Thread: Drawing tablet? Anime program?

Anyone know of some good tablets I could probably use? I heard Wacom was good. My mom said she wanted to take me out to look at some anime making programs. Im sure there might be something out there that would make it easier to make anime but I already have photoshop so if I could get a tablet it could probably make things easier and more organized for me.

But what I'm really looking for is a drawing tablet. But if someone has a good suggestion for some anime program then please feel free to share it with us.

You know what you did with the drawing over a traced picture with Photoshop? Why don't you just continue doing that? Or you could go solo and draw them yourself.

Originally Posted by Jdeadevil

You know what you did with the drawing over a traced picture with Photoshop? Why don't you just continue doing that? Or you could go solo and draw them yourself.

I don't want to keep tracing stuff...I can draw but it would make things easier for me if I had a tablet. I could easily edit my work in photoshop than pencil and paper. Plus I don't have to worry about smudges or anything...

Plus using the pen tool takes forever...

I don't have an opinion on tablets, but I'd recommend going to best buy and asking the geek squad, They usually have pretty good suggestions.

Anime program? You mean, like an anim-ation program? The only one I know of is Flash, which is expensive (unless you pirate it, but no one does that). If you just mean something that's conductive to anime/manga style drawings, I guess a vector art program would be good for cell shading, but I think you can do vectors in Photoshop.

Yeah I mean anime/manga. And you can do cell-shading in photoshop too. But theres probably something out there that makes it easier to do.

Originally Posted by slayer

Yeah I mean anime/manga. And you can do cell-shading in photoshop too. But theres probably something out there that makes it easier to do.

Probably. You might want to look into vector art programs, then.

Originally Posted by Mark75

Anime program? You mean, like an anim-ation program? The only one I know of is Flash, which is expensive (unless you pirate it, but no one does that). If you just mean something that's conductive to anime/manga style drawings, I guess a vector art program would be good for cell shading, but I think you can do vectors in Photoshop.

Yes, you can. And Paint Shop Pro.

Originally Posted by Jdeadevil

Yes, you can. And Paint Shop Pro.

I hate that program.

I'll bet the feeling's mutual .

Originally Posted by slayer

Anyone know of some good tablets I could probably use? I heard Wacom was good. My mom said she wanted to take me out to look at some anime making programs. Im sure there might be something out there that would make it easier to make anime but I already have photoshop so if I could get a tablet it could probably make things easier and more organized for me.

But what I'm really looking for is a drawing tablet. But if someone has a good suggestion for some anime program then please feel free to share it with us.

Hello,

Yes, I use a wacom tablet, 'Bamboo fun'; to be exact. It's wonderful for making anime sketches, and the like. It's not too, costly either; I think I bought it for around 100$, but it came with Some applications including Corel Painter 3 and Photoshop Elements 4.0. It also came with a mouse. The only downside for me with the bamboo fun pack, is that the tablet was small: 8" by 8" , to be exact. I find it hurts my wrist a bit every now and then, but I just have to make sure I begin drawing in a comfortable position. I also think that with every table, it takes some getting used to. Once you do, though you'll be having an enormous amount of fun! ^___^ Hope that helped you. PM me any time, I always love a good chat with a fellow artist. ^_^

I got a tablet recently, and definitely recommend it. For me, it makes art a hundred times more convenient, because I hate having to deal with scanners and all the irritating limitations of different traditional art mediums.

I also recommend you get a Wacom tablet, basically everything they sell is good. The cheapest model is the bamboo, but that's smaller, and lacks a few features. I recommend the next cheapest model, the bamboo fun, specifically the medium size. It works very well and can be found for under $150.

For software, I prefer Painter X (Painter Essentials 3 comes with the tablet, but Painter X can do a lot more). Painter X doesn't take long to learn, and allows you to easily imitate traditional art forms without having to tolerate their limitations.