Re: design software

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, John Cartmell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Eternal Vigilance
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>> Unless alot of the artwork is geometric or do alot of repeating
>> patterns, I find that I can freehand draw so much faster that the
>> abominable mouse interface. (Its even worse to try to draw with subtlety
>> -- and dont think Im an artist who has spent years drawing either -- its
>> just that the conputer interface is still way to clumsy -- eye-hand
>> feedback would be much better with draw on screen that some of the
>> computer notepads are sterting to have)

Tip: make the original image about 3 times the width and height you 
want.  Do the drawing at this size and resize it later.  It goes a long 
way to counteract mouse clumsiness.

The downside is similar to freehand (resizing will make some lines too 
weak or strong) but easier to overcome - you can scale your pens etc. 
too.

However, I guess if there's a lot of 'real' art, i.e. images whose 
artistic quality will be the focus (as distinct from art that has to be 
there, on a card or in a computer game, but only as a background to the 
action), you should probably be doing something different from drawing 
in Paint Shop Pro or whatever.

Gerry Quinn                                   
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