Ira Krakow's Grease Pencil Blender 2.49b Tutorial

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The Grease Pencil is a relatively recent addition to Blender, introduced in version 2.48. The Grease Pencil at first glance looks like something out of a primitive Paint program, and in fact it operates similarly to pencil tools in 2D image programs like the Gimp and Photoshop. What is such an apparently primitive tool doing in a sophisticated 3D modeling program like Blender? It seems so out of place. Was someone bored one day and decided to create a tool that creates doodles? Actually, the grease pencil originated from the early days of animation, where animators used an actual pencil (remember that?) to sketch out an animation. Blender's grease pencil can do this as well. As it turns out, the Grease Pencil actually has a lot of useful features. The purpose of this video is to suggest some of them.

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• 2.49b
• demo
• animation
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• image
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• prototype
• storyboard
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[irakrakow]

@DecanAndersen That's the first time. I'm flattered. Thanks for the kind words.

[irakrakow]

Thanks. I'm a great advocate of Blender in the public schools. It has all sorts of educational uses, for not only art classes but also for physics, computer programming, and technology.

[irakrakow]

Thanks. They should rename it. I had the same reaction as you when I first saw it, especially since when I first tried it the cube started rotating apparently for no reason. Eventually, I figured it out.

[TheWaynelds]

so you can basically do story boarding with the grease pencil right?

[DecanAndersen]

Has anyone ever told you that you sound and speak like Kevin Costner? :P

Love all your tuts, thanks :)

[SpecialFxKid]

that's kind of useful. I never even noticed the grease pencil.

[wehrdo]

Thanks for your wonderful tutorials! I am a high school student that likes 3d modeling, and these have been great help for me. Keep up the good work, and thanks again.

[blenderblade]

Great video man! ... and I thought the grease pencil wasn't useful.