In spite of being a kinda-IT-guy, I’m not completely into digital stuff... I like music played with instruments and I also like hand drawn art, so that’s the way I do my line art. First I do a sketch with pencil and then use marker.
When I’m
done, I scan the drawing and get something like this:
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| What's that language? Mexican? |
You may
notice that the black lines are a bit grayish, also the white background. If
you have some experience with image editing you’ll probably tell me to manually
correct the contrast and brightness. But I’m too lazy, so I use Inkscape.
Inkscape is
freeware; you can download it here
and live happily forever. So, the cool thing about Inkscape is that it “re-draws” your
image (if it is intended to be b/w). You just need to open the image, click on
it, use Shift + Alt + B and you’ll get something like this:
When you
press the OK button, the process will start and when It’s over you’ll get
something nice like this:
But that’s
not all, look closer, those are vectors! Look at the popcorn guy! Isn’t he
beautiful?
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| Iugh, bitmap... |
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| Vector sugoi desu! |
Now, I can
has color. Inkscape also has the good ol' paint bucket.
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| Me gustan los tacos. |
You’ll have
to configure some options for it to work fine...
And then,
just click and color.
