[maxon]

I'm kind curious to know who among you skeches only with tablet. I mean that one makes everything in comp. No scannings.


And how large canvas do you use when you sketch?


And the most important - do you keep the 100% size(actual pixels) when sketchin or do you keep more zoom in it or do you just change it all the time??

www.maxon.rules.it

[Snakebyte]

I'm all comp.
My typical canvas size is about 3000-4000.

I used to sketch on paper first but that was some time ago

oh, I zoom WAY in there...


[This message has been edited by Snakebyte (edited March 03, 2001).]

[Wiked Ewok]

I've only recently sketched with a Wacom, and I think I'll stay sketching with this unique tool.

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[Pat]

I'm about 50/50. Average canvas size is ~3000 pixels by however tall I need it. Quick and dirty bits done 100% on comp, the more important stuff left to paper and pencil. When I sketch on the comp, I fit the canvas to 100% of the screen, so essentially I'm pretty far away from it.

-Pat

[BooMSticK]

me! me! me! I sketch mine in 72 dpi so that i can see the whole picture at once and won't be lured into dooing fine details in the sketch. When the sketch is finished I pump up the dpi and start painting. Btw. - I tend to do almost all of my sketching in Photoshop and then transfer it to Painter to finish it there...
,Boom

[Muzman]

I use all comp. I haven't got a scanner, plus traditional media are dirty and smelly and generally don't like me very much.
I do stuff the usual way; start small with a rough sketch trying to have good solid base to build on, then expand the canvas to some 3000+ pixel dimensions and make a whole lot of new mistakes to correct.
Lots of fun.

[Capt.FlushGarden]

I do all of my stuff with da computa!
Scanning takes time dammit hehehe...

[Ko]

I'm all digital too.
I sketch in lowres and paint in highres.

I usually work at 2k minimum...

Ko

[eric_morrell]

I'm a little confused at tbe numbers being tossed around because I work at around 15 to 10 inches on a 200 ppi picture. But pixels aren't a certain size so what kind of ppi goes along with 2000 or 3000 pixels?
thanks
Eric Morrell http://morrell.8k.com

[nova]

I think my favorite medium will always be paper and pencil..

Sometimes for weeks I only sketch in pencil, and another time only with a tablet. I usually sketch small in digital too. It also has to do with my desired final products. For me it's faster to sketch something up in Photoshop with a wacom, that I'm finally going to do in color than draw stuff in pencil and scan it in.

I usually start with a 1000x1000 canvas and go larger or smaller than there.

I like to keep some of the original sketch in there because it looks more 'built' rather than painted sometimes. Again, it depends. Occasionally i keep the origial pencil sketch in there for texture.

Recently I've liked to see the entire image at once so I don't often zoom in more than 300% A few months before I worked hard on details which didn't show up at 100% so it was a little frustrating and time-consuming.




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[Visionary]

Interesting topic

For me it�s about 40 � 60. I�ll spend about 40% of my time on the tablet and 60% using good fashioned paper/pencil. When I�m drawing concepts I tend to lean towards the pencil so I can make an easier layout for myself. Odd, but when I want to get quick ideas out � I�ll use the tablet. Something about that Ctrl-Z does it for me. Both my drawing board and my computer are right next to each other so I just have to walk 5 feet and I�m there. So a little quick idea layout, then I pounce on the idea I like with the pencil.

-Visionary

[Muzman]

re: the DPI thing. Real world measurements mean nothing to me since I'm not able to print anything out. Everything is pixels as far as I'm concerned. So I just use the default screen depth DPI setting, which is 72 or there abouts I think.
Again, since I don't have a printer I really don't know what it all means or how it works exactly, but I know the 72dpi setting works fine and doesn't take up much space.

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[Ko]

Quick dirty explanation of DPI:

You usually need around 300 ppi (pixel per inch) image resolution for print.
That is if you make a new canvas in photoshop and make it 1" x 1" at 300 ppi (dpi) the image would be 300 x 300 pixels.

If you make an image 3000 x 3000 pixels at 300 ppi it would print at 10" x 10".

Change the ppi to 240 the same image will print at 12.5" x 12.5".

REMEMBER!: to uncheck "resample image" This will change pixel data.

This concludes that dpi is irrelevant when working on the screen but highly relevant when outputting to print!

Ask away if you need a better explanation.

Ko

[philjaeger]

1)black and white sketch with painter 2)gray sketch (painter) 3)color sketch (photoshop) on layers 4)traditional pencil drawing under 16" x 20", then reduce at kinkos for scanning 5)for technical objetcs - use pencil drawing as reference for final drawing with xara x 6) alter photoshop painting, then flatten 7) do final painting with painter 8)occasionally an area doesn't work or becomes too stylized or i change my mind so i will scan in another drawing of a specific area. Work small on sketches and large on final.....16 x 20" @ 300 dpi.....@ a working size of 25%, 50%, 100% and 200%.

I still prefer tradional painting....just tired of paint drying, oil paint fumes, and loading the brushes with paint. Still if i need a painting done fast at a moderate-large size tradional painting would work best for me.

Phil