Quote by animangaHi, I was hoping I could ask a stupid question. ^_^' I recently switched to Illlustrator for line art and I was wondering if there's any special way you keep your lines so smooth and so thin. Even on 2 pt I still get really artifacted looking areas. Thanks! :)

Oh gawd ^^ Sorry for the late reply :sweat:

Anyways, about the matter you ask me. Hmm.. I honestly don't know how I do it. I just did it a normal way, and they become like that. For the thin ones, I actually used 1pt.. but recently, I used 2pt.. coz 1pt lines actually more jagged than 2pt. Hopefully that helps ^^

Ouch, Well It didn't bothered me since I already studied for both, it was a pain but I did it anyway.
Oh.. My mum usually asked me what I want. But Since I don't live with my parents since a few years back, they don't really get to bring me presents.

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I don't use stroke path, I use the line tool in Adobe Illustrator. I know shape layers give more character (I do add some to the Ai lines) but I'm just too lazy. >_<
Yeah I hate the window too but every time I touched it it got worse so I stopped trying. XD
And there's light overlayed on the far left edge of both the characters and the curtain, but you could probably only tell if you saw it removed.
But yeah, I agree with everything you said. Thanks for the comment. :)

ermmmm i swear i replied to this? i feel like i'm just repeating myself now >_> though i think you have alot of potential so i just wanted to address a few of the points you made. lol this is going to sound obnoxious but here it goes ^^;

the line took in illustrator is essentially the same thing as stroke paths. i know shape layers are a pain in the a-- but, unfortunately, i think if you want to be serious about walling (lol SERIOUS about walling? sounds so ominous) you should really take on the challenge--trust me, once you start doing line art with shape layers, you'll never want to do anything else >D

there are two main issues with the window: 1) its not drawn right, there should be a diagonal line in the inside of the corners, the lines shouldnt be overlapping if that makes any sense. additionally, you need to move the bottom lines closer to the middle lines--this will make it seem like the window bars are parallel to the ground, rather than in incorrect perspective. 2) the color is off--its just white which doesnt look the best with the surroundings. this is a less minor problem though

and actually, i did see the light coming from the side, but it didnt look like it was really coming from anywhere, except maybe the window. regardless of whether you wanted to emphasize that the light is coming from the window, the faces are still too dark for comfort. i know its realistic in a dark room for people's faces not to be lit, from an aesthetic and walling point of view, the focus of the wall should (normally) be on their faces. without having them lit the wall just looks dark and you arent emphasizing the center object--if you've ever seen fashion magazine spreads where its a "dark" atmosphere, you will notice that the model's face is still lit.

alot of people make faces darker because they think that makes it look like people are in the dark, but there are other ways of keeping their faces lighter but still making it look like they are in the dark. the skin tone, for one, should be more blue in dark rooms, and paler. but still, remember to keep them lighter. sometimes people also make the faces darker because they cant make the shadows fit the faces--this can be remedied by putting more shadows where they are needed--you paint so this should be relatively easy. aka you can make their faces look darker but still keep the focus there if you make the shadows on their faces deeper, but keep the highlights pale+lighter.

lol i dont want to be like lecturing you but i think your walls would improve alot if you paid specific attention to the lineart point and the light point--both of them i think are among the top 5 characteristics of what make great walls great >D

happy walling! and i hope to see something from you in the near future

Have a nice day!

awwie, good luck on the exams. thou this is kinda late and you might've already taken em.
I'm freeeee, I just saw I took my last exam, 80 points weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, this one was the thoughest XD
I saw the outline on your Meru wallie, somewhere*don't remember* ^^ it's oing well I see.

Good luck with the painting. I'm working on mine as well, but I think yours is going to be done soner.

merged: 06-21-2009 ~ 08:14pm
April next year? o.o
wow.. that must put a lot of pressure on you. Your dad should trust you more.
Thanks, yeah I'm feeling way much better. I was kinda annoyied cause they calncelled the exams twice due to some..I won't know stuff, and I practiacally had to study several times the same thingxD Well at least they're over. yay.

^^ I made progress wit my vector too, it's about 45% now. But I don't think it would be read earlier than a week.

Thank you :3 it was alright.

merged: 06-22-2009 ~ 05:30pm
I thought there might be a mistake I mean there's a loooong time till next April xD
Well, good luck and make sure to study ^^

They can do it sice they're not national exams or anything. There was a misunderstanding with the dates, and becuase of that there were two exams in the same day For our class to take wich is not allowed. So they had to pospone one.

Yeah. that's true, well it's how things naturaly go. At least we get presents XD

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Thanks for the cute comment and fav in "Robin & Tutor",and two SUWA scans,animanga san. :D
Glad you like them very much!
Good day~ :)

Hehhehe :D
and btw i finally thought of awesome background for the image im working on :D
i had a little problem, i twisted my leg badly so i couldnt walk or sit..now its a little better, so ill be finishing my wall...i did another project too :D

Xd thank you! I'm glad it didn't turned out to be crappy.

merged: 06-11-2009 ~ 10:27am
Oh, I see that you left out that scan with kaname and Zero and Yuuki, why? I don't think I'm going to vector it anymore, if you dropped it cause of that please do vector it.

merged: 06-13-2009 ~ 12:05pm
Well, at least is going well, and I'm glad. My next meru puri project is like 10% done and I don't think I'
ll be able to submit it this month since I still have two exams left and lots of work to do on my thesis.
And I still haven't finished one of the wallies I had for this month..I'm not sure if I can get that done either ;-;

Oh.. then it's all good ^^
You too!

yes im already painting it :D
so ill be finishing it soon

merged: 06-09-2009 ~ 02:17pm
but background is going to be real pain, even though i already have it in mind

Quote by animangaLovely wall! :D
The BG is great for the perspective you had to work with. >.<
And I love the sky. <3 Well done!

merged: 06-09-2009 ~ 08:47am
Popular submissions in 17 hours, well done! XD

I know right, gosh nothing would fit with this possition of his. But I'm glad it turned out alright. I lost like 2 days of my life thinking bout what should I do with it xD

Thanks for the support means a lot. Also how's the Meru puri vector going? ^^
>__> yeah...I think my previous wall went up faster.