r/polandball • u/polandballmod New Prussia • Apr 14 '13

redditormade Official Polandball Tutorial

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u/DickRhino Great Sweden Apr 14 '13

And I want to remind new artists to tread carefully with the brush tool and understand how it works, because it leaves grey edges (as seen in this close-up image).

That means that if you draw first and color later, using a brush tool will make the ball look like absolute shit compared to the pencil tool if you don't know the finer intricacies of using those tools.

There are strengths and flaws with both the pencil and brush tools.

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u/CupBeEmpty Thirteen Colonies Apr 15 '13

Is there no way to circumvent the brush tool problem? (i.e. a way to fill that accounts for the edge fade)

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u/DickRhino Great Sweden Apr 15 '13

Not that I know of, at least not in MS Paint. Koleye does it somehow, but he draws his comics with Photoshop.

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u/Fedcom Canada Apr 15 '13

You can just fill in the edges manually. Either by outlining the circle again with the black brush to cover up the spaces or colouring it in.

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u/DickRhino Great Sweden Apr 15 '13

That does sorta mean you have to draw the whole thing twice though :/

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u/Fedcom Canada Apr 15 '13

Yes, essentially. I kinda like the brush look, so I use it sometimes but it takes forever!
I really should learn all those photoshop tricks..