[Blind Tree Frog]

Was showing a friend of mine the speed painting III thread and she was blown away by the skill and talent of the members here. Being mainly exposed to the style of http://www.deskmod.com and used to the tools and techniques used there, this is a new experience for her.

She was asking me what tools and programs you guys used. I answered the same that she was used to, Photoshop, Illustrator, PSP, and a few others, but I honestly wasn't completely sure.

So what tools do you all use? Tablet and some software package? Paper and a Scanner? What is your opinion of the various software packages you have used? And aside from practice, any advice for a n00b?

(And found this, looking for anything more anyone wants to add: http://www.sijun.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=2&t=006636
And which faq does he speak of? I seem to be overlooking it)

[ August 16, 2002: Message edited by: Blind Tree Frog ]

[balistic]

I use Corel Photopaint and an old 12x12 Wacom UDII tablet. Photopaint is a nice middleground between Painter and Photoshop.

Sample screenshot

[Asurfael]

I'd say most people here use photoshop and a wacom tablet of some kind. There are a few people using mouses as well though, and quite a few using painter along with photoshop (or only painter). I myself use OpenCanvas or Photoshop with a Wacom Intuos 2 6x8.

[The Machine God]

I use a green animators pencil, then I scan, then I use Photoshop 6 with a mouse.
I don't know how these guys get that nice sketchy or painted look with photoshop though. I only know how to use the airbrush the smudger and the eraser.

[zak]

cheap pencil, cheap paper, cheap scanner cheap erasers and sharpeners, expensive photoshop and expensive wacom (you can kinda tell that i was saving money and cutting corners everywhere

[Pickman]

-Faber Castell Pencils
-250g/m� drawing board
-Windsor & Newton Ink
-Da Vinci-Saber brushes
-Rotring Isograph technical pens
-cheap brushes and Schmincke Acrylic Color
-Photoshop 7
-Wacom Intuos DINA4 regular Tablet
-Freehand 10 (for layouting)
-IrfanView as fast picture-viewer
-ThumbsPlus for collecting and sorting

Hmmm, that's it....

[Adamant]

I cut costs where possible because I'm on a budget so I use:

- El cheapo scanner. $99.95 Aussie dollars on sale.

- El cheapo photoshop 4. $125 AUD on sale when 5 came out.

- El cheapo Wacom Graphire tablet.

- El cheapo budget range PC from a hardware chain.

- Misc - Reflex photocopy paper, blue penciling leads, loads of sketch books (somewhere in the vaccinity of 30+ in the last 2 years), 2B pencilling leads, very little inks if any, pantone pens, and if I'm doing a fully shaded piece I'll use pencils ranging from 2B -> 6B and cotton tip ear cleaners for smudging. Lastly a spray vanish to protect and preserve my pencils after I'm done.