Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:28:02 -0700, stbenge wrote:
> 
>> Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:45:57 -0700, stbenge wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Illustrator -> Gimp?  Why not Illustrator -> Inkscape?
>>>> Because Inkscape is a vector art proggy, and Gimp is raster. Besides,
>>>> I hardly know Inkscape. I'm still trying to find the benefit of using
>>>> it...
>>> But Illustrator is also vector-based, not raster.  At least the
>>> Illustrator I remember using. ;-)
>> It is :) But fleshing-out 'toons in vector can really speed up the whole
>> process, if done right.
> 
> True, but like nemesis, I'm still having trouble seeing why not 
> Illustrator -> Inkscape, the two seem to have very similar features. :-)

Okay, you can make certain layers all the same color in Illustrator (eg. 
[head, ears, neck], [hair, eyebrows]), open them as layers in Gimp, and 
then use selection masks to do your shading. This would be especially 
useful for hair, I think. It might even be possible to save some time 
this way.

Of course, if I get a tablet I might not have to do stuff like that as 
often :)

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