Description At long last, the day has arrived where I'm finally releasing the Sonic Adventure Style tutorial!
The question I get asked the most is when I'm finally going to release this project that I've talked about for years, and I've never been able to give a solid answer until recently.
This thing has been on the cards since 2007, but every time I started it, something got in the way that stopped me, whether it be education commitments taking up my time or the hard drive crash I suffered in 2010. This time though, I was determined to get this finished and finished well.
I'm actually thankful for all those roadblocks over the years. I realise now that I wasn't really ready to produce something that was worthwhile back then, whatever I produced I would have been unsatisfied with months. Now years later, I feel I've developed enough solid skills and techniques to be able to make this a reality, something I can be proud of and something that I hope others can learn from.
I actually released this last week on physical discs at Summer of Sonic. I only had 100 of them and they proved to very popular, I hope this digital release continues the trend.
So, I hope what I've put together for you here is useful and that you enjoy working through it!
Thank you!
HIT THE DOWNLOAD BUTTON TO DOWNLOAD THE .ZIP FOLDER!
ADDITIONAL:
If the PDF performance is very sluggish, to the point where it's hard to work with, please send me a note and let me know! I'm hoping to work out some way of providing an improved performance if it's needed.
What did I use? Adobe Photoshop CS4, CS6 and Adobe Illustrator CS4
Sonic the Hedgehog and all related items(c) SEGA/Sonic Team Art(c)=TheGatestormer
Well, I do use a Mac - but the file itself should just be a .ZIP containing two .PDF files and a .PNG. I know plenty of people who have downloaded this who aren't on a Mac.
I have a question though - Does smoothing only work with the polygonal lasso tool?
I tried doing lineart with that tool, and oh my god. I'm too impatient for it. x_x I use the pen tool for the lines, but when I do smoothing, I don't see a difference.
The Smooth will 'work' with the Pen Tool, but as the Pen gives smooth lines anyway, it's not really needed (hence why you won't see much of a difference). The Smooth is only really useful when you apply it to something done by hand (like the Lasso) it helps make up for Human error. With the Pen, the computer handles the lines so they don't really need any smoothing.
Lots of people use the Pen Tool for lineart and it can certainly do the job, it's just not my tool of choice, I prefer working with the Lasso and Warp. I will admit it takes more patience. If you're already comfortable with the Pen (which from the looks of your gallery, you are!) then I don't think there's much in the Lineart tutorial that will aid you, the techniques are too different.
I'm not sure what the problem would be...I've never heard of that before.
Sorry!
I tried doing lineart with that tool, and oh my god. I'm too impatient for it. x_x I use the pen tool for the lines, but when I do smoothing, I don't see a difference.
Is there something i'm missing? :c
The Smooth will 'work' with the Pen Tool, but as the Pen gives smooth lines anyway, it's not really needed (hence why you won't see much of a difference). The Smooth is only really useful when you apply it to something done by hand (like the Lasso) it helps make up for Human error. With the Pen, the computer handles the lines so they don't really need any smoothing.
Lots of people use the Pen Tool for lineart and it can certainly do the job, it's just not my tool of choice, I prefer working with the Lasso and Warp. I will admit it takes more patience. If you're already comfortable with the Pen (which from the looks of your gallery, you are!) then I don't think there's much in the Lineart tutorial that will aid you, the techniques are too different.