Entry 11: Autodesk SketchBook Pro

   For this blog, I'm doing it about my art program, Autodesk SketchBook Pro. Personally, I do really like this program, but my main issues is that it doesn't have basic settings. By that I mean, it doesn't have a transparency setting, you can't do anything that is pixelated, it often times needs to be updated from their website, and the drawing gets a little bit fuzzy when it is saved to your computer. Besides all of that, it is actually a fantastic program if you don't care about the things listed above. For now, I'll go over some of the features that it has. First off I wanted to show how I first organize my program when I draw and what it looks like in general.

   To begin, it has a large variety of pencil and drawing tools to choose from. Some have sharper lines, textures, smudging, blending, and so much more to choose and decide from! I love how many different options there are to choose from, yet it's not so much to the point of it being difficult to choose. This picture only shows some of the few things that it has to choose for drawing.

   Now I wanted to go over the little two circles that you see and those are called pucks. One is a color puck and the other is a size puck. Obviously, it's in the names' of each of the pucks for what they do: one changes the color and the other changes the size of your tool. I really love the pucks because it makes it super duper fast to change the colors and sizes of the medium to either fill larger or smaller spaces.

   The bar that is at the top has other additional features such as basic shapes to make, or straight lines. There is also another option for selecting your colors and that's with the color wheel, and there is even a Copic selection color wheel. It carries additional features such as redo or undo, zoom, crop, horizontal and vertical reflection of the page, text, rulers, etc. Plus, it is super easy to access since it is located at the top of your screen.

      For now, I think that is all I can give away and clarify through screenshots and typing. I suggest going onto YouTube and looking at explanations if you are interested in buying SketchBook Pro. I hope this was useful to some artists out there thinking about getting a program for digital drawing. Thanks and goodbye!

Entry 10: Digital Drawing of a Cat

   Okay, so this week I tried something a little bit different. I'm usually really comfortable and accustomed to traditional art (pencil and paper), but this time I tried out digital art (computer.) I have drawn digitally before, but I never really tried to explore the program that I use, Sketchbook Pro. I attempted to draw out a full body drawing of a cat with a very lazy and sloppy background for a friend of mine, and honestly, I really liked the outcome of it! It took me about two to three hours, I think, but it was mainly due to the fact that I was trying to get used to drawing on a tablet and switching between colors and tools. I will try doing more digital art in the future, since it is a lot more forgiving than traditional art is, especially with mistakes!

   It was really fun creating this drawing, but although I see a lot of mistakes right now, it was something new and I've learned from it. If you are someone who is willing to try out digital art, I recommend it, but if you aren't sure where to start, maybe next week I can do a blog to help those of you who are interested out. Thank you for reading this and bye!