Gothir
12-14-2008, 09:26 PM
This was the first tutorial I ever did!
I created it originally for another site, so sorry for any irregular references.
Hey guys, this is a tutorial for pen tooling, present on my current signature. I hope you enjoy this and would love to see some results :) Pen tooling is a great tool in any graphic artist's arsenal.
This should be done on a new layer, for every line you do ;)
Generally you should use relevant colours to the piece, if you can add a white or black with it. I will use blue just so you can see clearly what I’m doing.
Step 1:
Set your brush tool to a hard brush, 3-12 pixels depending on the thickness of the line you are aiming for.
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m103/2k6_crows_2k6/PickingtheBrush.jpg
Step 2:
Make sure you're using the 'paths' version of the pen tool. (top left corner)
Select the pen tool and click twice, forming a ‘straight line’, as shown.
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m103/2k6_crows_2k6/MakingtheLine.jpg
Step 3:
Click and hold the line anywhere you like, you’ll see you can now bend the line around. Do this until you have something you like ;) (not on the same click and hold)
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m103/2k6_crows_2k6/BendingtheLine.jpg
Step 4:
Right click and select ‘stroke path’, not ‘fill path’. The option box will come up with a check box for ‘stimulate pressure’.
It’s up to you whether or not you use it. Below the check box is an example of both.
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m103/2k6_crows_2k6/StimulatePressure.jpg
Non-Stimulated:
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m103/2k6_crows_2k6/NonStimulated.jpg
Stimulated:
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m103/2k6_crows_2k6/Stimulated.jpg
Step 5:
right click anywhere on the line and select 'delete path'.
Now you need to erase the bits we don’t want. You can erase any areas you like for different results, here is mine.
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m103/2k6_crows_2k6/Result.jpg
I sometimes find that setting the layer to dissolve works well, here is an example.
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m103/2k6_crows_2k6/Dissolve.jpg
Some things to remember when pen tooling:
-Generally, using colours from the piece works the best.
-Black and white can sometimes make it seem more… I don’t know, it just looks nice J
-Pen tooling isn’t always suitable, it’s mostly used for human renders, cars etc…
Hope you enjoyed the tut, show me your results :P
I created it originally for another site, so sorry for any irregular references.
Hey guys, this is a tutorial for pen tooling, present on my current signature. I hope you enjoy this and would love to see some results :) Pen tooling is a great tool in any graphic artist's arsenal.
This should be done on a new layer, for every line you do ;)
Generally you should use relevant colours to the piece, if you can add a white or black with it. I will use blue just so you can see clearly what I’m doing.
Step 1:
Set your brush tool to a hard brush, 3-12 pixels depending on the thickness of the line you are aiming for.
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m103/2k6_crows_2k6/PickingtheBrush.jpg
Step 2:
Make sure you're using the 'paths' version of the pen tool. (top left corner)
Select the pen tool and click twice, forming a ‘straight line’, as shown.
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m103/2k6_crows_2k6/MakingtheLine.jpg
Step 3:
Click and hold the line anywhere you like, you’ll see you can now bend the line around. Do this until you have something you like ;) (not on the same click and hold)
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m103/2k6_crows_2k6/BendingtheLine.jpg
Step 4:
Right click and select ‘stroke path’, not ‘fill path’. The option box will come up with a check box for ‘stimulate pressure’.
It’s up to you whether or not you use it. Below the check box is an example of both.
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m103/2k6_crows_2k6/StimulatePressure.jpg
Non-Stimulated:
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m103/2k6_crows_2k6/NonStimulated.jpg
Stimulated:
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m103/2k6_crows_2k6/Stimulated.jpg
Step 5:
right click anywhere on the line and select 'delete path'.
Now you need to erase the bits we don’t want. You can erase any areas you like for different results, here is mine.
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m103/2k6_crows_2k6/Result.jpg
I sometimes find that setting the layer to dissolve works well, here is an example.
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m103/2k6_crows_2k6/Dissolve.jpg
Some things to remember when pen tooling:
-Generally, using colours from the piece works the best.
-Black and white can sometimes make it seem more… I don’t know, it just looks nice J
-Pen tooling isn’t always suitable, it’s mostly used for human renders, cars etc…
Hope you enjoyed the tut, show me your results :P