Doodled Elements

[girlymom4]

I would love to know how to make doodle elements. I have a Bamboo Fun and I'm sure there is a good way to do it with that, but I just can't seem to get it right. Do people draw and then scan or mouse draw doodles? Can anyone help me?? Thanks so much!

[fa11enan9e1]

I know Irene Alexeeva draws hers in Illustrator?

[Irene Alexeeva]

That's so - it automatically straightens your wobbly lines and the doodles look pretty neat! Pretty easy!

[girlymom4]

That's what I was wondering about, my lines look wobbly. Is there any other way to fix them besides illustrator? I don't have that. I have PSE 6 and Corel Painter Essentials 3.

[Irene Alexeeva]

You can try Pen Tool in PSE - the thing is that Illustrator is a vector software that is why it's easy to draw smooth lines there...The Pen Tool uses vectors too... As for me I'm not very expirenced here - but I believe you may find some good tutorials over the web.

[chellebelle]

I think you can try Xara extreme (hope I am remembering the name correctly lol!)

[girlymom4]

Irene-Now that I have seen your kits, I was wanting to ask you something...Do you draw your doodles, scan them and then draw them in Illustrator or just draw them straight into illustrator. I downloaded a free trial of Illustrator to try my hand at doodling, but so far I am having a tough time. Any advice?

BTW-I LOVE your kits and your style! Absolutely beautiful!!!

[fa11enan9e1]

I'm pretty sure Irene draws them straight into Illustrator. :) I know that's what PDPlumAmy does! They might have tablets though?

Isn't Irene fabulous? :D

[girlymom4]

Oh! OK! I do have a Bamboo Fun tablet, so that should help, huh? Thanks for the help!

And yes, Irene is AWESOME!

[graciesgram]

I am having trouble getting the blinkies I like to load on my blog. Also would like to have them in my signature everywhere, but I am just getting either words only or just the top slide. I am using PSE6 and Blogger.Any suggestions?

[tsavoie11]

You need to upload your blinkies to a photo hosting site like Photobucket. Then use the codes that they provide (like html) to stick them in your siggie or on your blog!