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  1. Secret Orange
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    P.S. I have no idea who Secret Orange is (it must be like a secret n' stuffz) but I like them already.
    Welcome Orange to the best part of the forums! Btw it's only VexXxa that calls me that. She really likes orange stuff though... like, a lot.
    Oh I'm really really new. Oh and IRL, I just moved, so sorry about the slow reply.
    Anyway for digital arting, in terms of affordable, I prefer SAI.
    It's a bit buggy, but it's heaps and heaps better than say, uh, GIMP. No hating on GIMP, I just get really stressed out trying to art in it. Making icons in it however, is rather easy and I came out with a great workflow for just that. But for the sake of drawing, I usually draw something on paper, scan it, put it in SAI and trace it.

    Not that I'm very good at drawing since I rarely actually practice and rather use it to calm down.
    http://bananaorange-studio.blogspot....1-archive.html
    Here's a few tutorials on what SAI is capable of.

    It's designed to be about drawing, so no text tool or advanced layer effects like in PS. :<

    And thanks for the welcome man. It feels so strange being in the middle of a mmo community with people actually being civil and nice.

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    Welcome to the boards Orange I've only been here a day or two myself ^_^
    Thanks.
    Anyway speaking of digital art, from what I've learned it is incredibly important that you have a firm ground in traditional art. I've learnt way more about drawing by reading Loomis than any tutorial I've done on the internet. It also helps getting the whole "Do it right from the start" mindset, because you turn rather lazy when you have ctrl-z closeby to correct your mistakes.

    But yeah I'm Swedish and not exactly the sharpest knife in the drawer, so please correct me if I'm wrong or just plain being stupid. It's allright, I'm not the kind of person who gets offended. >_>;;
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    It's fun to mess around with, with what the delay and the ghosting effect or w/e.
    It's pretty much perfect if you're bored and just want to put something down.
    I wouldn't put it at photoshops level of complexity since it does not have the same level of layer manipulation amongst other things. The limited canvas tripped me up more than one time, but maybe this thing isn't designed with a old 4:3 CRT in mind.

    Still, very neat and fun.
  3. Secret Orange
    Ahh, I'm new to this COH thing but I'd really like to know, is there gonna be like a combination pack where I can get COH/V and GR in one big purchase? Or am I better off just buying the COH/V arch ed and then GR?

    All the editions kind of confuse me.