A post-script - the artwork on that Web page was done with Inkscape. A humble window.
Adam
Adam wrote:
Hi Matt
I wonder of there is another variable here, since I get a pretty good variation with my Wacom tablet and using the calligraphy controls, especially thinning and of course the enabling of pressure controls. I am on Windows XP and Inkscape 0.43 (so it says, but the download site did not seem to confirm this ... don't understand this part! Guess it is a pre-release.). Anyway, the pressure controls on the interface work and I have the other settings available for this tool.
I am able to get quite good variation in line thickness. See my Web page http://home.exetel.com.au/adam001/test_bed.html
I may be missing something here? I should say that I can't do the sort of thing you are doing, Matt, I admire your skill, but does the stuff on the Web page clarify or confuse? The line thickness seemed to be a result of variations in speed, angle and the Inkscape settings, which means to me, not having used it a lot but getting good width variation, that I would have to fiddle around a lot to advise further!
Adam
Matt Jordan wrote:
Hello everybody,
I'm really excited about the imminent release of 0.43! I've been playing with the latest pre-release and I'm wondering if anyone has tips on the settings for the calligraphy tool. I'd like to use Inkscape, and in particular the calligraphy tool (I think), to do line work for my pencil drawings. (For those of you into comics, I'm essentially wanting to use Inkscape to do my inks digitally.) But so far I can't quite get the sort of taper response I'm looking for. Is it a settings issue or am I asking the program to do something it's not quite ready for?
Here's a post on my sketch blog where I'm playing with it and sort of comparing it (albeit unfairly at this point) to Expression 3 (which I'd rather not use):
http://www.sketch.mattjordan.com/2005/11/14/inkscape-043/
So, any suggestions on best approaches/settings/etc. for freehand line art?
Thanks,
Matt Jordan