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Dom83
09-20-2006, 05:42 PM
Hello

I would like to make gouache painting style backgroungs for my animations, like in "Code Lyoko" or most japanese series.

The problem is I do not know how to paint this way, I never learned, and I do not come about to find from myself. I looked for tutorials or books about it but I did not find... Do you know one ? (in english or french) Or do you have some hints ?

I draw, make 2D and 3D animations, and oil painting on canvas, so I am not a beginner in graphic area. But I do not come about to make this kind of paintings. http://www.lostmarble.com/forum/images/smiles/icon_sad.gif

I can learn with real paint and paper/canvas, but I would prefer learn with Painter on my computer. I own Corel Painter and Photoshop, as well as a cool Intuos 3 tablet.

Thanks to help me.
Terro
09-20-2006, 06:53 PM
You said you can do it traditionaly so doing it digitally should be even easier, especially if you own Painter or Photoshop. Painter has most of the same traditional brushes that you would use in its brush gallery. There are a lot of tutorials on the matter, there is a sticky thread in this forum that has links to most Painter tutorials.
Dom83
09-20-2006, 09:16 PM
I did not explain right.

I do not know how to make this kind of paintings, and I want to learn.
I can learn using real paint and paper/canvas, but I would prefer doing it with Painter.

I already looked at the tutorials linked in this forum, some months ago, but I am looking at it once again, maybe I missed interesting things last time. ;)
Lunatique
09-20-2006, 10:32 PM
If you already know how to paint, then it's simply a matter of finding the brushes you prefer to use to get the effect you want. You mentioned gouache--there are plenty of gouache brushes in Painter. Just use those and paint like you normally do. Painting is painting--it's pretty much all the same regardless of the tool.
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