First go at Painter

stuh505 · Thu 17/03/2005 03:30:38

I know, I know...it's annoying to see so many "firsts"...they are excuses for nothing. Nonetheless, it is

I really like the natural approach I get with the brushes...it seems to have capabilities for a lot of things completely impossible in Photoshop and I'm going to look into it for making dirty textures etc in addition to traditional painting...

One thing I am sorely missing from Photoshop is a Navigator window...the scroll bars are difficult for me especially with a Wacom, is there some equivalent thing I'm missing?

Miez · Thu 17/03/2005 08:08:21

Quote from: stuh505 on Thu 17/03/2005 03:30:38
One thing I am sorely missing from Photoshop is a Navigator window...the scroll bars are difficult for me especially with a Wacom, is there some equivalent thing I'm missing?

Simply keep one hand on your stylus and one hand near your space bar. With a quick tap of the space bar you turn your cursor into a "move canvas" hand and you can easily scroll around your drawing (very handy when zoomed in). Let go of the space bar and you can continue doodling. Try it!

Khris · Thu 17/03/2005 08:57:58

AFAIK, there's is a Navigator Window in Photoshop, al least 7 and CS both have one.
You should be able to unhide it using the Window-menu.

Reptile · Thu 17/03/2005 09:39:18

That looks amazing!

Abisso · Thu 17/03/2005 12:00:21

QuoteAFAIK, there's is a Navigator Window in Photoshop, al least 7 and CS both have one.

The fact is, stuh505 is NOT using Photoshop, from what I understand. I think he's using Painter, but I'm just guessing (look at the Thread title.....)

Anyway, nice work, Stuh!

Al_Ninio · Thu 17/03/2005 12:03:31

Very nice.
You may want to look for, or make some brushes.
They do wonders in Painter.
PM me, if you wish, and I will send you some of my brush collection.

stuh505 · Thu 17/03/2005 14:31:49

Right now I am VERY overwhelmed with the stock Painter brushes. I used only 2 or 3 brushes to make this painting. There are so many...and I don't really understand the difference between them all...I'm trying to experiment so as to learn more though.

I was thinking I would use a lot of artists oils but the texture on them becomes a real problem on detail work, so I switched over to acrylic. What brushes do other people use regularly?

DodgeR · Thu 17/03/2005 18:14:17

good work the shapes in the branches are really flowing. the textured brush on the leaves doesnt fit well with the smoothness of the other part of the picture but i know why you used it.

Iif you add a fill to the canvas before you start painting or set the paper colour as a light shade of the colour you intend to use most in the picture, you may find working easier than painting straight onto white. ps, the wet soft acrylics brushes are great for painting skin, and the simple watercolour brush is fast and good at adding areas of shade. Keep it up!