Wacom tutorial - from sketch to lineart

[timhjellum]

Thank you! Great video and your English is great too.

[MegaPositivity]

Thanks for the tutorial, it really helped :)

Do you have a trial version of photoshop or did you buy it?

I have the mac os, so I was wondering if you know any websites where I can get it for free :P

[Kassie243]

lol I just got my Tablet yesterday but just used it today but the only way I can keep from OVER using it is by watching a bunch of tablet videos ROTFL XD

[mrasg1303]

I love how people think that you've put the 'screenflow demo' logo there even though you've explained it a couple hundred times :L

[ziontheoblivion]

@mrasg1303 ...right? :p I love how you're the ONLY ONE who have noticed it! :)

[mrasg1303]

@ziontheoblivion People need to learn how to read more ;)

[themisterbestt]

Great video dude :)) if u wanna record again ise camtasia demo and enter a key from internet and u get thw full version free and a good image :D

[SsPersonsS]

ok really ppl stop bitching bout the dam logo. seriously live with it. god dam.

[daj85202]

This is such a turn off with your "screenflow demo" words in the way of everything that you are doing. What are you afraid of? Do you think that anyone wants to rip off a video? Give me a break! This is terrible.

[ziontheoblivion]

@daj85202 dude...you seriously think I wanted to have it there? It's because the application I use for screen capture is a demo...If I had bought it then it would not be there....but then again, I made this is 2008 so I don't really care anymore...hey, I barely draw anymore :/ So instead of commenting on something I obviously know, you can just type in "wacom tutorial" in youtube's search field and find another tutorial which would help you out just as much :)

[antikv2007]

wow this tut is so much better than all others ive seen today

[ShioWolf]

I would suggest using HyperCam 3 for desktop recording. The Copyright Logo is very small in the top left of the screen, and it doesn't block things in your work area. Just a suggestion. You're really good with photoshop, this helped quite a bit. :)

[MsJapanCookie]

thanks for this =) allthough there is this copyright in there, I've learned really much from your tutorial - thank you really really much =) =)

[laxstar1996]

Can't you put the copyright thing somewhere else or make it a little smaller?? You're good at photoshop why can't you make it clearish like normal watermarks. This would have been a good video if we could see what you were doing.

[ziontheoblivion]

@laxstar1996 I can't control the Copyright thing...It's because I used a screenflow demo application so when I exported the video it came with the huge text automatically. This was just a video I made for fun when I was bored 3 years ago :p

[cybersasho]

OMG IS THIS JOHN FROM GSL???!

[MegaAngryfish]

i really like it but the screenflow demo is quite annoying but great tut otherwise ;)

[eekee177]

this would have been a lot better if you didnt have "SCREEN FLOW DEMO" in big letters in the center of the work the whole time, but was a bit helpful.

[DarkMnMChocolate]

HEY I USE THE SAME BACKGROUND WALLPAPER!

[TPBThommTPB]

I never realized something as simple as the pen pressure could have such a great effect on my sketches, thank you for this valuable tutorial!

[CrusherIrnfst]

O-M-G. I don't care if there were words in the front, I know how to do line art now! TYVM!!

[fairygumm]

is this the bamboo pen and touch or just pen?

[daniellatf]

would be nice if the "Screenshot demo" words weren't across the screen

[omgKingdomHearts]

How'd you turn the CD part of the iTunes icon into a doughnut??

[oywidapoodles]

That tag. :|

[pjstaley1]

The copyright words are so big, you can hardly see what he's doing. What's the point of having a tutorial if you can't see it.

[itsumonihon]

nice tutorial, thx, just bought a wacom intuos4 today and looking forward to drawing with it.

[Skreamstreams]

Thanks, this was quite useful. Just got a tablet myself ^^

[MakeupByMaggie]

azn ftw

[hellstrand]

Thank you so much for this; first video i've found that is step-by-step and not a speed run!

You're english is fine too, nothing to worry about.

[Rare0Blaze100]

Norwegian power! Bra totorial :D Fortsett sånn! :)

[theyxaj]

You have really good English! You shouldn't be worried. :)

[AlmightyJimmy]

Norwegian accent for the win! Thanks for good tutorial =)

[darkraposo]

i'm thinking about buying a wacom...is it hard to use?

[ziontheoblivion]

@darkraposo The first 30 minutes....yes, but after a while you get used to it and then its very easy...to be honest I dont use it that much, but when I do, Im glad I have one! :D

[KeepitSwag]

@darkraposo no its nt actually im only 14 its very useful. yes indeed my dude!!!

[darkraposo]

@KeepitSwag thanks i'm 13 and i'm thinking of buying one for christmas...one more reason to buy it then..thank you..and sorry for the bad english i'm portuguse

[Crox300]

It's not fuckin' work

[jesman1985]

would you say you draw more with your arm or your wrist? also do you have you wacom talbet mapping set to full?

[grubyub]

you sound asian....

[chua1220]

hi there, may i ask what is the tablet you are using?

thanks

[alansam6]

Get CamStudio! Look for tutorials on YouTube to get HD CamStudio. I use it. It's really cool! It comes with watermark feature and annotations. Nice drawing! It's awesome. I want to draw stuff like that.

[j2cool2]

Nice job. You're english was perfectly fine. Thanks for sharing. I really appreciate the time you took to explain the tools, a lot of others don't do it and it is necessary to have these things explained including the error and how you correct them so we know how to handle those same kind of mistakes. Really great job!

[Bidon45]

Maybe not draw in the middle of your demo text lol

[ashmadux]

what the heck is the point of having that stupid logo covering the screen? many of the things bein gdonw you cant even see. blech

[caknenen]

wow.. it's usefull

[souleater443]

Wow, thanks so much! And your sketch looked very nice.

[147liop]

Nordmenn til makten!

[fuzzyprism]

Not a bad tutorial. Depending on the project, I often find taking the Photoshop sketch and placing it in Illustrator and using the pen tools in it gives much more control.

[ZoenVisje]

Everywhere I see that brush with the small ends.. The only brush I can find in my Photoshop is one with round ends. Where can I find that brush?

[fuzzyprism]

@ZoenVisje, select the brush tool from your toolbox. At the upper left-hand corner of your photoshop window, you should see the brush icon denoting width (it's the second icon from the left). Click on the downward-facing arrowhead on the right of that icon, which opens up your current brush presets. In the upper right-hand corner of that window, click the arrowhead in the circle -- this create a drop-down of other brush tip presets. Try the calligraphic preset collection. Good luck!

[bennolen2]

where'd you get the background? its mad

[mayapop14]

it'll be more good if i know what you were talking about the brush setting

[ElysiaLovesCakes]

do you recommend using the pen tool to ink, or just straight out using a brush for your lineart.

[ApollonApostle]

@ElysiaLovesCakes I use the pen tool to ink my work as much as I can, and only use the brush if I find it necessary or hands down better for the effect. But for basic line art inking, definitely refer to the pen tool. 'Simulate pressure' is magic.

[fuzzyprism]

@ApollonApostle, thanks for the tip, took a little research and practice to use the "simulate pressure" for the pen tool.

Is there no way to have the pressure apply as width *instantly*, instead of having to right-click and see the width densities after you've drawn? That would be gravy...

[ApollonApostle]

@fuzzyprism Do you mean to make the line wider or not? I use Photoshop exclusively. When I draw straight without the pen tool, width isn't a problem. . . however, with the pen tool the only way I know to change the width of the line in pressure simulation is to change the size of the brush.

[fuzzyprism]

@ApollonApostle Yes ... I used the tip you gave for "simulate pressure" with the Photoshop pen tool, but you can only see the results of the width variation once you've drawn the line. It's my hope (fantasy may be a better word) to be able to use the vector qualities of a pen tool and see the width-to-pressure effects instantly when drawing.

[from1978]

would help if you slow down and explain the shortcuts youre using, etc

[MrAkuzino]

No interest to buy Wacom if you do lineart with mouse...

[S0D41]

Tradução do português para o inglêsMostrar romanização

The technique of brush, which starts soft and then gets more black, did not work with me, please help me, I put exactly what was requested in the options of Brush.

Help!

(Photoshop cs4)

[Jaycalabria]

your wallpaper is soo kool were can i get it from i want it?

[mantis265]

me too

[rhov233]

Thanks a lot for this tutorial! You sound norwegian! If you are, tusen takk!

[ziontheoblivion]

Crap, du hørte det ja? :p ^^

[lolsa123]

argh din norske djä.... =P tack för tut skit bra =D

[Phergan]

Haha, la merke til det jeg og. :b

[BluntActivist2008]

I'm an amateur, but wanna get my first tablet. Would I be better off with buying the intuos straight away instead of saving some money on the less pro bamboo?

[ziontheoblivion]

Get the intuos!, you'll learn fast enough, dont give up the first hour...I was like...this is F**** hard!! but after an hour I had it pretty much down! Check out tutorials at deviantart or other sites

[rhov233]

The bamboo fun medium aint bad either. I have the bamboo fun medium, and it is quite sensitive.

[BlueTropX]

Well, duh, I've already have it to high sensitivity, but i guess i'll just try to play with the settings, maybe work with a bigger stroke size. But i guess it doesn't really matter if i don't use flow or opacity, since it's only the sketch. It just matters how comfortable i feel.

[ziontheoblivion]

yeah just play around with the settings, and check out Deviantart for wacom tutorials!

[BlueTropX]

When i put oppacity and flow to pen pressure, it's much more realistic. But i need to make more pressure with the pen, and i've got used to using it lightly. It will take some time to get used again. :(

[ziontheoblivion]

If you go to the control panel you'll find a wacom icon where you can set the presure to fit your drawing style

[jman295]

what version of photoshop do you use.

[ziontheoblivion]

CS4

[jman295]

thanks

[poindaxter]

Where did you find that awesome wallpaper? :o

[kiashadowwave]

dear mac user: use windows.

[ziontheoblivion]

NICE! But no, I use the ultimate user experience and that is only to find on a mac :)

[kiashadowwave]

If by 'ultimate user experience' you mean you paid 5 times more money for the same parts and a fancy apple logo, then yes, you did.

Windows has lots of more useful features and abilities, it out preforms mac OSX in every benchmark.

And if you REALLY NEED to use mac operating system due to some inexplicable illness, you could always just buy a PC for a fraction of the cost then install OSX on it.

[ziontheoblivion]

haha funny, I payed for YES Design, but also the screen, hardrive, SD bla bla is much better then a regular laptop with windows. If you put together all that a mac has it comes to the same price basically. And OSX is so user friendly and easy to use and also looks great. Though windows 7 looks awesome too and works really good!

[AshKatchEmAll]

Zion, what kind of tablet do you use? I'm hoping to get one soon but I'm not sure what to get. Everyone says Intuos or something but then others say bamboo. I heard bamboo doesn't work very well..?

[ziontheoblivion]

Dont get bamboo, I know I answered a bit late :/ but get Wacom Intuos, way more professional!

[AshKatchEmAll]

So if I only plan on using it for drawing then Intuos is the way to go..? Oh, and I was wondering if the tablets come with photoshop? I read somewhere they do. (Sorry to bother!) =]

[ziontheoblivion]

My friend has a bamboo, he used it for a week than never again, cause its just for applications like paint...And no wacom intuos doesnt come with photoshop unless its a special deal you can get at a store

[MissMochibon]

@ziontheoblivion

No, the bamboo works well with photoshop, gimp, corel, and SAI.

I have the Bamboo Pen, it came with Corel. I have used an Intuos, and it is more suited for someone doing professional work, as it has more features, but the bamboo is certainly not made fore MS paint, just a more casual artist,

[gekoeas]

So you use the pen to draw write?

[cJw314]

SCREENFLOW DEMO ftl.

Could that be any more unnecessary? Sure, a watermark makes sense, but a HUGE ALL OVER THE SCREEN???!!!?????

No.

[EllieMusica]

Try reading the uploader's comments once in a while, then you won't need to leave comments like this ;)

[cJw314]

It wasn't directed at the uploader, but instead at SCREENFLOW.

Try comprehending before correcting once in a while, smartass.

[EllieMusica]

Oohh I'm sorry, but you didn't exactly make it clear who you were complaining to.

[Crijec]

good lil tutorial and your english was great so thank u

[Lisa55072]

very helpful, i'm getting a fun soon, and it'll be nice to know these tricks

[94thts]

Dont buy a bamboo fun!. Buy an Intuos4 or atleast a Wacom Bamboo.

[astr323]

Wha? What's wrong with Bamboo Fun?

[EllieMusica]

Nothing is wrong with it, I bought one as a replacement for a faulty Intuos3, and while it isn't quite as sensitive as the more expensive models it works just fine.

[vivasuperspaz]

Love your accent- Very cute ^.^ Nice work.

[Lisa55072]

i agree lol... with both!

[stars4ever]

how do you make your photo shop menu clear? without the gray background?

[Winzeyy]

Probably because his computer is mac i think. but im not sure.

[Orenjii028]

He has a Mac computer. Map does this with most programs :( Unless you have a Mac as your OS I doubt that you'll be able to clear the nasty gray.

[Grysio21101995]

what kind of photoshop is it

[iFruit96]

its Cs3

[rubyfloresfilmmaker]

this is great. what is are good settings when setting shape dynamics & other dynamics. i could not read the setting when you referred to it on your tutorial. Windows>brushes>shape dynamics?...then other dynamics?

[ziontheoblivion]

Sitting on a pc that doesnt have ps now so i cant recall :p But search for wacom brush settings on deviantart and you'll find it right away

[Paremco]

im using a bamboo fun tablet. =( and it does'nt make a the line settings like how u did.

[EllieMusica]

Try updating the Tablet Driver, you can do that by going to the Wacom site and looking for the driver that matches your tablet. The driver is also free to download.

[Devera510]

nice art an stuff

zion is prolly the most original name i have seen since i started playing with the name Xotano (over 4 years ago)

and your English is pretty good

I am guessing its not your first language from the description where you said you were nervous cus you were speaking it

[JowieL90]

im using photoshop 7.0 , changed the brushes setting to pen pressure but nothing happens. the line is still very hard..

[70MadMax]

have you got a tablet sensitive to pressure?

[JowieL90]

ah yes, i reinstalled it n it is working now. thanks alot for making this vid. my problem's solved ^_^

[MrDummy1412]

whats that wallpaper...! I wanna have this...!

[francosj12]

What Wacom have you got???

[ziontheoblivion]

wacom intuos A5

[ci21289398]

yo your name is so cool is marcus like marcus phoenix from gears of war XD

[ziontheoblivion]

yeah im so cool!

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im in GoW twice

[ci21289398]

hahahaha LOL XD

[OverMX]

i dont get to see the values of "other dinamics" and "shape Dinamic" could you give me the values plz.

[dirtymentality]

Wow, good tutorial! Much thanks dude!

[joslte]

finally! the settings to make the pen act like a pencil! THANKS!

[nmbmaximuze]

if you buy a wacom tablet does it have a pain tools in it already?

[MuffinMontana]

ScreenFlow Demo :D

[ZirHansson]

Nice man, thanks for the tips!

Jag kunde fan höra att du var svensk på rösten haha! :D

[ziontheoblivion]

hehe, jag bor i norge men var född i sverige... så du hadde rätt! :p

[TDPhotoshop]

IShowU is a great program for recording your screen. It's free, and it doesn't put some huge text across your screen. You should try it. Great video! And good english, it's a hard language!(I feel your pain too!)

[GabrielAlmighty6350]

no ishowu cost like 70 bux, unless they changed it.

[Maxpound]

Thank you very much.

[demon7seven]

What's the point of having a Wacom if you end up drawing by pen tool ?

Anyways, thanx..

[TalesOfWar]

It's much like the old traditional method of sketching something and then "inking" it later. It's the same principle just digital. Lots of people prefer to physically draw something on paper then scan it in and use the pen tool to "ink" the lines in and then colour it all, although for simple illustrations like cartoony stuff Illustrator is more popular than Photoshop as it's made more for that kind of thing.

[sirkura]

you make it looks so easy lol I need to try that :)

[ThePsychoMike]

Odd technique but cool, I'll try it.

[xXToddZillaXx]

Nice tutorial and great work but it would be nice if you lost the fancy text covering the length of the screen, put it out of the way.

[Grimmz121]

i know this is a wacom tut but does the setting of the brush does it apply to any other tablet aswell?

[ziontheoblivion]

oh yes! the brush settings does not simply apply to wacom tablet...

[THETribalDancer]

What other people loved is exactly what made it not very useful for me. You assumed a LOT of knowledge, like that people would know what "vector graphics" are, what the line tool is and how you are using it, etc.

You do great work and make it look easy. But it's not and without describing it in more detail, I couldn't learn how to emulate your techniques.

[7SinfulPleasures]

nice tut, straight to the point, no bullshit or detailed explanation crap. youv got a lovely accent btw :)

[ziontheoblivion]

Thx...appreciate it!

[Hyral]

great tutorial!

it's exactly what i've been looking for.

i like how your tutorial is to the point, unlike the few professional tutorials i've seen (they were longwinded and got me lost halfway through)

hope you'd make more tutorials on wacom usage. digital colouring/inking would be nice :)

[ziontheoblivion]

hehe, thank u...think I´ll upload a few tutorials in the future

[NickokapoArt]

Cool tutorial :) there's a program called camstudio which is completely freeware if you're interested (tho it may need a bit of tweaking, i couldnt get very smooth videos at first :/ )