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Published: 2008-11-21 09:10:16 +0000 UTC; Views: 1319; Favourites: 5; Downloads: 100
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More great Spidery lines by SpiderGuile!Original pencils here [link]
Took 2 hrs-Inked digitally on my Wacom in Painter X....still trying to decide if I should keep it...Not as smooth
Compare my brush on another piece by Guile here [link]
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Hope you like!
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You choose a good pecil lineart to ink; keep up the hard work! You'll get better as you go.
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This was a test for me, cuz I'm getting really frustrated with my Wacom. It's great, but I am relearning what I have just begun to know. (which isn't much!
Was thinking of taking it back tomorrow....but after working this pic, I am a bit happier with the results....at least compared to my first day....I couldn't even make anything believable.
Inking with a brush, you get to see the whole page all the time and get a better feel of it. On a tablet, the image is zoomed in 90 percent of the time and you start to lose the perspective of where the lines are leading.
Anyways....thanks for looking and the inspirational words!
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Although the results can be similar, there is deffinatly a big difference between digital inking and traditional. I think it's good that you're trying out both.
Did you know there are also 2 ways to ink digitally? One way is just by using the pen like a brush; the other is by using paths. If you would like to know more about paths, I can send you the links to a couple of basic tutorials. It can take longer, but you get crispy lines; I sort of tried it, but was too impatient to learn.
In almost all digital work, you rarely have the artwork zoomed at normal size; so it will feel strange at first since you're used to tradtional where like you said you have the whole piece in front of you. I fand that zooming to regular size now and then just to see how the whole thing is comming along helps to get you back on track.
And you're welcome
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Thanks for the advice.
I would love to see some info on the paths. I have seen some things about it...but as you mentioned, much more time consuming!
I'm trying a few things traditionally this weekend to see how they fare. The tablet is put to rest for a bit.
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Path tutorials comming right up! 
I hope you have had a good weekend; doing some more traditional art will hopefully make you feel less frustrated with the digital side of things - it's always good to change scenes now and then, especially when learning something new.
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Got them!
Thanks for the links. I have a new program to try out....It may help too
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You're welcome, I hope the new program turns out to be handy.
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Not bad at all, but as you've surely seen, it needs more definition!!
Your inking has to be sharper!!!
Cool tryout, anyway!
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Ya...working on a tablet is no where near as smooth as a brush (for me). But I'm experimenting...
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