Is your drawing software supposed to do this?

[marygold]

EDIT I got a lot of helpful tips! My drawings are looking much better now, thanks guys! I'd say my question has been answered!

I recently had to switch to medibang because a) I needed a software that supports large file sizes and b) medibang not any other software was chosen because I don't have the money or computer

I just noticed that Medibang really defines the pixels, even though I'm working with print size at 350 dpi, which is average-ish sufficient. But even whenever I'm not zoomed in past 100% I can see little right angles all over my lines. On my old app, no matter how much I zoomed in everything would still look smooth and natural. Which one is the one that is supposed to happen in more professional softwares like Photoshop? I already tried increasing resolution but it didn't do anything,

EDIT okay so I found out about this anti aliasing thing, but on the iPad it seems like only the eraser and selection drawing too has it and not the general picture. I can't smooth down any lines I guess.l. I guess at this point there really isn't anything that can be done :/

Here is one of my drawings at 100% on Medibang (sorry for the crappy rough draft)

This is the drawing zoomed in

And this is another drawing zoomed in in my old software (the one that can't do large files e.g. Printing size) and although you see pixels, they are no where near as rough as medibang.

Thanks for the help!

[Cielle]

I'm not familiar with mediabang, but if there's an anti-aliasing option, you should turn it on to reduce the super-defined pixel effect. Some people prefer to not use anti-aliasing. It's just a preference issue, no right or wrong.

[carloswebcomic]

Your old picture has anti-aliasing. This removes the jaggies from lines.
See if there is an ant-aliasing option in your software.
Keep in mind that if you work in a large area then shrink, the jaggies disappear.

[marygold]

@Cielle @carloswebcomic thanks! I'll try to find it!

[Cielle]

according to the manual, there is an anti-aliasing option

found here

[marygold]

@Cielle sobs... I think that's for the computer....I don't think my iPad has it, but thanks for taking the time to look 😊

[Cielle]

aw bummer =n= well, hopefully you'll find another answer elsewhere! maybe there's a forum for the software? when in doubt, ask the forums, right? ;D

[somvi]

EDIT okay so I found out about this anti aliasing thing, but on the iPad it seems like only the eraser and selection drawing too has it and not the general picture. I can't smooth down any lines I guess.l. I guess at this point there really isn't anything that can be done :/

Anti aliasing option works on the brush. Bottom of brush panel-> more... button-> new panel opens with a switch that controls this setting.

For existing lines, you can try is apply a gaussian blur to smooth the lines (it's in the layers panel). Then redraw the parts that are excessively blurry. They need to make a sharpening brush already... (there's a blur one tho)

You can do quite a bit with the software but the functions are all tucked away in menus or they're programmed in to the brushes. The default set is okay but the cloud ones can do some pretty advanced things like warping & smudge effects.

[marygold]

@somvi =.= I don't know if you already use Medibang or if you took the trouble to look but thank you so much!

[ToonDoctor]

(you should not be creating a comic using an app on the iPad, it's not a professional tool - stick with trusted programs from Adobe and other serious companies, this is a toy, not a production-ready tool. I can't imagine how you ever use this for print... nothing against Medibang, but you get what you paid for.)

[somvi]

I've used it previously for illustration on my desktop and I still use it for roughing comic pages and thumbs on an ipad mini when I'm mobile. However, I'd caution against working on larger files or many layers as the program will crash pretty easily on tablet hardware.

[marygold]

@ToonDoctor yeah, I've considered that only I don't have a computer and I'm not too good at drawing when I'm not staring directly at my hands. The second problem could be fixed but I'm not sure about the first. I'm trying to work with standard size and resolution, but I'm gonna have to stick with what I got, thanks for the input though c:
@somvi yeah, I try to be conservative with layers because of that. Thanks for the help!

[UzukiCheverie]

(you should not be creating a comic using an app on the iPad, it's not a professional tool - stick with trusted programs from Adobe and other serious companies, this is a toy, not a production-ready tool. I can't imagine how you ever use this for print... nothing against Medibang, but you get what you paid for.)

Not to start an argument over this, but this is simply not true. OP may not even be using this for print (OP will have to clarify that themselves). I've seen people draw their comics with everything from a high-powered computer running the full Adobe Creative Suite to a Nintendo DS. The quality is in the artist's willingness to put time and effort into it, and acknowledge critiques and improvement, not in the software itself (though it can help to have better tools, sometimes you just can't - but that doesn't mean you can't draw, period, it just means you might have a challenge or two to overcome).

If you want to draw a comic, just draw it. Seeing as how most of us aren't being paid to create our work, none of us should feel obligated to pay into a crazy expensive program if we aren't able to/don't want to. While I cringe just as much as the thought of drawing on an iPad, I've seen some pretty awesome stuff drawn on them, so don't dismiss them outright just because they're iPads and not Cintiqs or light boards.

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@OP I don't know what tools that Medibang offers, but maybe check to see wha type of brush you're using? I know SAI comes with a binary tool that's meant to look pixel-y lol kind of a dumb suggestion but you know just throwing it out there lol (though it seems like you were able to fix the anti-aliasing issue?)

[lukas3]

Do you use Illustrator? It doesn't do that in Illustrator but in almost every other drawing app. Try using Illustrator or Sketchbook. If you can't change it than leave it like that. To fix the right angle, try free hand or changing the stroke.

[ToonDoctor]

I'm more concerned about the export capabilities and how to reuse the artwork for print and larger formats. I'm not discussing people's artistic abilities.