[saripol]

another one of the cartoonish potrait that i've being experimenting on

[Jezebel]

Something that would really help give this image the slightest bit of depth would be to vary your line widths and add some shading. I'm not too good with cartoony style drawing but here's an example of what I mean although you'd want yours to look less tupid than mine, hehe:



Check out Agent44's work to see what I mean. I just can't do the cartoony simple thing. I end up wanting to overwork everything I do. I was mainly just trying to illustrate that you don't need to give everything harsh black outlines for people to understand it's shape and form. The eye seemed like a good example. Hope this helps.

Beth

[Tinusch]

I think when you're going for such a simplified look, the line quality is what's going to make the pic. Line weight and cleanness. Your lines look a little rough, which takes away from the whole picture. With a style like this, there's a lot of emphasis on the lines, with no little details or flashy colors to detract from them. I'd suggest looking at Visigothan's site for examples...

[Jezebel]

Oooh... vis is an excellent example

[saripol]

thanks jez i can see what you mean.. i'm actually quite new in doing cartoony style this is only my second try at it.. your eye is actually a lot better than mine
and tinusch is right i should put a lot more emphasis one the line weight and cleanness..

thanks guys..

[saripol]

one quick question guys, is there a better way to get from sketch to line art in photoshop?? cause the way i'm doing it right now is : trace the sketch using a hard paintbrush with the opacity set to 'off'.
I know i can do it better on paper but i just can't afford a scanner just yet.
So if you guys have any tips on doing it just shout it out cause i would really appreciate it ..

here is how i do it :

[Sketch -> LineArt]

[Speve-o-matic]

Another way of doing it would be to trace over the original sketch with the pen tool, and then use the 'stroke subpath' option on your traced outline. You would have far more control over your lines and your final look. The pen tool is quite different to the paintbrush or airbrush. Try it out.

- Steve

[StormVermin]

Hrmm, it looks as though the artist had a picture of them on the computer then went over top of it with the brush tool. The lines are really solid.

Either that or I just complimented your line work big-time.

Looks good though none-the-less.

[Visigothan]

Here's a quick tutorial that I threw together a long time ago dude... Hope this helps.
http://www.sijun.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=2&t=003731


~{V}~

[kaareandrews]

Ya know, I dig the no line weight thing. It reminds me of a lot of editorial art I see in fashion mags these days like Nylon.

-Kaare

[ May 21, 2001: Message edited by: kaareandrews ]

[saripol]

StormVermin, since i did not trace over a picture i'll take it as a compliment ,
actually i did made a solid line over the sketch in some part to ease the "inking" process since i zoomed the image very big and can't really see the whole picture,
but tracing it to make a continous line would be much easier with a well defined sketch ...

kaareandrews

Speve-o-matic, Visigoth : thanks guys