Red Alert Doodling

Darkstorm · Commander **Joined**: 20 Jan 2008 **Location**: Unknown

I just got a new graphics tablet, something I've been wanting to try out, and had some fun sketching Red Alert stuff. I thought I'd share what I got so far. I'm just going to say now that I'm not even a competent artist.

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Droke · Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 5:49 am Post subject:

Its all about dat practice. Your not doing too bad though, I can tell what everything is. Seriously, thats the first step. What program are you using? Which tablet?
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Darkstorm · Commander **Joined**: 20 Jan 2008 **Location**: Unknown

No doubt, and I'm using a Wacom Bamboo Capture with GIMP.
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DonutArnold · General **Joined**: 18 Jan 2005 **Location**: Finland

http://www.ctrlpaint.com/ is your friend Wink

Darkstorm · Commander **Joined**: 20 Jan 2008 **Location**: Unknown

I'll have to check that out then. I just got my tablet and this was the first thing that came to mind.
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Dutchygamer · Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 7:41 pm Post subject:

Darkstorm · Commander **Joined**: 20 Jan 2008 **Location**: Unknown

I just went ahead of subscribed for the Photoshop, given I can get a discount as a student. GIMP is awesome for a lot of things, but it has its limitations and works like absolute garbage with tablets. The added benefit is that those tutorials are using photoshop.
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Droke · Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2015 7:30 am Post subject:

I've seen a fair number of nice paintings done in GIMP, but personally I've never been able to figure it out to use it correctly. I currently use Photoshop Elements to paint. I think you'll find your Photoshop subscription to be worth the money.

If you want help or feedback, feel free to contact me on Skype. I'd be glad to help in whatever way I can. (Droke7)
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Darkstorm · Commander **Joined**: 20 Jan 2008 **Location**: Unknown

GIMP can do some pretty cool things like this static animation. If you're doing things like vector art or rendering effects, it does pretty good. I wrote a script to generate random layers of background static and traced the original symbols with paths. Still, like I said, it only has really basic support, and bugged at that, for tablets and isn't really built for digital painting. The added benefit of using Photoshop is that I know PSD files will work properly, although I've had only a couple issues with GIMP in this manner, and there are probably more tutorials for Photoshop than GIMP.
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