Sketching with Painter

This is a short video that should get anyone who's interested at least starting to sketch and explore all the great features in Corel's Painter. I am using the default 2b pencil provided but the customization abilities in painter and the texture you can achieve is far superior to Photoshop or Sketchbook. (in my opinion of coarse)

sketchatoy fifteen from sketchatoy on Vimeo.

So have a look as I walk you all through the differences and similarities between Painter, Sketchbook, and Photoshop...then I draw my cell phone holder.

Wooden Toys

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Hope this tutorial helped! I would recommend sketch book for drawing these little wooden toys, simply because you can use the templates to have nice clean lines like you would see in the final product.

Another useful feature in digital sketching is the maneuverability you have. I sketched this on paper then cleaned it up in sketchbook, once the sketch in completed you can rotate it until you get an interesting angle then continue to work the sketch.

I am simply not a transportation designer, but I wanted another example so here's my fire engine.

Plush Duck Sketch

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So now I’m going to show you my technique when drawing a non digital toy sketch. In this case I’m using a colored pencil and some markers. I have several traditional drawing methods but this is one of my favorites. Please enjoy and share your thoughts!

Tools
Sketch paper medium tooth
Ticonderoga red colored pencil
Zebra brush tip pens
Paper Mate felt tip marker

Software
Adobe Photoshop CS4 (vignette/callouts)

Sketchbook Pro Toy Phone

sketchatoy one from sketchatoy on Vimeo.

This is my first post and my first video tutorial ever! I’ll be showing you how I go about sketching in the program Alias Sketchbook Pro. Hopefully you’ll learn something from this, take it and make your own. Please comment and let me know what you thought and how to improve my future tutorial.

I apologize for the sound quality! I will be experimenting with some different mics because obviously my laptop mic is terrible.

Tools
Wacom Intuos 3
Software
Alias Sketchbook Pro 2009
Adobe Photoshop CS4 (vignette)