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[CorelDraw] - What Are Basic Steps to Create Artwork
I am a newbie so please be understanding.
I have searched and have not found what I am looking for. What I would like to know is, what are the steps in making a good piece of art work to be used for screen printing? Does not have to be overly involved, just some good procedures. Like the right size to start with, resolution settings, vector or rastor, and what format do you save it in? JUst the basics a dumb newbie needs to get started. Would be nice if there were a good book to read.
I am a newbie so please be understanding.
I have searched and have not found what I am looking for. What I would like to know is, what are the steps in making a good piece of art work to be used for screen printing? Does not have to be overly involved, just some good procedures. Like the right size to start with, resolution settings, vector or rastor, and what format do you save it in? JUst the basics a dumb newbie needs to get started. Would be nice if there were a good book to read.
Welcome the forums and the business..
Since you are just getting started if budget is an issue watch this..
Killer t-shirt designs with free art
Its very easy to create good design with free these days...
My blog is here and you will find allot of information and tutorial links in my blog.
Thanks Tom and Dan.
Tom I saw your website earlier and it is awesome. I downloaded as many videos as I could and will be watching them many times.
I got a full version of Corel Draw off ebay for $83 so when I get it in the next few days I will be installing it and studying away!!!
My first project is to take the logo of our local Bonsai Club and make T-shirts. But I don't know if the logo is usable. I have attached it if someone can look at it and tell me what I should do first. I did not make the logo so I do not know anything about it.
your thumbnail doesnt work for me when i click on it?
but from what i see of the little pic you should have no problem getting that design ready with corel
check out the advanced artist separations tutorial... looks like 3 colors in your design...(or it could be)
Love your work advanced artist but I hate to say that yeah Artamp is just a place that has picked up all the free art online and put it in one place. I looked through the art files and every single one I already have on my computer from multiple sites online.
Love your work advanced artist but I hate to say that yeah Artamp is just a place that has picked up all the free art online and put it in one place. I looked through the art files and every single one I already have on my computer from multiple sites online.
Kudoos for putting it all in one place though.
Tari
Thanks for the feed back..
That is exactly the idea.. a searchable listing of art files and we added a huge pile of our own art also. Check out the artamp art section there is allot of our own art there also. The site is only a few days old there are many things in the works..
Hopefully it will save people the time when they are looking for something specific. As opposed to digging through the search engines or google images. We also do not just list any piece art on the site we list based levels of quality and licensing.
However it is most certainly a work in progress and will grow and change in the months to come.
steve: it's possible to 'dive right in' by taking that file and having it separated into the colors needed and sending off to your printer. you can trace it in corel paint or use a service like vector magic (online). gaining as much knowledge through research and practice is the only way to become familiar> masterful with the software.
yeah Tim, that is definitely what I am finding out. I was a draftsman for many years and it is not the same as working with graphics. I am used to AutoCAD. So trying to do something new like Corel Draw is rather difficult. Not impossible though.
I tried to just separate the colors as you suggested but each color of the tree is outlined in black (they are also gradients) and for my first practice piece I don't think I want that. I feel it makes it harder to line up your 4 color print job.
So I went back to what I know and outlined the tree with AutoCAD and made it look like a jigsaw puzzle. Since I know this software it was very easy to do. Then I exported it as a bitmap and then imported that into Corel Draw and then filled each leaf/branch section with one color, trunk with another and the pot with a third solid color. I did the same thing for the mountain outline and filled that with black. Then I simply typed the text in, in black.
i use illustrator so i don't think the terminology is the same, but i always create my artwork with every color on a different layer. but as stated in the thread there should be an option in your print dialogue box for separating your design.
with your knowledge of autocad you should be able to grasp the concepts of the software easier than a beginner. whatever you do, learn and master the pen tool. it's your #1 friend.
also, i bet if you posted another thread specific to color separating in coreldraw you'd get alot more replies. -good luck!
i use illustrator so i don't think the terminology is the same, but i always create my artwork with every color on a different layer. but as stated in the thread there should be an option in your print dialogue box for separating your design.
with your knowledge of autocad you should be able to grasp the concepts of the software easier than a beginner. whatever you do, learn and master the pen tool. it's your #1 friend.
also, i bet if you posted another thread specific to color separating in coreldraw you'd get alot more replies. -good luck!
I don't really have a problem with the separation end of the process (I watched all of AdvancedArtist's tutorials) my question is really about how to be an artist and how to do the art work to begin with. But I realize that is a loaded question. The one tutorial I did find that helped was the one on converting Bitmap to vector, tracing it and then doing the separations. My problem was that my original bitmap file is only 72 dpi and does not trace very well with corel draw, so that is why I had to manually trace it with AutoCAD.
My problem was that my original bitmap file is only 72 dpi and does not trace very well with corel draw, so that is why I had to manually trace it with AutoCAD.
that's a real low resolution usually used found with graphics placed on the web. if that's the only file for that graphic you have then you would have to redo it using that as a template of sorts. most the time i don't accept 72 dpi files as they are usually ripped off from some other artist on the internet or the customer doesn't want to pay me for the time involved in recreating it. i know your situation is different but the artists' old saying is "garbage in, garbage out."
i don't know the autocad software but wouldn't the same techniques of tracing manually crossover to doing it in corel with the pen tool? i'm sure the concepts of the two softwares are completely different but if you want to learn it man practice, practice, practice. it stinks but you gotta think of it as being retrained all over again. -good luck!
I don't know the autocad software but wouldn't the same techniques of tracing manually crossover to doing it in corel with the pen tool? i'm sure the concepts of the two softwares are completely different but if you want to learn it man practice, practice, practice. it stinks but you gotta think of it as being retrained all over again. -good luck!
Retrained??? I'm 55, at that age, you DO NOT retrain well!!! LOL
I agree though. I have been working with Corel as best I can. You are right, it is nothing like AutoCAD.
What Are Basic Steps to Create Artwork 
