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Inking Dillemma
VincentTheBrave
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Hello everyone!
I am an amateur cartoonist who is just breaking his first time onto the internet. I have been messing around with photoshop and illustrator for a while, and I have a bit of a problem I need advice for.
I draw and ink the old fashion way: with pens and pencils. All of my inks (drawn big and scanned at 600 dpi) turn out horrible in B&W files, requiring nearly an hour of touch-ups to erase all mistakes (I am far from perfect) and fix broken/spotty lines (the problems don't go away with shrinking the image all to well). I always get jagged lines with unwanted width and white mixed in with the lines (that require patching even after shrinking). Here is where I am asking for advice:
I've been researching other artists do their work and found that they get crisp, clean work by using tablets. I want to know, would it be worth getting a tablet? Will a tablet be able to increase my productivity with less hassle (i.e. a quick undo instead of touch up on ps) What size is reasonable? I am currently looking at a Wacom Intous 3 and would like to hear what other people say about these tablets.
Thank you very much for your time.
I am an amateur cartoonist who is just breaking his first time onto the internet. I have been messing around with photoshop and illustrator for a while, and I have a bit of a problem I need advice for.
I draw and ink the old fashion way: with pens and pencils. All of my inks (drawn big and scanned at 600 dpi) turn out horrible in B&W files, requiring nearly an hour of touch-ups to erase all mistakes (I am far from perfect) and fix broken/spotty lines (the problems don't go away with shrinking the image all to well). I always get jagged lines with unwanted width and white mixed in with the lines (that require patching even after shrinking). Here is where I am asking for advice:
I've been researching other artists do their work and found that they get crisp, clean work by using tablets. I want to know, would it be worth getting a tablet? Will a tablet be able to increase my productivity with less hassle (i.e. a quick undo instead of touch up on ps) What size is reasonable? I am currently looking at a Wacom Intous 3 and would like to hear what other people say about these tablets.
Thank you very much for your time.
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Asolutely
I prefer 6x8, and wouldn't go any smaller personally. Wacom size really varies from person to person. The whole wacom line is great, depending on what you want to spend. The toughest part is getting used to it. It can take days / weeks / months to really get used to drawing while looking at the screen and on a plastic surface.
But as far as increasing productivity and versatility with digital art there aren't many investments as worthwhile as a wacom tablet
An intuos 2 will do you just fine, if you can't afford an Intuos 3. I'm still using my Intuos 2 after six years and it's going beautifully.