Ive written a childrens book and have some art skills. Id ideally like to illustrate the book using a computer paint and draw package, does anyone have any suggestions for a good one?
2006-12-17 10:47:51 · 10 answers · asked by chrismyarse 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Drawing & Illustration
If you have some illustrations or pics that you would want to tweak or add to, then Photoshop CS2 is your best bet. Download some free brushes from the Internet while you are at it.
Adobe Illustrator CS2 is extremely handy, but expensive. You can download a trial version of either this or photoshop on adobe.com.
Also, if you are interested in getting the layout of your book on your own, then you can use Adobe InDesign CS2.
I would suggest that you use a pen tablet instead of a mouse for your drawing. It will be easier, once you get used to the highly sensitive pen going wild. :-)
All the best. Please let me know if I can be of any help.
2006-12-17 11:20:55 · answer #1 · answered by nupurbarua 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Two illustration companies that compliment each other are COREL and XARA Xtreme. Corel Draw for vector art and some complications in stucturing your workspace. A more elementary illustrator is XARA Xtreme. In four months, I was able to go from line drawings to deeply detailed 3d rendered vector drawings. The interface with XARA is consolidated and compact and very little study required before making your first drawings. I include a link below to my photoset of learning curve with XARA from most recent back to four months when it started with me.
2006-12-17 20:06:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
For creating illustrations the professional level stuff is either Adobe Illustrator or Macromedia Freehand, both are shatteringly expensive though.
2006-12-17 10:57:19 · answer #3 · answered by thecoldvoiceofreason 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A cheaper alternative is to invest in a graphics tablet. Most come with some version of Painter which is excellent for creating images that look as though they were traditionally made.
2006-12-17 11:06:06 · answer #4 · answered by Ronnie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mists of the software used is already mentioned in other answers you might try to qualify for a student version of these various programs as they are much much cheaper. All if you know someone who has one of these programs try it for a bit and get the feel of it before you spend a ton on something that you end up not liking.
2006-12-17 11:06:46 · answer #5 · answered by doc 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
suitable application for artist is "Corel Painter" regrettably it additionally has a reasonably great cost ticket. photoshop has consistently been greater for photograph manipulation than drawing, nonetheless it nonetheless serves that function. so a techniques as loose is going, the only one that involves ideas is "gimp" and its notably great yet no longer great.
2016-12-15 03:12:09 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Ilustrator
Both are extremely expensive but they work.
2006-12-17 10:50:15 · answer #7 · answered by Smokey 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sketch studio could help in sketches.....but u need a pen tablet.....WizardPen 5x4 should be handy.
as 4 making detials and stuff, adobe imageready, adobe photoshop would do.
hope these could help u because it helped me :)
2006-12-17 12:14:20 · answer #8 · answered by IceღFire Shawn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋