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Fun Stuff => MAKE => Topic started by: Tenshi No Kira on 19 Aug 2005, 12:57
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Does anyone know where to get programs that let you do all the funky stuff Jeph does with his webcomics? I mean, I know it's mostly hand-drawn but there's gotta be some way of getting it on the net and doing all the colouring. I'm a budding artist myself, and I'm honestly looking for a good program to help me put out my work. Right now the only thing I have is a big sketchbook and an old set of pencils. Any ideas?
Kurry
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http://www.questionablecontent.net/walkthrough.php (http://www.questionablecontent.net/walkthrough.php)
get photoshop, or illustrator. if you can't afford that then get gimp. (http://www.gimp.org/) it's the next best thing to photoshop and its free.
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My good friend Google (http://www.google.com) has proven a great help to me in such matters. I found Comixpedia.com (http://www.comixpedia.com) had some great stuff in their links area.
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I prefer Photoshop over Illustrator for comics, myself, but to each their own. Photoshop comes in a couple of stripped down options which are a heck of a lot cheaper than the full beasty. I use Photoshop Elements 2.0, which I got for 60 bucks, and got a second copy of it when I bought my Wacom drawing tablet. It does everything I need for my work style.
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Go opensource, save yourself some money, and learn some great software while you are at it.
The suggestion for the gimp (http://www.gimp.org) is a wonderful one. If you are looking to touch up or colour in a scanned image or simply draw wacom style, that's the program to use. Also, if you are more familiar with Photoshop, check out Gimpshop (http://www.plasticbugs.com), a hack to make it appear and feel more like PS.
However, if you wish to draw directly in a program with just a mouse, I'd recommend Sodipodi (http://www.sodipodi.com). There's a windows version out there (even though it can be a hassle to install-check out this page (http://www.giantitp.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=news;action=display;num=1115586717) to see how to correct the installation errors it provides). Sodipodi straightens your lines as you draw (much like Flash if you've used it).