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Hey, I was doing some freehand work with my tablet, and I was wondering, was there any kind of tips, tricks, tutorials or such for learning out to digitally paint? It's very similar to doing it by hand, but there's a very specific style and feel to digital paint, and I'd love to be able to do the gorgeous kind of art that the Homeworld staff did. They used so few strokes, it boggles the mind. Got any painting gurus, or shall I simply practice, practice, practice?

Practice practice practice is the answer to anything, but I think if you poke aorund Penny-Arcade, Gabe made some posts about his technique. Probably some youtube vids as well.

Meddle with the opacity a lot.

Layers. Do a really rough sketch as the base and then either go over the concrete details you want with your freehand or take the 'draw shape/line' tool and use that to do the outline.

In truth, observe and practice. Everything else is just a means to an end. It's all about understanding your tools, what you want, and how to use said tools to get you there. Simple concept, requiring a large amount of work and dedication.

I´ve never tried it but from people who are into digital painting i hear that Autodesks Sketchbook Pro is supposed to be a lot better than programms like Photoshop for this type of task.

salm wrote:I´ve never tried it but from people who are into digital painting i hear that Autodesks Sketchbook Pro is supposed to be a lot better than programms like Photoshop for this type of task.

I'll look into it.

If you have a sample of your work and a sample of what you want to achieve that would help too

salm wrote:I´ve never tried it but from people who are into digital painting i hear that Autodesks Sketchbook Pro is supposed to be a lot better than programms like Photoshop for this type of task.

Also look into Corel Painter X if you'd like.