224 Answered Questions for the topic drawing

04/02/19

How to put image reference above all windows when drawing in photoshop?
i am drawing in photoshow cs4 in windows7.i am using some image references from google but i have to switch windows to look at them and then back to photoshop. is there a way to put some image... more
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Drawing Canvas

04/01/19

How do animators draw graphics at same place in each frame?
Take the example of older days when computer graphics didn't exist like Tom and jerry in 50s or hand drawn animation in Paper Flipbook in modern times .see... more
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03/28/19

Trouble with Beziers in Inkscape after switching from Illustrator?
So this is my first post as I just very recently downloaded and tried Inkscape after roughly 7 years of Illustrator. As far as I can say this program is really amazing, although I am struggling... more
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03/27/19

How to prepare pencil sketches for printing in a book?
I have a selection of pencil sketches that need to be prepared for print in a book (think standard paperback).I'm trying to work the best way to remove dust, bring the background up to white... more
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Drawing Education

03/27/19

Learning how to draw as a web designer?
I'm a web designer with few years of experience, done lots of various projects. I've got some straight graphic design experience as well, but never been expanding some territories. People who like... more
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Drawing

03/26/19

How to become comic strip artist?
I have not any artist education, but I'm interested in drawing, especially in comic strip's drawing. Where can I find information, materials about this drawing for beginners?
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03/26/19

Zoom-in and then while drawing shape zoom-out?
How can I zoom-out when zoomed-in at a certain percentage, while drawing a shape. That means after I've clicked on the canvas, and start drawing, but have not released the mouse. Thanks.
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Drawing Painting

03/26/19

Does anyone know how to add color to a piece of art (paint, ink, art)?
I know this is an odd question, but I get really confused and frustrated when I try to add color to something I draw. I don't ever get any farther than line art because I get confused as to how to... more
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03/26/19

Is it possible to combine charcoal and graphite in one image?
Im drawing an image with quite a large range of tones and I plan to draw the darker tones in charcoal. However I used a graphite pencil for the preparatory drawing. Is it still possible to draw... more
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Drawing 3d Modeling

03/26/19

Is it necessary to be good at drawing, to develop good 3D digital design skills for modeling and animation?
I want to make 3D animation films. Not as hi-fi as Disney and Pixar of course, but as close to them as an indie animator can get. I'm good (not enviable, just plain good) at drawing things on paper... more
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03/26/19

Illustrator: is it possible to use brush pressure without a tablet?
Is it possible to use **brush pressure** in Adobe Illustrator using a mouse only, not any external devices like drawing tablets?I asked because I cant change the "pressure" in the brush tool settings. more
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03/26/19

Software to draw shapes in plain text file (ASCII/Unicode)?
Sometimes I need to draw simple shapes into plain text documentation file. What application can do this? Last time I've used such an app under MS-DOS :) (It was called **Flow** or something like... more
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Drawing Color Pens

03/26/19

What are requirements for ballpoint/rollerball colour pens for art-grade drawing?
Some days ago I saw incredible coloured pen-drawings in some exhibition. I would like to try this medium myself. But before buying some pens I would like to get some requirements for... more
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03/26/19

From a CAD model to an Illustration drawing. How to?
I am trying to draw the best illustration I can for a user manual.I have a CAD drawing in .STP and I would like to get some simple illustations in .AI or .EPS or .SVG I tried to export the... more
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Drawing Erasers

03/26/19

What are the different kinds of erasers used in graphite drawing?
When you are drawing you inevitably make mistakes. Erasing therefore is a large part of drawing. Not just for mistakes either. They can aid in shading and detail work, like hair, and other fine... more
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Drawing Pencil Shading

03/26/19

On what factors does choosing pencil shading technique depend?
There are different types of shading techniques like criss cross, straight lines, circular shading, blending, scribbling, and dot shading (drawing dots close to each other).Of course there are not... more
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03/26/19

Approximating path with shapes?
Let's say I have a triangle that I drew with a pen so it's not perfect. I then upload it to illustrator and image trace it into a vector. It's now clean but still not perfect. Is there a way to... more
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Drawing Art Skills Family

03/22/19

Why am I the only one in my family with Artistic skills?
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03/19/19

Illustrator: Snap at some distance from existing objects?
I'm drawing a bus line map. On some streets several bus lines pass together, so parts of the lines should be parallel and on a uniform distance from each other.Ideally, I would like that when I... more
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Drawing Drawing Tablet

03/19/19

Drawing directly with a tablet?
I am currently using a Wacom tablet to draw. The tablet is a bit small, so I feel that I don't have enough "control" with the stroke. Is it a good idea to draw directly using the tablet to the... more
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03/19/19

How can I improve my lighting/shadow illustration skills?
I was curious to know if there are any resources, books, blogs that focus on perfecting object shadowing and lighting with Photoshop and/or Illustrator? I have and know how to do basic shadowing... more
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03/19/19

Remove blue lines in Photoshop?
I have seen a lot of very different tutorials about how to remove blue lines from a scanned drawing. So I ask myself what is the best way in term of simplicity and quality to do this in Photoshop... more
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03/18/19

Adobe: saving vector outline?
If a vector object (from *Ai*, for instance) is pasted into *Ps* as `Path` (especially on a white background), one get a really nice B/W technical drawing type image, which is even still vector in... more
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Drawing Pencil Shading

03/18/19

Do I need to hold the pencil in different ways for different kinds of shading methods?
There are different types of shading techniques like criss cross, straight lines, circular shading, blending, scribbling, and dot shading (drawing dots close to each other).I draw and shade... more
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Drawing Adobe Photoshop

03/18/19

Is there a way to wrap/offset while drawing to the other side of the image?
I'm wondering if there's a way to live wrap to the other side of the image while drawing, so if I draw over the left edge of the image it shows up on the right side, and if I draw over the bottom... more
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