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#1 2009-03-18 18:33:38
- animator123
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- Registered: 2008-07-30
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How do you make great art?
i am horrible at making pictures with a mouse, but i am great at drawing with pencil and paper. I see all the drawings that MaskedStar and kaotheragooncreator make and i really dont think they could make that with a mouse (unless they are THAT skilled) so I was wondering if there is a device that they use to make the drawings so good.
Also if you say that i could just scan my drawings, i can't because my pencil marks are too light
Thanks 4 helping!
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#2 2009-03-18 19:03:48
Re: How do you make great art?
[/blocks]The best way is probably with a tablet, it's something you plug into your computer that has a flat surface and a fake pen, and you can draw over the flat part and it moves the mouse to where the pen is. I think that's how MaskedStar and kaotheroogoncreator make their drawings.
I'm taking a break from Scratch until 2.0 comes out. Any messages sent between then and now probably won't be read - sorry.
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#3 2009-03-18 23:56:38
- yambanshee
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- Registered: 2007-11-06
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Re: How do you make great art?
also, they might not be using scratch to draw. If you want really great drawings try a soft wear like gimp (free), or fire works (costs quite alot), and import it into scratch
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#4 2009-03-19 11:07:25
Re: How do you make great art?
animator123 wrote:
i am horrible at making pictures with a mouse, but i am great at drawing with pencil and paper. I see all the drawings that MaskedStar and kaotheragooncreator make and i really dont think they could make that with a mouse (unless they are THAT skilled) so I was wondering if there is a device that they use to make the drawings so good.
Also if you say that i could just scan my drawings, i can't because my pencil marks are too light
Thanks 4 helping!
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buy a darker pencil? no seriously, graphic tablets are not as easy to handle (or as cheap cost wise) as pencils
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#5 2009-03-19 17:39:15
- technoguyx
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- Registered: 2008-10-18
- Posts: 1000+
Re: How do you make great art?
yambanshee wrote:
also, they might not be using scratch to draw. If you want really great drawings try a soft wear like gimp (free), or fire works (costs quite alot), and import it into scratch
You could use Paint.NET as well. It's a pretty good program, and it's free, although not as powerful as GIMP (but simpler).
Last edited by technoguyx (2009-03-19 17:39:32)
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#6 2009-03-20 09:10:17
- Llamalover
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- Registered: 2007-05-18
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Re: How do you make great art?
Ask MyRedNeptune, she's amazing.
Be nice, I'm an old lady
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#7 2009-03-20 12:47:03
Re: How do you make great art?
animator123 wrote:
i am horrible at making pictures with a mouse, but i am great at drawing with pencil and paper. I see all the drawings that MaskedStar and kaotheragooncreator make and i really dont think they could make that with a mouse (unless they are THAT skilled) so I was wondering if there is a device that they use to make the drawings so good.
Also if you say that i could just scan my drawings, i can't because my pencil marks are too light
Thanks 4 helping!
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About the device- You could use gimp or something: It's better at drawing.
Or if you scan a good thing to make the pencil marks more visible is to scan it and then use another drawing programme to trace the pencil lines. That SHOULD work.
if you're creative, and enjoy world-building and character-making.
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#8 2009-03-20 19:25:52
Re: How do you make great art?
yambanshee wrote:
also, they might not be using scratch to draw. If you want really great drawings try a soft wear like gimp (free), or fire works (costs quite alot), and import it into scratch
*Cough* If you do want to use Adobe fireworks, you can patch the trial version file and get it free 
*cough*
But I personally like GIMP better 
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