21 Apr 2016, 13:10
very nice camomilla!
Wacom Intous users
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@andrewcolinbeck So nice to know others have experienced the same instant dislike - I felt pretty discouraged there for a while. I most definitely need a LOT more practice, but this time around I'm determined to make this work for me
@audrey-dowling Thank you, yes I also think it will get better. Luckily I'm very familiar with photoshop, I work as a graphic designer/typographer and use it daily at work. But not for drawing/painting, so there's still a learning curve here. Another way of quickly changing the size or opacity on your brush is to hold down alt+ctrl while clicking and dragging to the right/left and up/down. Right/left controls the size and up/down controls the opacity. I also have small hands, so the brackets shorcut doesn't work for me either.
Thank you both for tips on how to work better at drawing in Photoshop! I really need to familiarize myself with all of Photoshop's drawing tools - I find all the brushes-pallets and windows very confusing. There is one window for settings, one to pick the kind of brush, and the library, and then another kind for specific brush-settings
I tried to grasp how all this works together yesterday, but I'm not sure if I got any further. Need to watch more tutorials too, I think -
ctrl + alt duplicate and moves a layer for me
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I got pretty organized now with all the tools and menus, even though I try to keep it simple with the ones I use the most
for the tools, I keep them neatly and easily accessible there:
as for the brushes that I use the most, I have saved them into groups like this:
and then I saved the whole layout in Window -> Workspace -> New workspace(sorry if you already know all this, but it might be useful to someone else anyway
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@audrey-dowling I did not now this, thank you
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@Camomilla No problem, best of luck! Just give it time...
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So, I'm trying to familiarize myself with Photoshop as a sketching and painting tool. I still think all the brush-sets and options are confusing, but it's all starting to sink in. Drawing on the Intous is a bit easier now, the practice makes a huge difference. So, this is where I'm at at the moment. Two lion skulls, one front view and one three quarter view. Still very scratchy lines, but at least I'm able to get the shapes I'm looking for
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very nice camomilla!
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@audrey-dowling Thank you! I tried to ink them yesterday and failed miserably, so I still have a long way to go
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@Camomilla This is a very nice drawing, it´s probably only a matter of days before you master everything about digital! I remember when I first started using an Intuos, I thought "this is not human - the human brain just cannot do this! Those who can are clearly aliens in disguise!". After a week of drawing, I was thinking "Ok, it is very difficult, but the people that can do this are probably humans..:"After two weeks I thought"It is still very maddening, but I can probably make it if I stick to it". After two more weeks I was there and have been able to swap between paper and tablet without thinking about it ever since. It took me probably around 30-40 hours of drawing to retrain my hand-eye coordination, but the added flexibility (and not having to scan anymore!) was worth it...
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@smceccarelli Thank you, I'm so glad you're getting along with your tablet now - maybe there's hope for me as well
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I have been using an Intuos 3 for several year and still cant draw on it
I am pretty comfortable with painting, but when it comes to drawing I have to switch to pencil and paper. I can ink it aftewards, but drawing on a blank document? Nope. -
@JiÅ™Ã-Kůs I'm thinking of changing the cursor to the precise one - I find it very difficult to get accuracy when the cursor previews the brush-shape. Hopefully this will help my drawing experience more. I usually start with the big shapes if I have a composition in mind, but making circles on this huge A3 surface is very hard for me. I don't think big circles is a part of my muscle memory yet, I think I need to practice drawing the basic shapes a lot more on this. Have you tried going "back to basics"? I think that's what I need to do - but I don't think the drawing experience will ever feel as natural as pencil/paper does
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So I've started shading. Not as difficult as linework (I found myself constantly rotating the canvas), but still not quite there, I think. A lot has to do with the unfamiliar brushes, I think I'll get more comfortable as soon as I feel more at home with the acutal tools
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@Camomilla Looks like you are getting it under control! nice work.