Line smoothing tool

[Tobi]

Hi guys, my brother is a big art nut and recently purchased the software, I am asking on behalf of him if there is any line smoothing tool/feature as all his lines appear jagged (he is using a tablet pad). Also the pencil brush tool does not give him the black "thickness" he would like. Any ideas?

Thanks.

[Patrick Griffiths | Indieworx]

Can you provide a screenshot of this jagged appearance of the lines?

Once I understand exactly what it is (by seeing what you mean) I might be able to help you further but right now there are a couple of things that I think you could mean.

If you want it to automatically smooth out your pencil strokes, there is a setting under the tool settings for 'smoothing' you can get there by going here: View > Tool Settings (once you have your pencil tool selected you can tweak the smoothing intensity)

You can also view a selection of preset tool setting by going to: View > Preset Collection

As for the thickness issue, you can simply inclease the size of your pencil??
(if you hold Shift and click thne drag the left mouse button left and right it will increase and decrease the active tool size)

Honestly I prefer my pencil tool to be as small as possible for my random and messy sketches and then I use the 'Ink Pen' to create the nice smooth and thick outlines to my sketch on a new layer, is this what he was wanting to make the pencil tool thicker for?

I hope that I've helped somewhat but it's hard to say without being able to properly understand what you mean, but that might just be me lol.


Kind Regards
Patrick Griffiths

[Tobi]

Thank you, that helped a bunch. Any advice you could give for a first time tablet user? my brother is finding it hard to co-ordinate his hand movements to the screen so any advice would be appreciated.

[Patrick Griffiths | Indieworx]

Originally posted by Red Vodka™:

Thank you, that helped a bunch. Any advice you could give for a first time tablet user? my brother is finding it hard to co-ordinate his hand movements to the screen so any advice would be appreciated.

Really the best advice would be to just keep at it... It's not so easy at first but after some time you get really used to it and it's just as easy as looking at the paper you're drawing on.

I'd say to always make sure your tablet drivers are up to date and try to get in as much practice as possible. Other than that, I'd say try not to change the tablet's angle much. You might want to open up the settings and preferences for the tablet and tweak them to suit your needs, you can change a few things that may help depending on the tablet. Personally I left mine at default for the longest time and when I did start fiddling around I didn't end up changing too much.

Just tell him that it's normal. Most people even the veteran artists struggle to get into using a tablet at the start. At least from what I have whitnessed and heard.

It's ind of hard to put into words for me, but try not to worry so much about where your hand is and try to concentrate more on where your cursos is on the canvas, hopefully that little tip will help a little =]

The key is simply to practice, practice and practice though! :P - I'm glad that the last message helped...


Kind Regards
Patrick Griffiths

[THEPROPHET]

practice practice and more practice
I had some issues whn I moved to digital, the smoothness of the pen and tablet were kind of difficult to get used to at first, doodle a lot, try all of the media, and eventually something clicks in your brain, and becomes easy.

You can draw something on paper, scan it and then trace over it in Artrage to get the hang of the lines and a general feeling of the media.

so to sum it up, practice practice practice...
after some 20 hours it will come easy!

cheers!

[Feryl]

Turning off "Flicks" in Windows was the biggest tip when I got my first Wacom. Adjusting the tablet mapping to more closely resemble my tablet shape and general pen/pressure settings helped a ton too to find what worked best for how I like to draw. Good luck to him!

[Tobi]

I ended up buying one....I got better :)

[Werewolf fowler]

I like Artrage4.