SAI

SAI, Nona's second brother (though she never had one in the first place), is a relatively good piece of software. It's simple, and user-friendly for pen tablet users. It takes control over pen pressure well, even with the most mediocre of tablet hardware.

The arrangement of tools, tabs and windows are efficient for use. Even the color sliders are unique. Truly, SAI is a good start-up for amateur CG artists who have just started using pen tablets.

In fact, SAI is even good for mouse artists. The blending techniques of the software are unique to it.

Everyone should use SAI!

--even though it's fudging up around right now.

For some reason, the canvas for the art piece I'm making right now wouldn't save, export or anything.

My SAI has been cracked properly, thanks to ScarletPianoWires from deviantART. But for some reason, I couldn't do anything.

Too bad. NoNa has finally uploaded great art using SAI, and I'm left behind.

Similarly, for some reason, my PhotoshopCS4 refuses control from the pen pressure. I can't do anything right now. I can only use Adobe Illustrator. And it isn't that IllustratorCS4 is bad, or anything. It's a great program that gives a cleaner look and feel to the art.

But it's a rather finished look, and can't produce that rough, hand-drawn feeling to the art. It's perfect for cartoon illustration, shirt prints and web design--three of the things I need to accomplish this summer.

But the basics like coloring in a character will take forever to do. (However, when it's done, it looks like a perfectly clean cell-shading technique, like it was a clear screen shot from an anime.)

But cellshading always looked rather flat to me--awesome, clean, consistent, professional, anime-like, but flat.

So now I'm doomed, stuck and a number of other participles.

Great.