Anyone make comics in adobe illustrator?

[joannekwan]

Those look great, btw!

Yep, Illustrator is great for shapes and text and anything else you want as vectors, not so great for drawing/painting.

[joannekwan]

Actually I think @callmeshane uses Illustrator or some other vector based program for his comics. And they look really nice and clean.

[hurstah]

I use Adobe Illustrator for the line work in my comics. The program have a tool called the Blob Brush, it's right under the Paint Brush in Illustrator. It's a great tool to play around with and get use to.

[puppetbomb]

I used to do a lot of vector work for work:

Vector is a super technical workflow. Which is why I don't like using it unless I NEED something super-smooth and infinitely scale-able (which is rare).

I've seen amazing painters and artists pick up Illustrator and make work that looks like it should belong in a high school Power Point presentation. I think it's because of this technical workflow, it becomes a game of hopscotch between the left and right brain that can sometimes paralyze artists, who are known to use much more of their right brain. /armchairAnalyst

I personally don't like Illustrator that much, but it's possible that I may try my hand at making a comic in vector someday (Because I'm a glutton for punishment, I suppose =_=)

Also... reusing assets is a lifesaver @_@;;;

[CPY]

All my comic (unless hand drawn) are made with AI.

[dakotasapphire]

my brain is completely balanced between the two. So I'd assume that's why ai makes so much sense.

[dakotasapphire]

@CPY I like your comics. I'm subbed to them.
@joannekwan call me shane has some good work though

To everyone: Do you think it could work for someone with a lot of experience because of all the extra tools and functions of it? (You can make guidelines, Type, use the swatches library (which has skin tones), the patterns, The type is better (since you can type on lines), you can create brush strokes, the curvature tool, the shapes, etc)

[joannekwan]

Definitely experience is key, and making all the shortcuts and functions of the program work in your favor. For me it's just easier to plug in my tablet, grab a basic brush and start drawing in photoshop. On the other hand, when I'm specifically doing a vector project and working with type and other shapes in illustrator, I do get into a groove and just click away on my laptop's touch pad.

So really it's finding what works best for you and experimenting with ways to effectively create what you have in your head.

[puppetbomb]

I think it can work for anyone. It comes down to if it works for the look and how much faster/slower the workflow will be and if it's worth taking the extra hit if it is slower.

IMO, the extra tools and functions are just icing. There's suitable replacements for the features you've listed in PS (tho more shapes would be nice in PS). But most artists are used to Photoshop, so it becomes a question if it's worth learning a new interface and setting up a completely new workflow for most artists (which the answer seems to lean toward "I'll dabble/work in it but it won't be my main program", even in a workplace where 100% of work needs to be AI files).

[dakotasapphire]

I have more experience in Ai than in PS. So in my case i'd like to use it. ^^

[abbastudios]

I use it on all of my comics.
Romantical Tales - Romance comics satire

Grace: Fallen Angel - Adventure Drama

The Funnies - Gag a day

Zone 26 - Surrealistic comic with no dialogue

Welcome to Tangent City - Tutorial on how to avoid tangents in your art

[abbastudios]

Definitely.it's just another tool for artists to use.

[CPY]

Thx for the sub and support.

AI can really make some very solid art but it also takes a lot of time and effort.

I believe there is no tool that don't work, I guess. It's just whether the tool works for you or not.

[cpodeswa]

I also used Illustrator for a while. You can create your own strokes and i was amazed of how clean the inking lines looked - the downside, of course, was that it cost way more time than drawing directly in Photoshop, at least for me. But try it out, it's still a great program and has a lot to offer!

[dakotasapphire]

Yeah i guess its more for commercial art than anything. Which is something I've been working at. I'll have enough to get into shutterstock soon.

[dakotasapphire]

For sure I already use it.

[CPY]

Enough to get into shutterstock?
Urgh...sorry I am being stupid but what does that mean?

They've some requirements for entries or number of entries?

[schlisselart]

I used illustrator to make my comic Etoile a few years back. I admit when I first started using illustrator I didn't like it but I saw it as a challenge and now it's my preferred medium! (you can see more of my art at my tumblr) I love how smooth and clean it can be and it really helped me improve my art. Photoshop does have the pen tool to let you create vexel art as well.

[Kayke]

I use illustrator for my panels and wordbubbles, but I do the art in a mix of traditional and photoshop.
In my opinion, Illustrator is great for design stuff but I don't like drawing in it.

[dakotasapphire]

You need like 10. To get in you need to submit 10 illustrations and at least one has to get through (used to be 6)