Water colour effect

robertR_28480 · June 12, 2010, 7:57pm

Hi guys

Im relatively new to this program, I need to create a watercolour effect on my characters. I have tried importing textures and creating different brushes with no real success. How ever am I right in understanding that this could be achieved through the network view and applying different effects?

TheRaider · June 13, 2010, 8:36am

do you have a sample of the effect you are trying to achieve?

robertR_28480 · June 14, 2010, 4:44am

I can send a portion of the image if that is Ok because I dont think I will be allowed to send the whole image due to work. Is this ok?

Thanks for your reply

TheRaider · June 14, 2010, 6:47am

just link or put on imagine sharing or youtube.

just find something similar. It is hard to imagine what you are trying to do.

robertR_28480 · June 14, 2010, 2:07pm

Just found this video luckily enough through Toon Boom itself.
Would like to know the stages of getting to this result.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3bCXv1eZUs at 58 secs

Thanks

TheRaider · June 14, 2010, 4:32pm

in the example at the time you gave I think they

-used textured brushes with a low opacity
-used a little blur
-have a jpg image as an overlay for the paper (probably drawn in photoshop)

you need the pro version for textured brushes i think

robertR_28480 · June 14, 2010, 6:22pm

ok, ill give it a go and see what I come up with, Thanks again for your input Raider

much appreciated

robertR_28480 · June 14, 2010, 7:16pm

we are using Harmony, plus the images are all scanned in and then vectorized as our animator is an old school paper animator.

TheRaider · June 15, 2010, 3:56am

I have never used harmony but if you just scan the images and use a tablet pen with the textured brushes on different opacity settings I think you won’t have any trouble.

I wouldn’t have the patience to that frame by frame ;D

robertR_28480 · June 15, 2010, 2:22pm

yeh i think that will have to be something that the client will have to take into account regarding the deadline.

lillyV · June 18, 2010, 4:01am

The last thing they used as well was the Blending effect.

~Lilly
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robertR_28480 · June 18, 2010, 11:57am

thanks Lily,

I think we have found another way of doing it, by experimenting with textures. Will be quicker for frame by frame animation then I and my work colleague can just fill the regions using the texture that we have produced externally

nitro_frog · July 6, 2010, 10:55am

Hello… i think a good water colour VECTOR efect is like MARTHA SPEAKS show… is not a bit map. is just a vector draw style… chek it out in this pic…

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_w4VnmXyM4g8/Spb45BPjw5I/AAAAAAAAMbI/to-ZBW5WXak/s400/MARTHA+SPEAKS+4.jpg

you can do some cut out animation of this and i think look god… ok is not really water colour but is a Vector water colour style…

look this style in animation here…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFtrS78z8WA&feature=channel

I hope this help you to find another way of different style of your vector catooning, like watercolour or something like this…