Graphic tablet, also known as drawing board, drawing board, hand-drawn board, etc. , a computer input device, usually consists of a board and a pressure-sensitive pen. Unconventional input products, such as handwriting boards, are aimed at specific users. Different from the writing board, the graphic writing board is mainly aimed at designing office workers. As for painting creation, just like a painter's sketchpad and brush, the vivid pictures and figures we often see in movies are all created by graphic tablets. The drawing function of Graphics tablet is incomparable with keyboard and handwriting board. Graphics tablet is mainly for teachers and students majoring in design and fine arts, advertising companies and design studios, as well as Flash vector animators.
Used for computer drawing and animation. Compared with hand-painting, hand-painting is innovative, and the hand-painted board is more professional, which can achieve exquisiteness that hand-painting cannot achieve. Of course, the hand-drawn board wants to produce high quality. I don't think it is necessary to draw black and white illustrations. I have used it before, and the effect is not very good. It's all the same, just another input platform. The essence hasn't changed at all, but the computer saves painting materials and looks very professional. It is convenient to use it for a long time. Practice makes perfect!
Tutorial:
1, about the use, it's actually very simple. After installing the corresponding version of the driver in official website, you can use it by inserting usb. The adaptation time depends on the degree of adaptation. The software used is PS, painter arrives at the competition, ComicStudio. EX (this company also has many outlets, only black and white is suitable for comics) and so on. You can save all the formats of the software, jpeg is the most common and safest.
2. Hand-drawing is simply divided into four steps: line drawing, coloring, background coloring and final processing.
3, line draft, create a new canvas, and then fill the background color with a paint bucket. On this basis, draw a sketch with small diameter strokes.
First, the roughest manuscript, the lines don't matter, just for design, and then simply modify it and copy it on the copy desk (that is, draw it blindfolded). Then correct it and draw it again blindfolded if necessary. Then scan into the scanner, ps process, remove noise, adjust contrast, and then extract only lines. If you don't have a scanner, you can type directly with sai.
4, adjust the brush size, rough characterization. Pay attention to the color changes of different parts of the skin to lay a good foundation for further study. Outline the general position of the object. Preliminary characteristics of eye frame. Basically, they are all drawn by using the most basic round brush in PS, opening other dynamics in F5 option, and combining with the pressure of Tomoko graphic tablet.
5. Coloring is to color the main body of a character or painting object, from background color to highlight. Layered coloring. Personal habits, basic skin color, skin color, skin color highlights, skin color shadows, clothes, clothes highlights, clothes shadows, hair highlights, hair shadows and eyes can be drawn separately. There's nothing to say about this.
5. Coloring the background is the same as coloring, but it is best to create a complete layer group for the background.
6, the final treatment, take out the variegated and failed lines and strokes, and then see if you want the effect, just use ps to deal with it.
Functional action
The tablet can make you feel like drawing on paper with a pen. Not only that, it can do many unexpected things. Can simulate the brushes of various painters, such as the most common brushes. When we push hard, the brush can draw thick lines. When we exert a little force, it can draw very thin and light lines. It can simulate a spray gun. When you push hard, it can spray more ink and a wider range, and it can also spray a fan-shaped effect according to the inclination angle of your pen ... In addition to simulating various traditional brush effects, you can also use the advantages of computers to achieve effects that traditional tools can't achieve, such as drawing patterns according to pressure. With a few strokes, you can easily draw a meadow full of flowers of different sizes and shapes. ...
If you are skilled, the pictures you draw must be very vivid and beautiful. In general cartoons, many people use hand-drawn boards to make the cartoon image more vivid and beautiful. However, if you want to draw better, you must choose a better hand-drawn board. Now the cheapest hand-drawn board you see online is more than 200 yuan, and the most expensive is more than 2,000 yuan. If you want to make a professional painting, you must choose the best hand-drawn board. If you are an amateur, you can buy a hundred yuan hand-drawn board to practice writing.