Stewart McKissick's Painter Factory Blog - All Comments

re: On Inspiration and influence – and another monster

Stewart McKissick — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 11:09:56 GMT

Thanks for the nice comments, Petrina.

I am working on another entry now, sorry for being so slow!

Stewart

re: On Inspiration and influence – and another monster

Petrina Case Studio — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:10:53 GMT

Super write up. I am new to Corel Painter 4 Essentials and a Wacom tablet.

Your awesome article helps reinforce that I can put away the 100% D'Arches watercolor paper.

I most sincerely hope you write an article about the need for formal Art education and why it really helps the aspiring artist- as well as the drawbacks.

Hope to see more of your work.

Smile a while,

Petrina

re: Rendered Cartoon Illustration Technique Part 3

Stewart McKissick — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:29:01 GMT

That's a good tip, Dave - Thanks! I think the best advantage to using the pen tool is that it is editable = you can go back and tweak the curves until they're just how you want them, but the damping trick does work pretty good.

Stewart

re: Rendered Cartoon Illustration Technique Part 3

Dave Kyte — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:51:05 GMT

I am not really a cartoonist but have been doing some illustrations with a cartoon line art look to them.

As you said getting a "smooth decorative curl" is rather hard with even a large tablet and a steady hand. But Painter does have a setting that is a big help. Under "Brush Controls" "Spacing" 'Damping", set the Damping to a high number and it does wonders for drawing clean flowing lines.

re: Some thoughts about Painter...

steve szoczei — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 21:54:15 GMT

amazing pieces.... i love the statement 'the computer doesn't change who you are as an artist'... sometimes a difficult concept to get through to folks...

cheers

steve

re: Finally setting up!

Jinny Brown — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:59:47 GMT

Hi Stewart,

Looks good to me!

Blogging is new for me as well and I've been poking around on this site for a few months trying to figure things out and find answers to my questions. So far, so good, and I'm happy to say none of it's been too difficult.

Love your avater! ;)

Jinny