Art Comp. Programs

Weresheep · Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 8:30 pm Post subject:

A little advice needed here. Another coherent question from yours truly. It's about art programs....COMPUTER programs. I only have MS Paint, but are there bigger, better art programs I can get for free on the internet? Example: good programs to draw with; look better then MS Paint. I'd read the forums, but it's like 11:31 and I have a lot going on the day after I post this.
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Paru · Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 9:18 pm Post subject:

-OpenCanvas
-GIMP

Enjoy. Wink

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PFC · Still very bored Joined: 28 Sep 2005 Posts: 343

Yes, Gimp is an awesome program. Go with that one!

Trinity_Fire · Forum Stalker Joined: 31 Dec 1969 Posts: 1042

Ah, I know that you suffer with MS Paint.
I found pixels not that bad to work with, and if you want something just a few steps up from paint, you can try oekaki.
There are lots of oekaki boards out there, though most take registration. But if the board's active, getting signed up shouldn't be much of a problem, and there are still a few 'free' boards out there. :)

oekaki is like something between photoshop and paint, it is completely computer-done [unless you upload and can work with that] and there's fill, watercolors, a palette... pretty simple [with a few quick tutorials] but also pretty good. I enjoy using oekaki a lot [though be good with mouse or have a tablet] and really expert people can create masterpieces and really beautiful artwork on oekaki. :3
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PFC · Still very bored Joined: 28 Sep 2005 Posts: 343

So... oekaki is completely an online thing?

KenshinJennings · Member Joined: 03 Sep 2005 Posts: 84 Location: behind you

Yes.Oekaki is done completely online.The results you get are usually less pixelly than MS Paint drawings,and they support transparency and layers,unlike Paint.I think some even have some filter capabilities.

I'm pretty sure GIMP is the best choice.Unless you participate in illegal activity.

If you're intrested in other types of art like fractals,Apophysis is free and it's good.Terragen is also free,and capable of making some very realsistic landscapes.

Or you could always download a trial version of Photoshop from the Adobe website.

PFC · Still very bored Joined: 28 Sep 2005 Posts: 343

I have Gimp, so that's what I'm used to. I love it.

Weresheep · Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 7:02 pm Post subject:

I'd love to install GIMP, but all there is there is a bunch of FUCKING README FILES AND OTHER USELESS JUNK!!!! 4 HOURS of downloading countless files, gone. Wasted. Where can I find the FUCKING GIMP program itself?????????
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"Nothing.....I can no longer see it.
It has disappeared.
There is nothing there.
All that was me has disappeared.
Oh my Paradise....I have lost you.
The cursed God from above has taken you away from me.
My Paradise....without it, I have only become a shell."

-Poem, "Paradise Lost"

Paru · Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 7:10 pm Post subject:

???

Well uh...asuming you're running on Windows... Here. You also need to download the GTK and runtime environment thing too, in order to run it apparently...
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Weresheep · Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 8:01 pm Post subject:

Damn it all. NONE of them worked. Well, they DID work, but as with all the others, they were installed, but the most I can do with them is either uninstall or language adjustment. Anything else you need to tell me here?
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"Nothing.....I can no longer see it.
It has disappeared.
There is nothing there.
All that was me has disappeared.
Oh my Paradise....I have lost you.
The cursed God from above has taken you away from me.
My Paradise....without it, I have only become a shell."

-Poem, "Paradise Lost"

Paru · Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 8:33 pm Post subject:

Not that I can think of...

I just downloaded it myself to make sure that there were no problems, and it ran fine. =/

Are you sure you unzipped the file before you installed it? That's all I can think of...
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Weresheep · Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 2:28 pm Post subject:

Well Paru, after much trial and error (and a lot of coffee) I managed to find the right file...by delving so deep into the site that I got dizzy. Anyway, thanks for helping. I should make one pretty soon....or maybe not, depending on this touchpad of mine.
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"Nothing.....I can no longer see it.
It has disappeared.
There is nothing there.
All that was me has disappeared.
Oh my Paradise....I have lost you.
The cursed God from above has taken you away from me.
My Paradise....without it, I have only become a shell."

-Poem, "Paradise Lost"