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Experimenting with OpenSource drawing programs

   I have been “playing” at this whole toon thing for just a short time. I am no where near in the league as some of the webcomics out there. In fact since I do mostly one panel toons right now, some purists will say what I do is not webcomics. I will do more traditional webcomics coming up though. So since I have no real delusions as to making a living doing this I really can not justify spending any real money towards it. So, I have been trying a few opensource drawing programs and there are some nice ones. Almost all of my toons have been done with MS paint, which really keeps me in a geek state of mind. However Paint is severely limited. So lately I have been trying Paint.net , I really like it. I am struggling a bit to fully understand and use layers. Still wrapping my brain around it, but i will get there. If anyone has any suggestions on any opensource programs please let me know.

  Anyways, I’m still having fun with all of this. I’d like to thank all 3 or 4 people who have visited so far. I appreciate any positive feedback. Negative feedback will just make me sad, so please don’t do it. :)


Video of me drawing my latest toon, in light speed.

I got a kick out of doing this, so I thought I’d share it. I used open source programs for this while thing. I used Paint.Net to draw it, CamStudio to capture it, Windows Movie Maker (not really open source), and of course WordPress and a plugin to post it. I may do more stuff like this. It’ll probably be cooler a more detailed drawing. The cartoon I’m drawing in the video can be seen at http://dontfeedthegeek.com/2009/07/09/how-was-your-week/

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