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no scanning or photography required lossless full resolution, ready to print can rotate the drawing this way and that (for easier cross-hatching, for example) can handle high resolution drawing/painting for gallery quality prints up to 17 x 22 (biggest we can print ourselves) more relaxing since everything I did was an “experiment” which wouldn’t mess up what I’d done so far if I decided I didn’t like it ability to reposition/resize without erasing then re-drawing (one of the things that was off-putting when I used to paint portraits if a perfectly good eye was a smidge out of place, there was no choice but to paint it out and re-do it!) can work large without smudging from hand on paper

darken/lighten individual strokes, a section, or entire drawing easily (using vector layers) ability to place various parts on different layers natural/realistic look and feel of the various pencil tools It was fun! I feel a little sad that I enjoyed it more than conventional pencil on paper, but I’m also excited by the fresh possibilities of going digital.

#ARTRAGE ALTERNATIVE HOW TO#

I didn’t set out with the intention of compositing them together…or any intention, really, I was just trying to figure out how to use new software ( Clip Studio Paint, aka Manga Studio, Mac desktop version, using Intuous4 PTK-440 Wacom tablet), settle on what resolution to use, try out the various pencil tools, and so on. I found it more relaxing - more right brain less left brain - to do it that way. It’s frankensteined together from three separate sketches: one for each eye, and one for nose/mouth: (Would you have known it was drawn using a stylus instead of on paper if I hadn’t said anything?) This sketch is a step along that path, a step that may represent a fork in the path actually, toward digital media rather than pencil on paper: I’ve missed some days, but am definitely drawing a lot more, and enjoying the process.

Artrage alternative