Drawing rough cartoon doodles with a Wacom Intuos in Corel Painter

[pipdoodler]

informative video - as a matter of interest, what dpi setting do you draw with?? Thanks

[Chrisiprien]

i juat got a wacom tablet nd i was wondering..does corel painter come with it? cause i only find sketchbook express. ><

[lilsis]

I have a question. if you want to do an animation, can you draw the cartoon on illustrate first and then import it to flash? Thanks!

[idmars10]

@lilsis Yes you can. In Illustrator you can save symbols and in Flash you can import the .ai file with layers intact directly onto the stage to maintain precise positioning. The symbols go straight into your library.

[benward10]

I could watch you do this for hours

[TheKikitoSan]

Amazing cartoon, I love his chef hat :D

[bighomienigga]

man ur awesome

[lordinear]

oh and sorry wwhy do u paint on canvas? and not a new layer with like 'hair' 'skin' xD tyvmmm

[lordinear]

how u get ur linework so fine? wihtout pixels what resolution and stuff u do? .and what pen u using? and xD sorry..what watercolor type brush u using..sorry for these quesitons

tyvm

[darktopo123]

wow that's art i which i could do something like that xD congrats mate well done :D

[RyanLkirk]

@judwichers Thank you so much for the help, it's much appreciated.

[djdanieljohn]

get the intuos4 for better zooming

[idmars10]

@djdanieljohn Thanks for the tip. I use a Cintiq 21UX now. See my other videos. :)

[MartenLeijonmarck]

Hi Ian. Can you tell me the brush category and the brush variant you used for the duck??

[idmars10]

@MartenLeijonmarck sorry no I can't remember exactly. It was either oils or digital oils and most likely a bristol brush with slight modifications by me. Sorry.

[JudWichers]

Excellent work man. Just got my Wacom Tablet and Corel and was wondering what brush you used? 

[idmars10]

@JudWichers Sorry I made this quite a while ago and I cannot tell you exactly. I am guessing a bristol brush.

[RyanLkirk]

@JudWichers How much was the Wacom Tablet you got? And what size?

[JudWichers]

@RyanLkirk It was a Medium Intuos 4, and I got it for $400.

It's $350 without Corel Painter11, but I suggest getting it if you don't have photoshop or something else.

Also, get a travel case. I've been using my backpack to transport it, but I regret not buying a carry sleeve.

[theWudgeMeister]

how much did this cost?

[idmars10]

@theWudgeMeister How much does what cost?

[theWudgeMeister]

@idmars10 corel painter. I already have a tablet... its rather crappy though

[idmars10]

@theWudgeMeister google.com enter: Purchase corel painter ?

[Likateek]

you use your computer mouse to draw this or SOMETHING ELSE ??

can u answer me in this question ..nice draw !

[renrag242]

@Likateek Watch the damn video. 0:30

[Likateek]

u use mouse to draw this right ??

[idmars10]

@Likateek No a wacom tablet. Please read all the other comments and replies first.

[Rockwithme192]

@Likateek no it's with a tablet

[sprattoo]

What DPI setting do you use?

[XDipwnXDownage]

0:10 lol corel piener

[Goosebumbsfan]

When you were coloring it in, how did you smudge it?

[idmars10]

@Goosebumbsfan Depending on what paint or brush you are using it picks up the other colors from this and other layers and smudges and mixes automatically. You'll just have to experiment with the many settings you can fine tune in painter. All the best.

[Goosebumbsfan]

What pen are you using?

[idmars10]

@Goosebumbsfan A wacom tablet - and different brushes within Corel Painter.

[Goosebumbsfan]

@idmars10 In Corel, you used the pen Brush, right?

[idmars10]

@Goosebumbsfan there is a brush tool and a pen tool. Yes i am using the brush tool but within that I am using all kinds of pre-existing oils, digital oils, scratchboard tools and my own brushes I created with the brush creator tool.

[Laneyboo39]

Ian,

This is exactly what I needed to start digital drawing and coloring, as NamNamsArt said. But it is quite true! You used the exact program I use, and a tablet.

Thank you so much,

Lane :D

[NamNamsArt]

Hey Ian,

Just starting out with digital drawing and coloring and this was just what i needed to get started.

Love your work and think you're a hottie ;)

Grtz, Nicky

[idmars10]

@NamNamsArt Why thank you very much. Flattery definitely works on me. :)

[NamNamsArt]

@idmars10 You're very welcome :) Thought I would be whell on my way, but find it more difficult then I thought. Do you have a step by step course I could follow?

Grtz, Nicky

[idmars10]

@NamNamsArt No sorry - I don't have any step by step videos yet - but I am planning on making some new videos soon. :)

[klenock8]

watercollors.. y rnt u on a water layer?

[idmars10]

@klenock8 in the latest versions of painter you can create digital watercolor layers.

[klenock8]

@idmars10

i have painter x. yes i soon realized that u were using digital watercollor.. now im just wondering how u got it to blend nicely lol... playing around with the settings and stuf.

[oscilis]

great fun to watch.

[anubispap]

Nice vid.

I've been using Corel for a little over a year. Just out of curiosity, what is special about the canvas? I completely disregard it. I normally just create a new layer underneath my lines in which I color in.

[idmars10]

Why use the canvas? I guess you can use another layer or watercolor layer underneath. In the old days the only layer that could be wet was the canvas but that was changed a few versions ago. I like to lay down my flats on the canvas and then layer more detail on subsequent layers. Habit more than anything else.

[MrGrAfF1X]

Hi nice but got a couple of questions.

Which watercolour brush do you use in this?

And also when i start to brush with watercolour it creates a watercolour layer yet yours does not.

Please help me.

Ty

[idmars10]

I don't remember which watercolor brush it was exactly. Most likely digital watercolor. It is not creating a watercolor layer because I am painting on the canvas and my line art is on higher layers.

[feirabbitt]

ok so i bought it but how do you draw and erase with the pen som times i can but some times it just moves the mouse curser how do i keep it in drawing mod

[idmars10]

It draws when the pen is touching the tablet, it moves the cursor when you hover above the tablet it erases when you turn you pen around to use the eraser or when you select the eraser from your tools.

[kirkhammettfan10]

love how u said ice cream. I heard that that a tablet comes with this program, im not sure if thats true tho

[idmars10]

A light version of Painter used to ship with the tablet. No tablet ships with the full version of Painter however. Glad you enjoyed the video.

[mjbrouwer23]

What type of tablet are u using? Wacom?

Do you think it matters the type of board, I have a VisTablet

[idmars10]

Yes, that was done on a Wacom Intuos tablet. I don't know any other brands so I can't judge how they compare.

[TERRANCIO]

please, the default brush doesn't look like the one in the video, could you tell us what brush are you using?

thanks, great video, btw!

[idmars10]

I am using one of the pen tools to draw. I don't know which particular one it is in this video. I also modified some of them and saved them as my own pen preferences.

[MonkeyWithBuder]

I realy need to know wich pen u used

[TheBloodOfGoodman]

Very nice. I was wondering which watercolor brush you used for this video, and also what pen you used for the sketching.

Thanks :)

[ahmedsamy]

that was cool :), thank you!

[zsany666]

and it is not possible to handle this program without a board?

[StrawKatt]

it is, because tablets are basically like your mouse. Its just a lot harder without it.

[idmars10]

your line would always have the same thickness with a mouse. So any of the painting or dynamic paintstrokes would not be possible. The tablet measures the speed, the angle, the pressure of the pen as you draw.

[zsany666]

a stupid question. it is possible to handle this program without a board? since I read it somewhere that a board is needed for him

[idmars10]

Without a board you would not have pressure sensitivity, angle, airbrush flow and width options or any of the other amazing dynamics. To draw in software like painter with only a mouse would be pretty frustrating and even pointless in my opinion. If you can afford to buy painter you can also afford a small drawing tablet.

[monksmonksa]

Thank you very much for the tutorial. A basic and IMPORTANT question I have and that no one can answer is 'How do I paint on already lined art that I have scanned in?" When I open my scanned art that I just want to paint, I can't go under the canvas to preserve the lines. PLEASE help me.

[idmars10]

Sure - I will be happy to. There are several ways to do this, some are more technical and advanced, the prep work would involve setting up your files in photoshop first by scanning in at 600 dpi greyscale or even 1200 dpi bw bitmap, then saving the selection as a black channel or black on a transparent layer. A much easier way is to have your scanned in lineart on a layer in Painter, set that layer to 'multiply' and paint your color on underlying layers. Google scanning+coloring lineart for more

[monksmonksa]

Thank you very much. I thought no one was going to explain that one to me.

P.S.

Is there a way to unlock my canvas layer to duplicate it? Right now I have to lift it to a 'water color' layer only. other than that it can not be manipulated.

[peanut0productions]

Hi Ian. I want to ask a question. When you were doing all of those strokes what brush were you using?

[idmars10]

Do you mean the line-art? I use various pen tools. You can tweak them just the way you like them and save your preferences.

[peanut0productions]

Before you started doing the line art on the duck you did all kinds of strokes. And I have the Wacom Intuos3, and you do to, I think you said. Anyway I want a brush stroke where it works on the pressure I put on my pen. BY THE WAY YOUR A WONDERFUL AND GREAT ARTIST.

[idmars10]

It is one of the pens. I don't remember which one I used there in particular. I have several custom pens saved which I tweaked to my liking (responsiveness to pressure, angle etc on Wacom)

[peanut0productions]

Ok, thank you

[LoveAtTwilight]

I just got Corel Painter, and that was very helpful. Thank you for the tutorial; you're a wonderful artist ^.^

[idmars10]

Thank you very much.

:)

[Pumi99999]

U gotta purchase this amg :S? ... S:S:S:S:S

[younghoop]

A couple of questions if i may ask...

I have been accustomed to using photoshop and would love to be using painter but theres something about the brushes and such that i just cant color on there. so the question: What brushes are you using for the inking/linework and what kind of water color brush are you using for the coloring?

[idmars10]

I use various brushes for the inking and linework and I also use different brushes for coloring (oils, digital oils, watercolor, digital watercolor) it all depends. You can tweak and make your own brushes of course as well. I find the scratchboard tool quite a good starting point for linework. Today I mostly do the linework in Illustrator though and then the refined color in Painter. I don't like pixelated linework.

[KyDDiRIE04]

Hey, Howzit Goin.

WEll i just installed Corel Painter Essentials 3

because it came with my Wacom tablet.

And i was having trouble with the Canvas Size options, and the pixels and stuff... well its quite confusing, so can u jus tell me how you setup your "Canvas Size" Setting thing-a-majig?????

PLZ HELP =]

[idmars10]

Hi there. Sorry I am not familiar with Painter Essentials - It should be in the preferences if it is like Painter. If not: Maybe check the HELP tab?

[harmonillustration]

WOW. Thanks for that Ian. I actually work in Painter myself and use a similar technique. I sketch on one layer then apply my heavy outline on the layer above and color on the layer beneath. I usually use the airbrush for coloring, but maybe I should try using the watercolor. That looks really nice. It's cool to see someone who uses the program similar to me. Thanks.

[idmars10]

Very glad you enjoyed it. All the best. Ian

[zaboomafoo25]

how do you rotate the picture without opening the tool box, i still can't figure it out...

[idmars10]

Ah-hah!

Well, I could suggest that you google that...but the keyboard shortcut is: Spacebar + Option key. Double click in the image to reset to vertical/horizontal.

[pAsSesivE]

is corel painter betta than photoshop

[idmars10]

It is quite different. For straightforward graphics work or retouching I would use photoshop. For painting and drawing I would use Painter.

[MrDefaulto]

OH MY GOD. How did I not know about ROTATING THE PICTURE!!!

Everyone, don't think you know it all, there is always something to learn! =P

[idmars10]

Cool isn't it! I don't know why other programs don't have a similar feature. Sadly Painter does not work anymore with the latest version of OS X Leopard. I am very upset about this. It was one of my favorite tools!

[surtin]

Painter X works on Leopard perfectly. :)

[idmars10]

I'm afraid it does not. I purchased the Painter X upgrade and it does not start up at all. I am on a dual G5 not on Intel. Apparently on Intel it works fine.

[siren56]

actually, you can erase watercolor in real life, though the removing of the pigment is the tough part.

[MatthewTheShortKid]

this is awesome i just got a bamboo  drawing pad and this come with it :D

[pipppy12345]

Love my table too...just got it XD

[austinaxe28]

great vid! but I can't get my watercolors to blend very well... any help Plz :)

[dajzilla]

he is using "digital water color". Try the "Soft Round Blender" brush as well as some others. USe a tablet for pressure which is crucial for blending.

[726863]

please could you tell me what brush you were using for the watercolor

[XxFoshowxX]

Hey I have a question.. how did u blend in all the colours for shading? Because Ive been wondering how you do.

[meissner07]

thank you very much

[kaiser000000]

am i wanna ask which version corel painter is this?

[idmars10]

Thanks! The pen I like to use to draw in Painter is the scratchboard tool. I am using a Wacom Intuos tablet.

[apy4ever]

thats an awesome!!

but one thing i want to know that what setting of pen did u use ?