Thinking about a drawing aid

[jcollie719]

I should get a drawing tablet since the IRC WebGuest is asking for more color drawings. My usual routine for drawing and sharing the pictures is:

1. Draw the objects with a pen and paper
2. Take a picture with my phone camera
3. Share the picture with my Telegram account
4. Copy the picture from Telegram to Microsoft Paint
5. Make any edits and (if requested) color the drawings
6. Save the picture and upload it to Photobucket

The photos I take usually end up with an off-white, gray or yellow background. I don't get a nice white background to make coloring the pictures easier on the computer. I have to manually erase the background in certain areas to make them white for filling in with color. Drawing directly to my computer via a tablet would make things much easier by eliminating some of the above steps.

Comments

[basilstardust]

oh there's actually a workaround (or at least a cheaper option that still lets u draw physically)! if you can get the art program 'paint tool sai 2' for free (it's easy to pirate but also its $40 one time payment so not bad) then u can import ur pic, turn up the contrast, then hit the "convert lumiance to opacity" button, it'll turn ur piece into the linework being alone on a layer with a transparent background (gets rid of anything not done in pen) so coloring becomes suuuuper easy. preserves the linework really nicely as well. (takes all of 30 seconds). im sure u can do the same in photoshop but thats $. might be worth looking to see if krita (free program) has a similar feature. there's definitely easier ways out there b4 u fork out $$ for a tablet, hope this helps!

[jcollie719]

It helps a lot. Thank you!