If you don't have the ability, you really won't be able to get far. Aiming to get my abilities up to par with an iPhone app was like learning to draw again. You gain higher capabilities when working digitally, and it makes the craft a lot easier. Draw with the pencil tool with low opacity to get the initial sketch down.. Then create a new layer and highlight the sketch with the thin tip marker, erasing to sharpen the lines, then delete or hide the previous layer. Repeat as nessecary. It's tedious, but once you get the hang of it it's second nature.
When you color, always have a seperate layer for every color, especially different shades. Blend the shades in together using the air brush tool on about a .2 opacity, rubbing in the colors till they blend. If your confident that the shading it blended enough, combine the layers accordingly to make room for more layers (the full version limits you to 12, while the light version cripples you to a mere 3; which is practically impossible to work with.) also make use of the round eraser tool when blending, also with a .2 opacity (or .1 to stay on the safe side)
The drawing I did of the red head might have been made up of 50 different layers that were combined as I went, being maxed out at 12. I have the Pro version for iPad (4.99 USD) and the Mobile version on my iPhone (2.99 USD.) The tablet version is incredibly superior, and even offers more tools and options. I've used my iPhone as well but I try to avoid it unless I'm on the road. My work is much cleaner done the iPad than my phone, as you can see below from my iPhone created work
(again, sorry for throwing this off topic)
My work would also be better if I had a stylus lol, using my fingers makes the process so slow.
Also, heres a video of a proffesional using sketch book pro on iPad:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaWlo...e_gdata_player
Originally Posted by RedRyder
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