[shahar2k]

looking at all these people on here that see to draw in resoultions like 3000^2 and 2000^2 I can't help to wonder how much does that really help your drawing Skill? I mean my drawings, are usually done in the resolution I want to output them, and if I am looking to create more detail I just go down to the pixel level,

is it really that much more beneficial to work in high res and shrink than to start with low res?

here's one of my best low res pics, this is how big it started out


the second one is infact double sized what I started with and reworked, what's the benefit of starting out so big?

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[AKIRA_x]

I guess that depends on where you come from. I recon most of us come from a tradional art perspective,and to get the same "resolution" as you would get on a canvas out of a digital painting you have to work on highrez to get the share amount of details. Also I have noticed since starting in painer higher rez gives a MUCH easier work aproach. The strokes dont look pixelated because they have more to work with. Also, its VERY hard to make an image 800x600 72 dpi and blow it up to an A4 300 dpi print rez..but its very eays to go the other way. The options are greater with higher rez.

Also, for the technical skill of drawing its ALOT easier to ad small details in highrez, because you can work with brushes that is rather big, and you can smudge out shadows in wrinkels..relly get in there and work it out. This is impossible in low rez.

But ofcourse its a pain to work in high rez if your computer cant handle the workload.

AKIRA

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[This message has been edited by AKIRA_x (edited November 07, 2000).]

[AliasMoze]

This is an issue I tackled recently, having to do a series of background paintings. I had been working at resolution around 1600 wide x 1200 high or so. I would start and finish at that res. I'd heard of many people, including Spooge mention working at lower res while sketching and then going up to high res --5000 or so-- to finish up.

Well, I tried it and was amazed at the result. I started blocking out at around 1000 and then resized to 5000 to finish. The results were much, much better. The reason for me was that it allowed me to zoom in and "noodle." Noodling in digital art is an idea/practice that most digital painters will get acquainted with. It's an impressionist way of cleaning up, defining edges, texturing that can be done well at higher res.

So, no, I don't think high res will help your drawing skills. But I know it's made finishing paintings a good bit easier for me. I mean, at low res you sometimes work into a corner where the brush simply won't get smaller.

[This message has been edited by AliasMoze (edited November 07, 2000).]

[shahar2k]

thanks, aliasmoze yah I think that helps me out a bit, in that drawing of the girl I probably would have benefitted quite a bit from finishing at a higher res, things like the eyes and the eyelashes were worked on a pixel by pixel bases, (trying to make the eyelashes look seprate was a bit chalanging) although I'm not sure what kind of artifacts constantly zooming in and out might introduce, I suppose that with the right filtering it could be minimized