Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Chapter 3. Creating
an
Image
Using
Pen, Ink, and Color
One of the many great things about SketchBook Pro is that you don't need a whole
lot of know-how to begin making images. The interface is so familiar that you will start
making successful images right off. Not that there won't always be questions of how
do you do this, where do you find that, or how can you do something even better.
In this chapter, we will begin to explore these questions as we apply the program to
some very basic ways of creating images.
Brush choices
Because SketchBook Pro has so many brushes, there are a number of ways to create
a pen, brush, or ink drawing. There's a Chisel Tip Pen, Felt Tip Pen, Ballpoint Pen,
Copic Multi-liner, and a Copic Drawing Pen. All of these will give you a line similar to
what you would get using those types of markers. If you are looking for something that
resembles a nib pen or comic-style inking brush, then you would have to do a little
tweaking of your brush properties or create a Do-It-Yourself Brush.
The Pencil tool
The Pencil tool works well as a dark ink line, although the line will be a bit soft com-
pared to an inked line. As long as your preferences for the canvas are set at no less
than 4000 for either the
Height:
or
Width:
fields and the
Resolution:
field at least at
400, the pencil line will be a very dense black. To change your preferences, on the
menu bar, go to
Edit
|
Preferences
|
Canvas
. The Pencil tool will give you a quality
that the marker tools lack—a more lively line that can go from thin to thick and taper
off, similar in appearance to the type of line you would get from a nib pen or brush.
The following screenshot shows a drawing created using the Pencil tool:
