Part 2 of 4 Adobe Illustrator Cs4 Creating a character , the inking job with the pen tool

[Rubenzian2]

you're ridiculously good, but it would be great if you could slow it down, as I am learning to use pen tool! thankyou. any tips? (anyone?)

[mFerreeer]

Can't you just use the width tool?

[NimaDoodleZ]

holy wow, you're an insanely efficient pen tool-er. lol I've been using illustrator for ages in my graphics classes and still hate the pen tool. better with a mouse for me xD;

[sytd3h5]

lol u said you were laying on your table in this vid and the first

[DavinDaGeek]

@sytd3h5 I said not laying on it. lol I had my arms laying on it.

[william36568]

u been to school for this

[TheKyleM3]

while watching your video, i have learned new skills that will help in my artwork. thank you very much.

[aceeeTM]

I like your videos/work it's really dope. At the same time you should give direct step-to-step on how you do certain things. Idk if you make other videos that say "I click here, I click this, I select this" in order to show exactly how you're Inking, how you're blocking, Etc.

[TheAmersTV]

@dani9dani CS5 Has a tool for that. Soo useful

[Lozzer251]

what did you use to draw this

[DavinDaGeek]

@Lozzer251 pencil tool. check out the first video of this.

[joanna13gate]

@DavinDaGeek pencil or pen???

[jooge4]

that was AWESOME

[stenseng]

I hate to use vectors or masking, can't do it either, but the lines turn out so neat D:

[DavinDaGeek]

@stenseng Lol believe it or not, that's the same exact thing I said to my self when I first started using the vector artwork.

[trezza18]

Thanks for the video. I wasn't clear on how to do the line art - I was trying just to get the pen to do the thickness and it wasn't working out. Your video cleared up the process nicely. Thanks!

[sithlary]

can you do this with a mac?and what do you use to sketch it is it a tablet?

[XoxLoveKittenxoX]

cant you just set the pen tool to a different size instead of having to go back to create thick lines?

[retaredjoe]

looks like you draw it off with pencil

[DavinDaGeek]

@retaredjoe watch part one, you'll see how I did it :B

[paulakolvin]

Nice Asian Beuties #lushfmlk.info#

[theoutlaw31]

niice. good shit withthe eye. mad stylistic line art.. dope dope !!

[tokiosyberspace]

your just using your mouse to draw this out, right? cuz im not sure if your using a touch screen with a stylis pen. and thank you so much for having this tutorial

[DavinDaGeek]

@tokiosyberspace The first video was made using a Wacom Bamboo tablet.However this video is using a mouse. :) I hope that answered your question.

[CAMXposurePhoto]

appreciate your video- as I see a lot of what I want to do is more precise- as far as drawing like using pen on paper- which you don't get using Ai - although this technique takes getting use to- you will be please will the end result -

I wanted to draw a character and use parts of the character like South park type and animate him- not as easy as I want- although i'm not educated in the tools needed to do it- I'm a photoshop guru- tryin to get into Ai and Fl

[DavinDaGeek]

@CAMXposurePhoto Oh if you are having a tuff time with the pen tool you should checkout my pentool playlist, It can help you learn and understand it a bit better.

[TheAppleMannn]

Can someone give me AE CS4 download link, but not originall? Please..

[TheAppleMannn]

Can someone give me Adobe Illustrator CS4 download link..but not originall..? Anyone o.O

[coldstreets1]

nice

[Sx3apan]

Man, the lineart/inking is fricking hard with the pen tool :((( cuz it jumps to another layer all the time :P

[andrei321]

Did you scan your pen sketch or did you draw it in photoshop and imported into illustrator? I am trying to use the brush tool, but it doesn't let me . do you know why and how can i fix this?

thanks

[DavinDaGeek]

@andrei321 I drew everything in adobe illustrator, you need to watch my first part of this video series, this is the second part of the video. You missed the drawing part, just click the annotation in the begging of this video to take you to part1. and you have to double click the brush tool and uncheck auto select.

[bumermerc]

Thanks a lot man. Just started learning Illustrator in class and this helped out a lot.

[artsytartsy16]

this helped me complete a project

you saved my life!

thank you!

[kk6downing]

Do you Use a tablet?

[DavinDaGeek]

@kk6downing yes I do.But in this video I did not use a tablet.

[Kitsune88]

Why don't you just use a brush..?

[DavinDaGeek]

@Kitsune88 Because I don't need to use a brush :-3

[mrwhoamiguess14]

@Kitsune88

Nice work

[Kitsune88]

@mrwhoamiguess14 No no, I was actually genuinely interested because I'm only just starting to use Illustrator in stead of Photoshop. But I've tried it a little and I get it now.

[Tonya713MS]

Hello Davin, I love your work! I just got a wacom tablet yesterday, I've never used one before. Can you explain what your brush and pen tool settings are, or how to set up your tools in illustrator and photoshop?

[DavinDaGeek]

@Tonya713MS Setting up the pen tool inside of Adobe Illustrator is pretty easy. Here is a video I did that show you the steps on setting it up, and how I have mine set up.

watch?v=WaKu7zLB5kI

[ScottyPow]

i cant figure it out its so different from ps and flash

[DavinDaGeek]

@ScottyPow Yeah Adobe tend to have all of their programs operate differently for some odd reason.

[Larry2900]

Great Vid

When I first started using Adobe Illustrator, I was pretty shitty towards the pen tool. And instead I only used the brush. After watching this, I feel like getting back to using the pen tool again.

Also, when the music got louder near the end of the vid, I almost jumped out of my seat cause I had the sound too loud.

Good stuff.

[DavinDaGeek]

@Larry2900 Sweet man, you'll get super good at it the more you practice, you'll be doing some super cool stuff in no time. and lol yeah that was an accident at the end of the video, didn't mean to do that xD.

[AkiraParodyOfficial]

I'm trying to figure out how you get the lines to cooperate, but this vector stuff is complicated lol, if this was in slow motion I could see better how you do it.

Could you put into words how you do this process?. Much appreciated :D

[DavinDaGeek]

Ahh, here check out one of my new videos, it should help you cuz I had more time to upload a video at one point.

watch?v=r-EgtMufNPw

[Saleee2008]

This is hard,why don't you use a brushes?

[DavinDaGeek]

Ahh, that's the same thing I said when I first started using the pen tool, but now, I'm super fast with it.

Just take some practice to get good at it =).

I do use the brush sometime, but my tablet is too small at the moment.

[MaxSmithTV]

wow looks harrd

[DavinDaGeek]

practice will make it easier =)

[eddyjt13]

its a doggggg

[DavinDaGeek]

Indeeeeeeeed =3 lol

[jacobswolfgirl112]

How did you get rid of the sketch lines?

7:18

[DavinDaGeek]

Oh, the sketch lines are underneath my ink layer, so what I did was hit the eye symbol on the sketch lines layer, and that got rid of it =).

[jacobswolfgirl112]

Thanks :)

[mackster92]

You did a good job and this tutorial was very helpful.

Thank You,

[DavinDaGeek]

Thanks. =)

[fernifern3]

@DavinDaGeek a smart board is a board that you use instead of the computer is has a stance and shit and it comes with a pen you can use in it instead of your mouse

[DavinDaGeek]

@fernifern3 ohhh, you're talking about a Tablet Pc, or a Wacom Tablet cintiq. Those two are like computer screens with that allows you to draw on them with a special pen. I want one so bad. I think I might get one after I make some money. Cuz they're prices can go from $1,000 up to $3,000.

[fernifern3]

do you use your mouse to do all of this or do you use a smart board ? o.O

[DavinDaGeek]

@fernifern3 Well for the sketching I used a Wacom Bamboo fun tablet. However I used my mouse to do the ink job. and I am not sure what a smartboard is? =0

[LightOrangeFur]

oh wow, this is really cool looking! I don't actually have that program, I use GIMP, but it's stil cool to see how you make your art!

[DavinDaGeek]

@LightOrangeFur Why thank you, and GIMP is good to use as well. =)

[FakeWings00]

Thanks soooo much for uploading the video! I've been looking at pen tool/line art tutorials and yours was the most helpful because I could watch you do it instead of just read about it! :)

[DavinDaGeek]

@FakeWings00: Oh thank you very much, if you still need more help on the pen tool you can watch this watch?v=_1HwEQlPUNw it's another in depth video on how to work the pen tool. and again, thank you. =)