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j-tierney:
What about painter?

I started by using flash for the line smoothness thing, so I know how you feel,  but eventually I felt constrained by it.  I couldn't draw a decent digital line to save my life when I changed over to painter, but I just made myself do it.  You cannot beat the natural media brushes. I haven't looked back since.

If they ever merge the painter brushes with the photoshop functions...

Scientivore:
It sounds like you already have your heart set on Illustrator. If you'd like to try something similar for free first, Inkscape is open-source freeware, the vector graphics analogue to the raster graphics GIMP.

nursethalia:

--- Quote from: imapiratearg on 19 Jul 2007, 09:46 ---I'm thinking just sticking with Photoshop, since I already have a copy.  But it doesn't make your lines look all nice and smooth.

--- End quote ---

You make it sound as if that's Photoshop's fault   :|

There are no magical programs out there that will smooth out your work for you. You just need to practice practice practice. If you're still unsatisfied, draw the original pictures at a ridiculously huge size/resolution. It will help smooth out mistakes or jiggles when you size it down in the end, but it will not make it perfect.

Lines:
Yeah, basically you just need to practice drawing with a tablet more in Photoshop. Unless you specifically want vector art, I would recommend you use Photoshop anyways, because I find it easier to actually draw in. I learned it first, so that may be why, but I still like it better because you can shade and blend much easier and you can free hand things much easier. (I never liked drawing with the pen tool if I didn't have to and the paint brush in Illustrator is just weird.)

So yeah, practice makes better.

Cam:
Why limit yourself to a single tool?  Many, many people don't.  Hawk from Apple Geeks does his line work in flash and does the coloring in photoshop. 

Coming from some one with a bit of natural shake in my hands, I can say that I love using illustrator for line work and often even for base colors.  Then, I import it into photoshop to color and further manipulate.  If you are happy doing your line work in flash, there is no reason not to keep doing so.  If you are using a CS version, it easily exports frames into photoshop or illustrator.

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