Photoshop for cartoons?

IMHO, Illustrator is preferable for drawing.

Brenda Romans wrote:

I have a Wacom stylus and tablet.

All I really want to do with it is draw a fairly basic freehand comic strip. Is this possible in Photoshop? I only have an old version, I believe the latest will enable you to draw smooth freehand curves. I’ll buy it if that’s what I need. However some other kind of software (illustration or animation maybe) may be preferable.

I’m having some trouble working out what I need, but I’d like to do it soon so I can get it and start climbing up the learning curve.
Cheers

Bren (UK)

Brenda, see my reply on the ILlustrator group.
Flash is the solution for you…

mart

Donna wrote:

IMHO, Illustrator is preferable for drawing.

Brenda Romans wrote:

I have a Wacom stylus and tablet.

All I really want to do with it is draw a fairly basic freehand comic strip.
Is this possible in Photoshop? I only have an old version, I believe the latest will enable you to draw smooth freehand curves. I’ll buy it if that’s what I need. However some other kind of software (illustration or animation maybe) may be preferable.

I’m having some trouble working out what I need, but I’d like to do it soon
so I can get it and start climbing up the learning curve.
Cheers

Bren (UK)

Well Flash has tweening, but it’s not the natural way cartoonists animate. The most common "old school" method for drawn animation is to draw on paper, and scan it in. Enhance your outlines, paint, and put em all together in Flash (if you’re publishing to the web).

In Flash you can "trace bitmap" and make your lines smooth vectors. Illustrator has similar tracing, but it’s a LOT harder to use and get what you want.

If you’re making videos tho, Flash is kind of the crappy poorman’s way. People "claim" SouthPark was done in Flash, but I doubt it. In any case, SouthPark is pretty crappy artistically speaking lol!

-Max

"Martin Chiselwitt" wrote in message

Brenda, see my reply on the ILlustrator group.
Flash is the solution for you…

mart

Donna wrote:

IMHO, Illustrator is preferable for drawing.

Brenda Romans wrote:

I have a Wacom stylus and tablet.

All I really want to do with it is draw a fairly basic freehand comic strip.
Is this possible in Photoshop? I only have an old version, I believe

the

latest will enable you to draw smooth freehand curves. I’ll buy it if that’s what I need. However some other kind of software (illustration

or

animation maybe) may be preferable.

I’m having some trouble working out what I need, but I’d like to do it soon
so I can get it and start climbing up the learning curve.
Cheers

Bren (UK)

Flash isn’t as crappy as you think. Check out www.homestarrunner.com for the best cartoon flash animation I’ve ever seen, (and it’s one of the funniest sites around…)

Steven

"Max" wrote in message

Well Flash has tweening, but it’s not the natural way cartoonists animate. The most common "old school" method for drawn animation is to draw on

paper,

and scan it in. Enhance your outlines, paint, and put em all together in Flash (if you’re publishing to the web).

In Flash you can "trace bitmap" and make your lines smooth vectors. Illustrator has similar tracing, but it’s a LOT harder to use and get what you want.

If you’re making videos tho, Flash is kind of the crappy poorman’s way. People "claim" SouthPark was done in Flash, but I doubt it. In any case, SouthPark is pretty crappy artistically speaking lol!

-Max

"Martin Chiselwitt" wrote in message

Brenda, see my reply on the ILlustrator group.
Flash is the solution for you…

mart

Donna wrote:

IMHO, Illustrator is preferable for drawing.

Brenda Romans wrote:

I have a Wacom stylus and tablet.

All I really want to do with it is draw a fairly basic freehand comic strip.
Is this possible in Photoshop? I only have an old version, I believe

the

latest will enable you to draw smooth freehand curves. I’ll buy it

if

that’s what I need. However some other kind of software

(illustration

or

animation maybe) may be preferable.

I’m having some trouble working out what I need, but I’d like to do

it

soon
so I can get it and start climbing up the learning curve.
Cheers

Bren (UK)

in article dteBb.2046$
wrote on 12/8/03 11:03 PM:

Flash isn’t as crappy as you think. Check out www.homestarrunner.com for the best cartoon flash animation I’ve ever seen, (and it’s one of the funniest sites around…)

Steven

Too bad it is on the slowest server in the world! Scratch, hiss!

You might want to check out Paint Shop Pro v8.
As far as comic strips are concerned it has all the features you’ll need, plus it handles vector graphics as well as bitmap all in the one package for a fraction of the price.
As an added bonus it also includes an Animation Workshop if you want to do animated ‘toons.
Its certainly worth a look.
—

Ron.

Brenda Romans wrote in message

I have a Wacom stylus and tablet.

All I really want to do with it is draw a fairly basic freehand comic

strip.

Is this possible in Photoshop? I only have an old version, I believe the latest will enable you to draw smooth freehand curves. I’ll buy it if that’s what I need. However some other kind of software (illustration or animation maybe) may be preferable.

I’m having some trouble working out what I need, but I’d like to do it

soon

so I can get it and start climbing up the learning curve.
Cheers

Bren (UK)

On Mon, 8 Dec 2003 13:38:52 -0000, "Brenda Romans" wrote:

I have a Wacom stylus and tablet.

All I really want to do with it is draw a fairly basic freehand comic strip. Is this possible in Photoshop? I only have an old version, I believe the latest will enable you to draw smooth freehand curves. I’ll buy it if that’s what I need. However some other kind of software (illustration or animation maybe) may be preferable.

I’m having some trouble working out what I need, but I’d like to do it soon so I can get it and start climbing up the learning curve.
Cheers

Bren (UK)

You might find this of interest: "Photoshop for Comics Master Course" by Pat Duke (Radio Comix). I can’t vouch for the quality of instruction, since I haven’t looked at it yet.