I know this looks like a stupid question...

[Chainsaw Hobbit]

I know this looks like a stupid question but how do you draw OOTS style charictors, I mean it looks so easy but I tried it in adobe illustrator but i couldn't get the hang of it.:smallfrown:
If anyone has any tips or anything please let me know:smallwink:

[Strawberries]

For starters, you could try this excellent guide

http://www.trazoi.net/tutorials/inkscape/oots/

It's for Inkscape, not Illustrator, but the principle should be the same.

edit. Also, I found this in the stickied thread http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8742. It should have some tips for Illustrator as well.

[Chainsaw Hobbit]

Thank you soooooooo much!!!!!
:smallbiggrin::smallwink:

[grubblybubbly]

download inkscape.

inkscape is god.:smallbiggrin:

[Chainsaw Hobbit]

Inkscape sucks:smalltongue:, illustrator pwns:smallcool:.

[CrimsonAngel]

Oh please. :smallsigh:

[Dispozition]

I think we all know that Sodipodi is the one and only true option for making avatars.

[rakkoon]

I started with Paint.NET
...
...
don't do that

[Dr. Bath]

I started out with pens. Then regular mspaint. Then very eventually, inkscape, but only because I'm cheap. Illustrator is way better.

[Dallas-Dakota]

Inkscape is decent, but Illustrator is the way to go!

[Blaine.Bush]

Inkscape rocks. But then again, my only other attempts to make an avatar were in MS paint.

[Fay Graydon]

Inkscape is very good.
Easy and fun to use.
However it is prone to crashing if theirs to many items in the file.
It also lacks fancy [see subsection lazy] features.

[Zexion]

I use PowerPoint. Don't be so quick to judge, I find it actually works better than Inkscape.

[Dispozition]

I use PowerPoint. Don't be so quick to judge, I find it actually works better than Inkscape.

No offence, but while you may think it works better, it looks much worse, and actually doesn't work better.

[Maximum Zersk]

No offence, but while you may think it works better, it looks much worse, and actually doesn't work better.

Meh, "to each his own" I guess.

I myself use Inkscape, but that might be because I don't have to money to get Illustrator. I don't know.

[Lord Fullbladder, Master of Goblins]

I use Paint.NET

My advice on learning how to draw OotS? I'm gonna hate myself for saying it, because its the answer my father always gives me and I hate it, but Practise.

Don't try any snippy comebacks. They won't work, I've tried them.

[Dogmantra]

People might think I'm a bit silly for saying this, but I actually suggest you start with Paint and Irfanview. Chances are that you know how Paint works, but Inkscape's nodes and stuff are a bit complicated. They were for me. I started out with Paint, and once I got down the technical side of how an OotS avatar is constructed, after much nagging from a few members, I switched to Inkscape. So what that the majority of my Paintatars sucked? It was good practice.

EDIT: Plus you get the super bonus of making the switch and thinking "oh my, I can actually edit curves more than once this is so much easier".

[CrimsonAngel]

I own both inkscape and illustrator. I like inkscape, but it crashes often. Learn to save every time you do something, during the making if it's that detailed. I can't figure out illustrators layers and I accidentaly exited out of some windows that had cool features, wich I can't find.

[Fostire]

Learn to save every time you do something, during the making if it's that detailed.

The latest version has timed auto-save, so that's not a problem anymore.

[T-O-E]

Inkscape sucks:smalltongue:, illustrator pwns:smallcool:.

I guess if you want to spend 600 dollars for three extra features and fewer bugs.

[MethosH]

The latest version has timed auto-save, so that's not a problem anymore.

it does? o.o
someone must have forgotten to tell that to my InkScape.

[Fostire]

it does? o.o
someone must have forgotten to tell that to my InkScape.
If I recall correctly, auto-save is off by default (for some reason).
I have inkscape version 0.47 and the timed auto-save is under inkscape preferences under "save"