Town of Rook WIP

[snodsy]

I feel your pain on drawing straight lines, I cann't do it. I use a Wacom tablet and pen, but struggle to get really straight, so I too use the pen tool. The line tool also works well, that how I draw my houses in different sizes. I think your buildings look good with the jiggly line though, except for the more detailed tile roof. Good luck it will be interesting to see what you do.

[Josiah VE]

I feel your pain on drawing straight lines, I cann't do it. I use a Wacom tablet and pen, but struggle to get really straight, so I too use the pen tool. The line tool also works well, that how I draw my houses in different sizes. I think your buildings look good with the jiggly line though, except for the more detailed tile roof. Good luck it will be interesting to see what you do.

I also use a Wacom tablet, Bamboo Capture, which is wonderful. I don't have a single complaint, the performance is perfect (I've never used a different tablet, perhaps I'd notice it if I tried a different one). Though it would be handy if there were more buttons, but oh well. I'm sure practice makes perfect for straight lines.


So the client really liked the antique parchmenty look, so I made it even more antique and parchmenty. This might be the final antique version, but I'll also do a colour version as well.



I'm quite happy with it. Let me know what you think!

[Larb]

Regarding the lines thing, there are simple exercises you can do for improving pen control. They are really basic and probably a bit boring (drawing various types of lines - a circle, straight parallel lines, wavy lines, etc) but they do help a lot in my opinion.

Also from the looks of it I would guess you are probably drawing your lines quite slowly. I find I get much straighter lines if I use quick, confident strokes. That's where the practice helps.

[J.Edward]

Regarding the lines thing, there are simple exercises you can do for improving pen control. They are really basic and probably a bit boring (drawing various types of lines - a circle, straight parallel lines, wavy lines, etc) but they do help a lot in my opinion.

Also from the looks of it I would guess you are probably drawing your lines quite slowly. I find I get much straighter lines if I use quick, confident strokes. That's where the practice helps.

Totally agree - I've done/do those exercises.
And also agree that after doing those it is easier to do a quick confident stroke.
It takes a lot of training to do long slow strokes without error.
Plus you improve speed with quicker strokes.

[arsheesh]

Looking great so far. And yes, Larb's recommendation is quite sound.

Cheers,
-Arsheesh

[Josiah VE]

Just realized I didn't respond here.

Regarding the lines thing, there are simple exercises you can do for improving pen control. They are really basic and probably a bit boring (drawing various types of lines - a circle, straight parallel lines, wavy lines, etc) but they do help a lot in my opinion.

Also from the looks of it I would guess you are probably drawing your lines quite slowly. I find I get much straighter lines if I use quick, confident strokes. That's where the practice helps.

Those exercises sound quite good. I should probably start doing them. Thanks.

Totally agree - I've done/do those exercises.
And also agree that after doing those it is easier to do a quick confident stroke.
It takes a lot of training to do long slow strokes without error.
Plus you improve speed with quicker strokes.

Yep. It's funny how doing something as simple as drawing a straight line can be difficult.

Looking great so far. And yes, Larb's recommendation is quite sound.

Cheers,
-Arsheesh

Thanks Arsheesh.

I've posted the final version, which is basically the same as the latest version here.

http://www.cartographersguild.com/sh...192#post305192