I've been reading a book on illustrator, which I love. I think I like it more than photoshop. I am learning new things every day. I like that. After I get illustrator down, I'm going to throw myself into After Effects. I've only done animation in that, in Alex sez you can do artwork, too. How cool is that.
So all of this got me thinking about digital art. I just love it. The more I learn, the more excited I get. I am wondering all the programs that people use. What do you think of Photoshop? Is Corel Painter going to be outstripped by photoshop? (How many people use Painter, anyway?) What about sketchbook pro? And has anyone used Dreamweaver? I'm curious. I've added a poll to the sidebar of the blog, so if you have a sec, vote n maybe post a comment of what you like using best.
I think you forgot to include Microsoft Paint.
ReplyDeleteI can't same I am an artist, but it would seem to me that vector based i.e. illustrator-esq would be preferable over raster based i.e. photoshop-esq. Love your blog, thanks for writing.
ReplyDeleteOh yes, MS Paint is a true artist's tool. For image cleanup and such, I've always preferred Photoshop, but when I'm doing my web design, I'm all about Fireworks, which actually has some nice things, such as Photoshop layer effects on vector images. It's like taking the best of both worlds and putting them in one great program. It may not be as great with raster images as Photoshop--or vector with Illustrator--but it's great nonetheless.
ReplyDeleteAt least you didn't try rebooting the canvas. Not only does doing that ruin all your work, it gets paint all over your feet.
ReplyDeleteYou would love digital illustration, I do... and lets face it, you started me thinking about being an art major! :D thanks miss amazing you!
ReplyDeleteThese days whenever I draw, and I pull something off, even a little bit of a picture- I say to myself, "I should save it now! Hit Ctrl s now!!!"
ReplyDeleteOh well, what can I say? I definitely spend too much time on the computer.
I don't know anything about it, I'm no help, but I just found your blog and I'm so glad! Bryan will be excited too.
ReplyDeleteI always recommend the Classroom in a Book series for learning/refreshing new adobe programs. It gives you step-by-step tutorials to make it easy to follow. Then once you've gone over that the Real World series for more in-depth info about the programs. But obviously if you've used the programs at length before i would just say get the Real World books.
ReplyDeleteI primarily use Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Corel Painter. As far as Corel goes, in the next 10 years it could die off but at the same time Photoshop can't touch the brushes it has. The oil paints act different than any photoshop brush and until photoshop can basically make their brushes stay wet and mix together painter will still be useful. I really like the scratchboard tool, it can give you great line quality. My biggest issue with Painter is that you can't move things around as easily. I will have both Corel Painter and Photoshop open so I can quickly jump between the programs. Corel is a very intense program and can take up a lot of your computing power especially the watercolor brushes. If you have never played in Corel I would definitely recommend it.