08/29/06 - Digital - Sketchbook Pro 2

Digital piece from this August. Really just some small pencil sketches from my imagination that I colored. All done with Wacom Intuous 3 tablet and Alias/Autodesk Sketchbook Pro 2. I start with a 2B pencil for the sketch. Then create a new layer - swap the order - and start coloring flats with the wide brush. This is a really neat aspect of SKB2 - you can go right to coloring without worrying about layer blending mode - it just anticipates that is what you will be doing. There really aren't that many tutorials available for this program, perhaps because of it's simplicity? But the Autodesk site has some if you become a member (lower level membership is free!).

Look for SKB2 native source file here (.tiff) PS: this won't work in any program although it looks like a common tiff file!!

09/10/06 Digital - Painter IX.5

Some more digital work, drawn from my imagination, done last month, this time done in Corel's Painter IX.5. I read a quote recently that said you don't sketch anything you haven't really looked at...I guess you can see what I pay attention to. Here's the link to get the trial version.

Watch here for a link to the Painter native format source file (.riff)

10/08/06 Digital - Sketchbook Pro 2

Well it's been a while longer than I mean since my last post...

Here is a recent piece (from imagination) I did in Alias' (now Autodesk's) Sketchbook Pro 2. I really like the feel of the default pencil tool for this application. SKP2 is not really made for highly refined pieces but it has a much easier interface to learn than Photoshop or Painter. The interface was designed so that you don't have have a keyboard - nice for tablet PC users. It is very intuitive and easy to go from your pencil sketch to a colored version. There is a really nice 15-non consecutive day trial available from the publisher - it's worth trying out!

Here's a link to the source file.