Mascotts: do you do them digitally or scan mockups?

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  • Sid70
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    • Dec 2002
    • 16413

    #1

    Mascotts: do you do them digitally or scan mockups?

    I haven't literally tried it for years, but i decided to think of developing the skill.
    Was playing a little:



    then i chose that cat for some reason, I guess on this stage it has to be taken into PS for
    edits.



    and applied some pencils.



    so, I guess a tablet is a must to have.
    Last edited by Sid70; 01-20-2010, 09:09 AM.
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  • TheDoc
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    • Jul 2001
    • 13827

    #2
    You can color it with a mouse... it's really no different - actually I have a pad and haven't plugged it in for years, a mouse does it perfectly..just use a few more layers to fade the colors a bit easier, rather than pressure from the pen.
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    • Amputate Your Head
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      • Aug 2001
      • 39075

      #3
      Don't know how you could do them without a tablet.
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      • TheDoc
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        • Jul 2001
        • 13827

        #4
        Originally posted by Amputate Your Head
        Don't know how you could do them without a tablet.
        What do you do with the pen that you can't do with the mouse?

        90% of the cleanup is done without the pen either way...the pen isn't used at all to prep the grahpic, it's all in photoshop. The colors are selected areas, layers.. select, fill, and fade a few layers in if you need to fade colors. Exactly what you're doing with the pen.
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        • Amputate Your Head
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          • Aug 2001
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          #5
          Originally posted by TheDoc
          What do you do with the pen that you can't do with the mouse?
          Speed, precision, & fluid motion. It's like driving a car versus pushing a shopping cart down the street with all your stuff in it. 2 different worlds.

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          • fatfoo
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            • Mar 2003
            • 27763

            #6
            Half-animal Half-human cartoons really trip me out. I like this.

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            • TheDoc
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              • Jul 2001
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              #7
              Originally posted by Amputate Your Head
              Speed, precision, & fluid motion. It's like driving a car versus pushing a shopping cart down the street with all your stuff in it. 2 different worlds.

              I found the pens limit my speed to flip tools, layers, ect.. or be working and click the stupid button because you're trying to be so precise - it drove me nuts

              Most web cartoons don't contain enough detail to care about a pen.. 10 colors (joking) almost all have solid lines and color fades. Kinda like driving a sports car through the grocery store when you only need a shopping cart.
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              • Amputate Your Head
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                • Aug 2001
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                #8
                Originally posted by TheDoc
                I found the pens limit my speed flip tools, layers, ect.. or be working and click the stupid button because you're trying to be so precise - it drove me nuts

                Most web cartoons don't contain enough detail to care about a pen.. 10 colors (joking) almost all have solid lines and color fades. Kinda like driving a sports car through the grocery store when you only need a shopping cart.
                I suppose it depends on what you're doing and what kind of tablet you have.
                I use a Wacom Cintiq 21ux Widescreen interactive display, with lots and lots of programmable buttons, mounted on an articulating LCD arm. Personally, I could not live without this thing. All those years of designing with a mouse just seems so elementary school to me now.

                But it's whatever you're comfortable with.
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                • TheDoc
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                  • Jul 2001
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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Amputate Your Head
                  I suppose it depends on what you're doing and what kind of tablet you have.
                  I use a Wacom Cintiq 21ux Widescreen interactive display, with lots and lots of programmable buttons, mounted on an articulating LCD arm. Personally, I could not live without this thing. All those years of designing with a mouse just seems so elementary school to me now.

                  But it's whatever you're comfortable with.
                  Ahh, yes... the toy that you have to rotate to draw on or your arm sits on the screen.. kind of an over kill for Internet graphics don't ya think?
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                  • Amputate Your Head
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                    • Aug 2001
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                    #10
                    Originally posted by TheDoc
                    Ahh, yes... the toy that you have to rotate to draw on or your arm sits on the screen.. kind of an over kill for Internet graphics don't ya think?
                    Not at all, I love it. It makes masking images and stuff a breeze. The mouse is too jerky. Plus it doubles as a secondary monitor, and because it's on the arm, I can move or float it anywhere in a three foot spherical area, rotate, flatten, etc. I think it rocks.
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                    • TheDoc
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                      • Jul 2001
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                      #11
                      Originally posted by Amputate Your Head
                      Not at all, I love it. It makes masking images and stuff a breeze. The mouse is too jerky. Plus it doubles as a secondary monitor, and because it's on the arm, I can move or float it anywhere in a three foot spherical area, rotate, flatten, etc. I think it rocks.
                      Hehe, it sounds like the arm does rock
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                      • Amputate Your Head
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                        • Aug 2001
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                        #12
                        Originally posted by TheDoc
                        Hehe, it sounds like the arm does rock
                        This guy's isn't on an arm, just the original stand mount, but check out how killer this thing is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLEubvE5ZQ4
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                        • xenigo
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                          • Jan 2001
                          • 8067

                          #13
                          Originally posted by Amputate Your Head
                          This guy's isn't on an arm, just the original stand mount, but check out how killer this thing is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLEubvE5ZQ4
                          Holy crap, that's awesome.

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                          • TheDoc
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                            • Jul 2001
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                            #14
                            Originally posted by Amputate Your Head
                            This guy's isn't on an arm, just the original stand mount, but check out how killer this thing is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLEubvE5ZQ4
                            Very cool.....

                            But wayyy over kill for what he just made He actually colored the drawing like a coloring book... that's crazy, it's photoshop you don't need to do that.

                            He could have easily done that in half the time on a mouse, no special detail is in that picture what so ever.
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                            • TheDoc
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                              • Jul 2001
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                              #15
                              Btw.. that is a very bad ass tablet.. much better than my 9" flop with a pen I can't find half the time.
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