happened.

Good news! Schrab got the rights back to Scud, is making issue #21 to wrap things up and release a big book of all the comics! FUCK YEAH! I hope it includes the other stuff like La Costa Nostroid and Tales from the Vending Machine.

[sirean_syan]

My god. My eys hurt after looking at that page for a couple minutes.

[NatchDan]

You've got some sweet colouring abilities, sir.

[idolminds]

Another quick coloring (probably only 30 minutes). Zombies!



Got the original image from Tony Moore, who I guess works on the comic, The Walking Dead. The images are huge, perfect for coloring and putting details in. Of course I ignored that and just did what I usually do because I have no patience.

[Quemaqua]

Nice!  Is that the comic you were looking at at Comic Relief?

[idolminds]

Yeah, it seems pretty cool. Haven't say down and read any of it more than just a page or 2.