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Codiekitty · 01-30-2005, 05:37 PM

It's a-me, CodieKitty!

Actually, I originally just drew the mewkie. I liked this so much, I decided to use it on my website - I threw on a comment, wrote "COMICS CORNER", and used something I'm about to explain to make it into something fun for my Comics page. By the way, is it just me, or does my handwriting with a red sharpie look like it's written it some poor schmo's vital plasma?

Sketched using an action figure as a guide. I was too lazy to do his bottom half, so I just had him climbing a wall.

In Paint Shop Pro, under the Colors toolbar, then under "Adjust" at the bottom you'll find something called "Threshold". It turns the picture to black and white. Which colors become black and which become white are determined by how high you set the number. You can use it, along with the Fill tool, to make it look like you drew it in Paint.

Cool, eh? But the truth is, you really shouldn't color a drawing you're going to threshold - you WILL end up with specks from the coloring that you have to go through and clean up. It also works best on unlined paper, because you may end up with lines. And if you set the Threshold too low to remove the lines, some of the lines you do want may vanish.

Basically, draw them on unlined paper, don't color them, scan them, threshold them, color.

By the way, these are on lined paper because I didn't have a sketch pad, and I had a spare notebook laying around. I just bought a sketch pad and some tracing paper today.

Where are these lemmings going? The Super Nintendo Super Shire! Hop in line and follow them there!

[ March 31, 2005, 06:41 PM: Message edited by: CodieKitty ]

01-30-2005, 05:37 PM	#1
Codiekitty Just Another Face in Red Jumpsuit Join Date: May 2001 Location: Lemmingland Gender: Posts: 19,143 Thanks: 121 Thanked 174 Times in 120 Posts Points: 51,475.72 Bank: 3,021,450.74 Total Points: 3,072,926.46 Donate	It's a-me, CodieKitty! Actually, I originally just drew the mewkie. I liked this so much, I decided to use it on my website - I threw on a comment, wrote "COMICS CORNER", and used something I'm about to explain to make it into something fun for my Comics page. By the way, is it just me, or does my handwriting with a red sharpie look like it's written it some poor schmo's vital plasma? Sketched using an action figure as a guide. I was too lazy to do his bottom half, so I just had him climbing a wall. In Paint Shop Pro, under the Colors toolbar, then under "Adjust" at the bottom you'll find something called "Threshold". It turns the picture to black and white. Which colors become black and which become white are determined by how high you set the number. You can use it, along with the Fill tool, to make it look like you drew it in Paint. Cool, eh? But the truth is, you really shouldn't color a drawing you're going to threshold - you WILL end up with specks from the coloring that you have to go through and clean up. It also works best on unlined paper, because you may end up with lines. And if you set the Threshold too low to remove the lines, some of the lines you do want may vanish. Basically, draw them on unlined paper, don't color them, scan them, threshold them, color. By the way, these are on lined paper because I didn't have a sketch pad, and I had a spare notebook laying around. I just bought a sketch pad and some tracing paper today. Where are these lemmings going? The Super Nintendo Super Shire! Hop in line and follow them there! [ March 31, 2005, 06:41 PM: Message edited by: CodieKitty ]