Evie -- a new project

[W3MIV]

Friend of mine. Chinese lady. This is a detail of about life-size from the picture.

[kc7jty]

muy bueno

[KG4CGC]

That's really great work. :clap: :envy:

[W3MIV]

TU, fellers.

I downloaded the trial version of Corel Painter 11, and I am anxious to give digital painting a try. Alas, I found that my aging Wacom tablet is faulty -- actually, working through it with the Wacom techies over the phone, I found that it is the pen that is defective. Age makes all things defective (but I don't wanna go there!). The program at $330+ and a new tablet at $350+ would have pushed this idea out the door. A new pen I can spring for!

Once I have gotten my "digital studio" up and running, I will post an "evaluation" for the board. Looking at a couple of books on Painter, I am very impressed with it as an illustration program.

[kc7jty]

more works to come.....

[W3MIV]

more works to come.....

Yeah, maybe. I gotta figure out how to work the program, first. Learning curve is veddy, veddy steep. It's worse than PhotoShop due to the bazillions of tools. Of course, the only manual is a pdf file, which is about 400 pages.

Lots of study needed on this one.

[KG4CGC]

What may help you get a feel for it is to look up tutorials online. It lets you follow step by step and can therefore really raise the "ah-ha" factor.

I just picked something that looked interesting from here the firt time I wanted to try something.
http://www.photoshoproadmap.com/Photoshop-blog/2009/07/10/a-definitive-collection-of-800-categorized-photoshop-tutorials-plugins-and-brushes/

[KG4CGC]

Since these are for the program you wish to use, I'm not sure how helpful they will actually be.
http://www.vtc.com/products/QuickStart!-Corel-Painter-11-Tutorials.htm

http://www.softwarenewsdaily.com/2009/04/corel-painter-11-tutorial-angelina-jolie-portrait

http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/paintertutorialsarteffects/Creating_Original_Art_and_Effects_in_Corel_Painter .htm

Anyway, you get the idea and you will be able to choose suitable tutorials for you needs. It's like going to class. You could also spend 5 years trying to figure stuff out on your own. LOL.

Kind of like trying to build a radio just going on the fact that, you've heard of "radio."

[KC2UGV]

If the Wacom is defective (Or the pen), you could spring for a new, cheap one in the meantime:

http://www.google.com/products?q=usb+dr ... CCQQrQQwAg (http://www.google.com/products?q=usb+drawing+tablets&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rlz=1R1GGGL_en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=3k1GS9WhG4GPlAek_e0J&sa=X&oi=product_result_group&ct=title&resnum=3&ved=0CCQQrQQwAg)

Not quite the $350 jump... And it could pull you through until you get the change for the Wacom.

[W3MIV]

What may help you get a feel for it is to look up tutorials online. It lets you follow step by step and can therefore really raise the "ah-ha" factor.

I just picked something that looked interesting from here the firt time I wanted to try something.
http://www.photoshoproadmap.com/Photoshop-blog/2009/07/10/a-definitive-collection-of-800-categorized-photoshop-tutorials-plugins-and-brushes/

Thanks for the YouTubies, Charles. Some interesting videos, and nothing is "too introductory" for me on Painter.

Also, thanks for the link to that PhotoShop "grab-bag;" wow, what a collection of resources that is. Without any doubt, PhotoShop reigns as king among the photo manipulation tools, and its expressive artistic capabilities are very, very strong. A lot of good work is being done in PS, and you have been showing some very refined skills.

Although I love the "traditional" media, the computer offers some very strong advantages that I am only now coming to appreciate. I doubt that the computer will "replace" traditional media for me, but it will probably become a "second easel," so to say.

Here is a forum I am a member of that includes a very wide range of media, including digital. As with most "art" fora, the works shown range the full gamut of sublime to ludicrous:

http://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&daysprune=&f=341

I find it very useful to see what others are doing. I had not paid much attention to the computer until I bought a copy of Jeremy Sutton's book on Painter 11. I once owned the earliest version of Painter, back when it was from Fractal Design (I think that was the name of the company) and came packaged in a gallon paint can. Corel has done wonders with advancing it.

Again, TU for the links.

[W3MIV]

If the Wacom is defective (Or the pen), you could spring for a new, cheap one in the meantime:

http://www.google.com/products?q=usb+dr ... CCQQrQQwAg (http://www.google.com/products?q=usb+drawing+tablets&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rlz=1R1GGGL_en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=3k1GS9WhG4GPlAek_e0J&sa=X&oi=product_result_group&ct=title&resnum=3&ved=0CCQQrQQwAg)

Not quite the $350 jump... And it could pull you through until you get the change for the Wacom.

Thanks, Corey. There are some interesting tablets there. I had no idea so many were on the market.

[rot]

Good stuff Albert!
rot