Comments on: Another bright Idea http://www.squeakypics.co.uk/blog/2009/04/another-bright-idea/ News and Doodles from the Squeaky Empire Tue, 10 Aug 2010 10:58:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Squeaky Dave http://www.squeakypics.co.uk/blog/2009/04/another-bright-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Squeaky Dave Mon, 04 May 2009 11:25:30 +0000 http://www.squeakypics.co.uk/blog/?p=83#comment-38 Cheers Chad:There is a promotion this month on SBP if you have an older version: http://aliasdesign.autodesk.com/learning/resources/details/SketchBook%20Home_133911/ It just makes sense of the tablet PC! Cheers Chad:There is a promotion this month on SBP if you have an older version:
http://aliasdesign.autodesk.com/learning/resources/details/SketchBook%20Home_133911/
It just makes sense of the tablet PC!

]]> By: cartoonmonkey http://www.squeakypics.co.uk/blog/2009/04/another-bright-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-37 cartoonmonkey Mon, 04 May 2009 08:51:12 +0000 http://www.squeakypics.co.uk/blog/?p=83#comment-37 By the way, your clients were wrong! These are fantastic. I am about to pull the trigger and buy SB Pro 2010 as well! C By the way, your clients were wrong! These are fantastic. I am about to pull the trigger and buy SB Pro 2010 as well!

C

]]> By: Squeaky Dave http://www.squeakypics.co.uk/blog/2009/04/another-bright-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Squeaky Dave Sun, 03 May 2009 16:03:01 +0000 http://www.squeakypics.co.uk/blog/?p=83#comment-36 AH. Another drawing app Junkie! Do you know, probably the best vector drawing brushes I ever encountered were in Creature house Expression. Lovely! And the Microsoft hat to buy it, gut it and turn it into their version of Fireworks. Very sad. Manga Studio has good brushes too but awful interface and useless colouring. You can't even export the vectors. Heres living in hope that some one puts all the good bits in one app that has an unobstructive interface and that FEELS good to draw in. AH. Another drawing app Junkie!
Do you know, probably the best vector drawing brushes I ever encountered were in Creature house Expression. Lovely! And the Microsoft hat to buy it, gut it and turn it into their version of Fireworks. Very sad.
Manga Studio has good brushes too but awful interface and useless colouring. You can’t even export the vectors.
Heres living in hope that some one puts all the good bits in one app that has an unobstructive interface and that FEELS good to draw in.

]]> By: Joe Paris http://www.squeakypics.co.uk/blog/2009/04/another-bright-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Joe Paris Sun, 03 May 2009 15:45:56 +0000 http://www.squeakypics.co.uk/blog/?p=83#comment-35 Yeah, I've had DrawPlus X2 and X3 for a while now and it's another of those apps that I want/need to spend more time with. The brushes are very good, especially as you can edit the pressure profile after drawing. Yeah, I’ve had DrawPlus X2 and X3 for a while now and it’s another of those apps that I want/need to spend more time with. The brushes are very good, especially as you can edit the pressure profile after drawing.

]]> By: Squeaky Dave http://www.squeakypics.co.uk/blog/2009/04/another-bright-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Squeaky Dave Sun, 03 May 2009 12:48:20 +0000 http://www.squeakypics.co.uk/blog/?p=83#comment-34 Thanks Joe: It was a little challenging but I got to do something a little different and get paid! The fact that it wasn't used means I can actually post it. Quite a lot of my illustration work is for publishing companies so I can't show anyone any thing until after it's published. Vector is the way ahead especially when clients keep changing stuff and we need to do hi rez stuff for print. For roughs however, SBP on my tablet PC just feels so right :-) I could never get my head around Illustrator. I just seemed to make me click too much :-) I will admit its gradient tools are catching up and it's line tools are way in front - especially the new Blob brush in CS4, but It won't let me use bitmap and plasma fills so it's off my menu. I'm currently looking at SerifDraw X3. It's a bit like Xara but with loads of the extra features that the users have been asking for for years. Sadly it doesn't have a demo so I actually bought it. They have a 30 day unconditional money back guarantee but I am very much warming to the app so I don't think I'll be taking them up on it. (If anyone reads this and is interested - buy it over the phone. They do way better deals than on the web for some reason) Thanks Joe:
It was a little challenging but I got to do something a little different and get paid! The fact that it wasn’t used means I can actually post it. Quite a lot of my illustration work is for publishing companies so I can’t show anyone any thing until after it’s published.

Vector is the way ahead especially when clients keep changing stuff and we need to do hi rez stuff for print. For roughs however, SBP on my tablet PC just feels so right :-)

I could never get my head around Illustrator. I just seemed to make me click too much :-) I will admit its gradient tools are catching up and it’s line tools are way in front – especially the new Blob brush in CS4, but It won’t let me use bitmap and plasma fills so it’s off my menu.

I’m currently looking at SerifDraw X3. It’s a bit like Xara but with loads of the extra features that the users have been asking for for years. Sadly it doesn’t have a demo so I actually bought it. They have a 30 day unconditional money back guarantee but I am very much warming to the app so I don’t think I’ll be taking them up on it. (If anyone reads this and is interested – buy it over the phone. They do way better deals than on the web for some reason)

]]> By: Joe Paris http://www.squeakypics.co.uk/blog/2009/04/another-bright-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Joe Paris Sat, 02 May 2009 08:32:51 +0000 http://www.squeakypics.co.uk/blog/?p=83#comment-31 Hi Dave, I followed you here from "The Area - SBPro Forum". Love your illustrations, here and on your website. I'm a big fan of vector. I see you use Xara. I've dabbled in it but I still fall back to Illustrator. Sounds like you had a bit of a roller coaster ride with this job. The money side is a real bummer but you can be happy that you have an excellent end product. Hi Dave,
I followed you here from “The Area – SBPro Forum”. Love your illustrations, here and on your website. I’m a big fan of vector. I see you use Xara. I’ve dabbled in it but I still fall back to Illustrator.

Sounds like you had a bit of a roller coaster ride with this job. The money side is a real bummer but you can be happy that you have an excellent end product.

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