kg2007 2023-01-24 15:17:40

yeah... i feel ya but paper isnt that bad because i can show that my art style isnt shit but my camera quality is makin it look like shit so that why i could agree with ya with some levels

jthrash 2023-01-24 19:08:37

I certainly struggled with this inability to find workarounds with having no tablet in my college years, myself. Astropad didn’t even exist, yet.

We might have had this discussion before, but have you tried apps native to the iPad (or your phone, if you have one) like Ibis Paint, where you can turn up the Line Stabilizer option so high you can probably get away with using just your finger for drawing? Alternatively, maybe look at tutorials to better take pictures of your drawing on paper. Just throwing ideas out there…

jthrash 2023-01-24 20:10:38

@DerangedKnite Ibis Paint is free with ads, though I work around it by temporarily setting my phone on “AirPlane Mode,” since basically all “free” apps can only bombard you with ads if you have a strong Internet or cellular connection. I’ve seen people make some incredibly clean lines using Ibis Paint’s stabilizer, but to be honest, I’d have to try it out myself before I offer my own opinion.

I can tell you that Autodesk Sketchbook is a good free-ish app (you have to sign up for an account, but otherwise it’s ad-free without having to mess around with Airplane Mode). If you want a desktop app that makes your Astropad subscription worth it, Krita may be what you’re looking for, with its Photoshop-like vector tools and MULTIPLE line stabilizer tools to mess around with. You could take pictures of your paper art, transfer it to your computer and use a full Adobe Illustrator-like vector program such as Inkscape to trace over your lines with the Pen Tool, which does not require pressure sensitivity at all (though full vector tools might actually work better with a mouse).

You have quite a few options until you can finally get a tablet, though personally I felt that drawing on paper and then tracing over your pencil sketches in a vector art program like Illustrator or Inkscape is the most ideal alternative, especially since they have a super-quick Fill Bucket tool for fast coloring/shading plus Filters to make it look less “digital” somewhat.

TheMiamiDeSantos 2023-01-29 18:21:07

you can also try to get practice on drawing with a mouse, it will take some time to master it. I live on an underdeveloped country when i started i had no money to buy the drawing tablet so i got used on drawing with a mouse, even to today i draw with a mouse

TheMiamiDeSantos 2023-01-29 18:32:50

@DerangedKnite yeah it really does take sometime, here is the first ever thing i draw with a mouse on 2015 https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/themiamispellcaster/the-first-ever-animation-frame-i-did-2015
this one on 2017: https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/themiamidesantos/zit-2017
and this one on 2022: https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/themiamispellcaster/the-largest-port-in-latin-america-hd
it took me years to master it