Lineless or Lined art?

[kiplothedungeoneer]

Oh, its perfectly good, the problem is the app I'm using doesn't support it, (the stylus is a ciscle, and i use ibispaint for tablet)

[Cricketreadscomics]

u can't use the fill tool if you don't have lines, right?

[kiplothedungeoneer]

Sure you can! I usually draw an outline or a silhouette of what I want to fill in and then use the bucket tool. : )

[JRHoch]

A lot of people use Photoshop or Clip Art Studio.

[kiplothedungeoneer]

Too expensive for my cheap self!

[Jenny-Toons]

Photoshop is pretty expensive, yeah, but CSP is a one-time purchase (unless you're a IPad user ^^"). Their Pro regular price is $50 and their EX version is around $150 to $200 (though Pro is honestly enough, and you can do an upgrade from Pro to EX for a lower price than buying EX by itself). However, they're always doing a lot of sales!! Pro often goes from $25 to even $15, and EX is around $80, I believe. And after you buy it once (again, if you're not an IPad user), every update they do is free! The sale prices change sometimes, but it's always a pretty good deal, especially for the stuff CSP offers.

[kiplothedungeoneer]

But I'm an ipad user :') So I"ll just be cheap hahah

[LT1986]

I prefer viewing lineless art and making lined art. I admire lineless art, because it looks more realistic and is something that I haven't gotten good at yet. I prefer making lined art, because it is easier for me. I'm trying to get out of my comfort zone in my art making process.

[duckuga]

Both are appealing to me but I tend to do lined art! Idk if this counts but I especially love when theres a mix of lined and line art in one piece? Like they omit lines in areas that have less focus.

[Cricketreadscomics]

oh ok yeah that makes sense

[nostalgicroxas]

I was just going to say that you can usually adjust the "smoothness" of lines - like SAI has an immediate to reach option (right by the rotate and zoom options at the top of the canvas) to adjust from Normal 1-15 to S1-15 or some huuuuuge number switches. [I work in N3 until I need a more consistent smooth line, then I do S3. S just programs in sooooo sloooowly for me)

[azzy-m]

Lined art mostly because doing a lineless art work takes forever for me to finish lmao.

[imiogri]

I love reading about how people think lined art is easier and faster when for me its the exact opposite. Making lineless I only have to make a sketch then put colors on top in one layer. A lot easier to manage imo. Making things painted is of course a whole different ordeal but I for the most part cel shade with shapes.

[Sugerpiecake]

I prefer drawing lineless art using markers for the body and pens for the hair.

I save the lined art only for comics sense there's way more colors on the computer
and that way I don't have to kill so many of my markers.

[kiplothedungeoneer]

I know right! Lined art takes me forever

[danitasibert]

it depends on the art style, but i"m a line artist, my work is mostly lined, but I've tried no lines before i wouldn't mind trying it again.

[Rei19]

If I were to choose, I actually prefer lineless art, but after I went back to creating webcomics, I found that it's easier (for me) to do lined art instead. Plus, the curve tool in Paint Tool SAI makes my art look a lot cleaner than the sketch version!

My lineless art when I was first practicing digital painting (gosh, those were the fun days when I still had my stylus pen...):

And my current (lined) art after I lost my stylus pen

[CMYKat]

Almost all of my art is lineless as I work in Illustrator and really prefer the look! I'm curious though - for those who prefer the visual aesthetic of lined art, what puts you off lineless? I'd love to take notes!

[joannekwan]

I think a hurdle with lineless art is defining shapes. It's a careful balance of color and tone and rendering them well. If not done right the image can end up difficult to read or muddy-looking.

For the record, I love doing lineless as one of my illustration styles. Makes me practice color and such.

[vfinnigan]

My black and white comics obviously require lined art.

For color comics, I rather strongly prefer lined art. It's the industry standard for a reason, even it it's more expensive, often requiring a whole 'nother artist to do the inking and yet another to do the colors, especially for a traditional print comic. However, it's not all cut and dried. The key is to know when bold, thick lines are appropriate, and when it's necessary to do a thinner or even borderline nonexistent line. Lineless art can look all right to me if the colors are crisp and shapes are clear, however, especially with my eyesight reflecting my age and health, it's generally harder to see and make out the shapes.

I also feel it's worth pointing out that the best "lineless" art still technically has some lines, although artists doing that tend to be clever, making the lines thin and making them whatever color they need to make them look less conspicuous.