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Advice - Digital oil paintings?

topic posted Tue, January 10, 2006 - 2:57 PM by  lain
Is it possible?
basically, i have to do two oil paintings either by hand or digitally to be used in print and digitally. i don't want to invest in oil paints if possible. i know how to use photoshop and illustrator but have never used either for a project like this. i don't want the lines to appear pixelly and i don't want it to be as "clean" looking as a vector-drawing. Any suggestions or is there another program that would be better to use? thanks for your help. :)nicolita
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  • James
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    Re: Advice - Digital oil paintings?

    Tue, January 10, 2006 - 6:09 PM
    This sound definately like something you'd want to use "Painter" for. It is a program that was made to emulate traditional media, like oils, pastels, etc. I believe it is still out there and in use by many digital artists. You use to get it bundled when you got a wacom tablet. I don't know if that is still the case. It is though one of those programs where you would really need a digital tablet and pen to really get full effect with it.
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    • Eszter
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      Re: Advice - Digital oil paintings?

      Sun, January 15, 2006 - 8:21 PM
      Yes you still get it with a Wacom tablet.
      At least that is the case in Australia because I bought one just recently and Painter came with it.
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      • Macdude
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        Re: Advice - Digital oil paintings?

        Wed, May 3, 2006 - 9:18 PM
        Painter is definitely the way to go. Although, if you dig deep enough in Photoshop brushes and build your project in layers utilizing transparencies and screens you can accomplish a pretty close fix to any from painter. Painter is easier off the bat with the Oil paint smear and mixing though.
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