Digital Inking Tutorial - Intuos - Illustrator CS3

[hajar9911]

when i upload a photo it won't let me use the brush on it 

[Zmultrown]

It sounds like your talking with food, or perhaps water, in your mouth ..?

[brostomper]

I can hear david gilmour in the background awsome art music

[parry109]

Which do you recommend in CS5: Blob Brush or Paint Brush?

[Psnluke425]

pink floyd! good choice

[zenoalchemist]

Thanks! great job, fav'd for the Floyd <33

[funGODfun]

For some reason I ROTFL'd when you said 'And go: well, I don't really like this EYELASH' XD

But great tutorial. I didn't even know Adobe Illustrator excisted until I watched this :D

[MuDvAyNw]

pink floyd! lol nice work man

[vandalxd]

Thanx so much for your answer...I ll try the options you gave me and let you know which one worked :) greetings!!!

[vandalxd]

OK, now my issue is the following...WHY in the world I CAN´T see the pressure option in my AI CS3??? i use a genius tablet which is updated...and a friend of mine has a wacom and she does not see the option either...WHY WHY WHY... ??? HELP I have learned a lot from this tutorial from which I m very thankful! PLEASE HELP!!

[jonathonlt1]

@vandalxd

I would start with your settings for your Genius tablet. Wacom has a built in 'Properties' that's a separate software from all others. It installs with the drivers. I'm not familiar with Genius tablets, but i would imagine they have something similar. In the Wacom properties, you can see your pressure sensitivity. If that doesn't work in that, it won't work in Illustrator or Photoshop. Try un-installing, then re-installing?

[wasafogle]

I've been looking at tutorials for ages trying to get my style from photoshop into vectors and this is by far the most helpful tutorial I've found, I've been stuck trying to use vectors with curves and they turn out terrible making me hate the program

[Tobi4444]

i wish my pc would work now, beeing unable to have fun with my intuos is such a pain

[MD3Designs]

check my page for some of my work! tutorials coming soon! (speed arts also) Also subscribe it would be appreciated

[lobtem14]

For some reason my setting for pressure cant be selected, does anyone know why?! digital art makes me furious...

[jonathonlt1]

@lobtem14

Double check your Tablet properties and see if the the pressure sensitivity is registering there first.  If it's not, your drivers aren't installed correctly.

[wackydude09]

@jonathonlt1

Really helpful video, but I have the same issue with my pressure settings in Illustrator.

It works in all my other programs, but not Illustrator.

[jonathonlt1]

@wackydude09

Have you set your brush settings to notice pressure? If you've done that, you also have to move up the variable slider so that the numbers are the same. For instance, if you're brush is set at 3px - your variable for pressure should be 3px.

[xXNHMXx]

I just got illustrator and was wondering how to activate the brush tool, every time I upload a scanned image and click on the brush tool to ink I cant ink it because it has this circle with a slash through it.

[jonathonlt1]

@xXNHMXx

Could be a thousand different things. Try creating a new layer first and then try in the brush in that layer.

[bakaneko42]

hi, great tutorial, thanks a lot :)

a quick question: when you have a completed eye for instance, is there a way to convert the brush strokes into a contour path with a fill color?

Sorry, I'm a noob in Illustator :p

[jonathonlt1]

@bakaneko42

You can fill the strokes with a selected color...it may change their appearance though. You can also have it set to do that in your brush settings as you draw...filled with a stroke.

[bakaneko42]

@jonathonlt1

OK, Thanks for your reply :)

[amatang]

pink floyd baby!

[stefshan12]

how do you make you brush ink thin at first then become thick??

[LeeinLimbo]

@stefshan12 At the beginning of the tutorial, he shows you how to set the pressure sensitivity of your drawing tablet, which is necessary to make the tablet register the degree of pressure you apply with your tablet pen. then, when the settings are right, you simply press lightly on the tablet for the thin part, and increase pressure for the fatter part of the line. You'll probably need to experiment around a little bit. Hope that helps.

[amazingRec]

@stefshan12 the wacom pen is a tablet that allows you to use in replace of the mouse which gives you the option of pressure sensitivity. He spoke of it in the first minute of the tutorial.

Don's settle for any other tablets the Wacom is definitely worth every penny

[xXVisionaryXx]

Hey, do you think it would be possible to make do something along these lines with a wacom bamboo. I know that the intuos is by far better than the bamboo but would it be possible?

[jonathonlt1]

@xXVisionaryXx

I don't see why not....although I've never used a Wacom Bamboo, so I wouldn't know for sure.

[deigomanifesto]

aw yeah fuggin floyd!

good tut dude

[deigomanifesto]

is that pink floyd I hear?

good tut dude

[ewbooger]

Can you please tell us what settings you have on the brush you are using for her eye lashes?

[ssodangi]

Yeah this is it man, thanks.

[DocterSorcerer]

No damn way...

I was wondering what that sound in the background was--namely, the audience cheering, before the actual song had began. Independently, I went to go look up Pink Floyd's pulse tour. It was at that moment that I heard Gilmour's piercing Crazy Diamond guitar work...really crazy...

Wonderful tutorial, by the way--very helpful!

[NelsonandYuta]

umm.. i cant select pressure when i try set up brush!

[mxdrmn]

I love Pink Floyd....just sayin'

[Vickramjason]

@mxdrmn

sooo whts the song??

[mxdrmn]

@Vickramjason I believe the title is "Shine On You Crazy Diamond"

[hannahisjokes]

pc...too dirty

[jiaixxx]

only good people listen to pink floyd :P

[dchatterley]

Hi,

what is the plugin on the lower left ??

[Swashbuckler]

This helped so much. Thank you ^^

[ibrahim1x]

im subscriped for this tutorial thank you so much it really hepls 

[cynical710]

great tutorial jon..

[hyperfoxartist9]

dude! my hand is always on the ctrl+z buttons. even when im not drawing and im just surfing the web, my hand hardly ever leaves it. habit

[cosplayneko]

I have a quick question for you. When I start to erase lines drawn with this exact brush, the remaining parts of the line turn giant and no longer retain the line quality of the brush stroke. Is it possible to use the eraser tool with this technique or do you just have to be careful the first time?

[jonathonlt1]

@cosplayneko

I've never had a need to use the eraser tool. Not because I'm skilled, but because it's easier to just select the individual line segment (stroke) you don't want and delete it, then redraw it.

[Serkesh80]

Finally someone posting a useful tutorial : ) Very well done. Thank you

[lisamanga1]

can you do desame thing in adobe photoshop??

[herzverrueckt]

THANK YOU SO MUCH! This tutorial was really helpful! finally i got it with that brush tool! :D

[rowell1950]

that was a great help thank you and thanks for going to the trouble showing us all how it is done hope you can put some more tutorials soon

[TheEas92]

Shine on you crazy diamond!

[0thekawasakiboy0]

@TheEas92 yah, im agre, and a big pink floyd fan :P

[charrr100]

did you draw the image first scan it into the computer then go over it or did you just draw it straight into illustrator? it look amazing by the way i really want a drawing tablet and im looking at buying one would you say they are a good investment for an aspiring illustrator?

[jonathonlt1]

@charrr100

Yes, I drew it first, then scanned it in. I kept it in a separate layer just isolate my inks. That seemed to work well. I would highly recommend a tablet like this to anyone who likes to draw. It saves a lot of time.

[jonathonlt1]

If I made another tutorial video on how to do this, what would you guys like to see in it? Suggestions welcome....

[strangerdan612]

@jonathonlt1 YES!!! I would love to see another video like this one. I'm getting a Wacom tablet in a few days and this is the best of seen so far to the point that i subscribed 5 minutes! By the way Jon how much is illustrator CS3 (cause my dad is getting me photoshop =D) or should i just stay with Photoshop?

[jonathonlt1]

@strangerdan612

I'm sure you could probably use Photoshop for the same thing. Illustrator to me was just easier because it's mostly vector, and not so restricted by pixels. I have no idea how much Illustrator is to buy outright. Might check Amazon.

[chickenbiscito]

thanks for the awesome explanation, im using a bamboo craft, lol not an intuos but its my first tablet so XP

[SketchbookGee]

Thank so much!

[Lysidium]

Thanks. :)

[kmrtcody]

I'm sure you've tried CS4 by now, but if not you should check out its blob tool. It behaves like the brush tool, but instead of creating only vector lines that have line widths that simulate a brush stroke, it creates vector shapes that can then be tweaked or resized later. They also automatically combine shapes which is handy when you are filling in areas.

[Xipholaris]

Photoshop with vector plug in makes this even better.

[milchss]

Awsome drawing.

[JoeBaird101]

are u gunna do any more vids theere very good =]

[vapren]

hi did you use Intuos4 ???

your drawing looks great!

[jonathonlt1]

@vapren

Intuos 3 actually.

[StupidNamed]

Is there a way to do the pressure thing in Photoshop? I'm new to tablets and all this and only own Photoshop and not Illustrator.

[jonathonlt1]

@StupidNamed

Not sure. Never tried it in Photoshop. I'm sure there is though. You probably just have to double check your brush settings.

[w0nd]

@StupidNamed When I push lighty with the brush in photoshop the line is thin, the harder I push down the thicker it gets, this is with the paintbrush tool. Is that what you are referring to? If so just check your brush settings.

[kmrtcody]

@StupidNamed Yes, you can use tablets with the pen and eraser tools. The pressure can be changed to control the size, opacity, color, or combinations of those settings. It is very useful.

[patdzon]

Thank you! This brush is perfect! do you often work in one layer for the inks? How do you go about coloring the lineart?

[jonathonlt1]

@patdzon I usually just add a layer beneath the line art and just start coloring. That way you don't cover your line art with what you color.

[hexxus7]

Great help.

[IfunyunsI]

How do you turn on the pressure sensitivity? In Ai3 they are greyed out. Has anybody dealt with the problem before and can lend some advise?

[jimbolic0809]

Thanks so much for this!!! YOU are AWESOME, I hope you know that. i will try it out now =)

[skippyriddle]

I tried this in CS3, but It wouldn't let me select pressure. Would you know why? Sorry to bug you.

[saufi0601]

are u using a graphics pad? if u aren't, thn the 'pressure' option wont be applicable to u.

[maimingbetty]

how are your strokes not "selected" or "highlighted" after you finish it? That's what happens when I use the brush so I can't make a another stroke next to it because it will just edit that stroke I just did instead of make a new one.

[jonathonlt1]

There's a setting somewhere in the stroke settings where you can adjust that. You can set it up to where it each stroke you make is selected afterward or not. Sometimes with that turned on, it can be a pain.

[agent1442]

@maimingbetty

If you hit 'enter' with brush tool selected, you get the options. Unclick "keep selected". That way, you have to manually select which strokes you want to edit.

[maimingbetty]

yeah i found it! Thank you :D

[metagaugezero]

thank you!

[delkin525]

hey man, nice tut. I haven't inked any of my pieces yet-- but I sure to plan on it. thanks for the tips! :D

[BeatboxZ1112]

this is not chris garver from miami ink?

[tedkats]

Can you please describe your approach to your strokes. Do you start lite then go heavy or the other way around? I'm having major problems finalizing the line with a thin edge, I have to start lite then half way I add some pressure for a thicker middle but I simply cannot go back to lite all in one stroke. Can you help me please?

[jonathonlt1]

The approach is similar to using a real inking brush. In your brush settings, there's a setting in there that allows your wacom tablet to understand the amount of pressure you're putting on the pad. (So, the harder you press, the fatter your ink line, and the softer you press, the thinner your ink line.) Once you get that set up, it's more just practice, practice, practice.

[Lagolding1]

Hi, i have cs4...Ive tried locating the brush set you are using but my brush box pops up when i select it show nothing inside?? can you help??

[jonathonlt1]

I used CS3 for these tutorials...I have never actually inked in CS4. I don't know how they work yet with that. Sorry!

[muskeeto]

This was very helpful...THANK YOU!!^_^

[wellsleythewizard]

All the cool tips aside, I gotta give props for the floyd playing in the background. :P

[muderousegg]

Why use illustrator instead of photoshop? I'm curious.

[jonathonlt1]

I had issues getting my Photoshop to understand my Wacom's Pen pressure. Illustrator was much easier and being that it's a vector program, you can make the graphic any size you want without losing resolution.

[Lex222101]

You can make pages on both, but I think it is easier and better to do it on Illustrator. Photoshop is better for editing. I would prefer Illustrator, but that's just my opinion.

[atomskred]

wuo so helpfull thanks a lot for sharing the info, very gratefull.

[kendriv]

I´d like to use Ilustrator because I actually use Word to make a boletin, where can I find video tutorials for beginers as me? please I need help, thanks

[chiccosanchez]

wat is a boletin..if you mean brochures, you should definetly use illustator or quark express..depends if you already have the images you want to use. If you do, then i would reccomend quark xpress

[kendriv]

Thanks, when I said boletin I mean an informative magazine. I need an ilustrator tutorial

[chiccosanchez]

well to be honest, if its in informative magazine, i'm guessing you wouldn't need to use vector images. if its an a4 sized mag, i would reccommend quark xpress cos its designed specifically for that

[xld3000]

Thanks a lot for posting this video, I have been struggling on how to ink for a while, I have been trying to use the pen tool but it just doesn't seem right as an artist... this is much better, thanks for the info!

[realbartf]

nice music

[CanDoThatSoftware]

Very helpful! Thanks

[demonqueenzeo]

Heh, I get a tutorial with art and an intuos involved as well as pink floyd, I'm in heaven!

[koss2323]

is tht pink floyds pulse?

[demonqueenzeo]

Gotta love pink!

[demonqueenzeo]

koss, isn't it shine on you crazy diamond?

[s0sage]

Thanks for the tutorial! I've been raster painting/inking in Photoshop for years. I just started playing with Illustrator and this helped me get my feet wet. :)

[rjtkoh]

was it really necessary to put that music in the background? i love the floyd n all but it was kinda annoying and distracting. u coulda gone a bit faster as well

[ricefarmer]

nothings wrong with the music.. it was low u dumb fuck

[rjtkoh]

hey man no need to be an asshole. im just given the guy some feed back.

[keuppart]

hey, nice video! really liked watching it. keep up the good work. check out my artwork video and adobe CS tutorials if you like, and vote for my artwork!

[animation1001]

Very bad video - John

[lv332movies]

Your tutorial is just awsome, it helps out alot with learn how to use digital inking in a drawing.

[architectus777]

Nice, I also have a video on inking with illustrator.

[chickioI86]

whats that plugin there buddy?

[24DM]

This is absolutely great. I had been using photoshop for inking and I was constantly getting frustrated with my lines being too jagged. I can't believe I never thought once to use Illustrator.

You have no idea how much this has helped.

[sledge241]

Thanks for posting this tutorial. I like your approach to inking. The pressure reference helped my use the brushes better with my wacom.

[flyswatter2007]

I can't get to the Pressure to change it, the option

is locked up and all I can get to are FIXED and RANDOM..

Any way to change that?

[jonathonlt1]

My guess is that plug-in for Illustrator isn't installed correctly. Otherwise, Illustrator would know that you're using the Wacom Tablet.

[jim2738426]

can u do one tutorial about putting color on adobe illustrator,coz there is no imean zero youtube videos that teaches how to put colors on a vector line drawing. there are view but usually they are just showing of their skills by speeding up the video and not really teaching it how..please do one please

[25rikku]

@flyswatter2007

I have the same problem. How to unlock this option?

[Jaysarch]

that's freaking awesome. i am SOOO buying a wacom tablet. thank you.

[schakalakadingdong]

I dont't see any paths. Did you turn them off somehow?

[jonathonlt1]

I wasn't using paths. Unless you count the strokes as paths. It's all vector, except for the artwork that I'm inking over.

[ACherimoya]

One of the very few tutorials that goes into how to set up the pens themselves. Very cool video, thank you.

[s10w3ddy]

what is the song in the background?

[jonathonlt1]

It's Pink Floyd and the song is called 'Shine on you Crazy Diamond.' It's from their live show entitled 'Pulse.'

[SuperDjAlien]

Hi, thanks for the tutorial... only thing I would like to know is the actual numbers on "Fidelity and Smoothness" since it's too small to be seen!

[jonathonlt1]

Sorry about that. But the actual numbers are in the narration.

[SuperDjAlien]

ohh, hehe yeah now I got them... for some reason I didn't heard them first! ^^;

Thanks! :)