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My son who is in high school has been enamored with creating cartoons for the past year. He prefers ink and paint and the traditional look of political cartoons. There is a type of shading that he has been trying to achieve that involves the use of diagonal lines or cross hatching with the regular hand inked lines. It is very tedious to do this by hand.
His art teacher told him that in the "good old days" they used a special board called duo-shade where you would paint a chemical onto the board and the diagonal texture would flow from the brush as it developed. He thought that there might be software out there that might be safer than the chemicals and less messy. He wasn’t sure if they still made this board anymore.
He thought that either Photoshop, Illustrator or Freehand might be able to create this flowing diagonal texture (or pattern) but he wasn’t an expert in any of these and neither am I. It’s too expensive to buy the wrong one and make a mistake so I would appreciate any recommendations you pro’s might have.
Thanks in advance
Daniel
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His art teacher told him that in the "good old days" they used a special board called duo-shade where you would paint a chemical onto the board and the diagonal texture would flow from the brush as it developed. He thought that there might be software out there that might be safer than the chemicals and less messy. He wasn’t sure if they still made this board anymore.
He thought that either Photoshop, Illustrator or Freehand might be able to create this flowing diagonal texture (or pattern) but he wasn’t an expert in any of these and neither am I. It’s too expensive to buy the wrong one and make a mistake so I would appreciate any recommendations you pro’s might have.
Thanks in advance
Daniel
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