One of the most exciting features for the up-coming CanvasDraw tool we are working on is the power of a really awesome brush system. With this new system we can create brushes that will give you some really creative tools at your fingertips.
Here is an idea of some of the interesting things we have been experimenting with:
What we need from you all is to give us some suggestions of the types of brushes you would love in an art tool. Two ways you can answer this are:
1) Let us know the types of brush effects that would help you draw some amazing things
Examples: I want a brush that looks like wet paint; or I want a brush that looks like sketchy crosshatching; or I want a brush that looks like charcoal; I want a brush that looks like a halftone pattern.
2) Let us know what type of things you want a brush to help you create
Examples: I want a brush to help draw bark on a tree; I want a brush that helps draw fine hair for animals or people; I want a brush that helps draw ripples on water;
Just one final note: We do want our tools to still be about enabling people to create original art. We do not want to create an abstract art tool where the brushes are so automated that you just draw with a brush some funky automatic pattern and you're done - so we be considerate to not create brushes that splatter your canvas with 100 random shapes in one stroke 
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Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, that's awesome Mick.
Thinner brush?
I love the eyelashes/grass brush. //*D*)// I wantz iiit.
I'll come back here when I have more idea's, it's good how you let us choose too.
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The grass/lashes-brush looks great!! :3 All of them do
I would like.. ehh.. The one with the water-ripples and the one with the hair/fur. That would be awesome. If I come up with something myself, I'll tell XD It's early in the morning and I'm not awake enough to think of something.
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I would prefer textures, like the java tool has.
Although the brushes up there look really awesome. I quite like the cloud one (for someone who fails at clouds *flails*), the leaves and the noise brushes... = v =
Anyway, back to the textures. I would like flower textures, erm, kind of like the textures used in the background of this so wickedly awesome drawing:
http://media.animegalleries.net/albums/ … s.jpg?=123
Or the textures used on their clothes:
http://pics.livejournal.com/ringoluvapp … h/s320x240
They're awesome textures D8
And dot/stripe textures, like on java. But make it so you can adjust the size of it. Whether you want big or small dots, etc.
Maybe even more complicated textures:
http://webtreats.mysitemyway.com/wp-con … treats.jpg
http://www.graphicxtras.com/f12/festive … allery.png
http://28.media.tumblr.com/wiTflIDkmnms … o1_500.png
http://www.tutorial9.net/wp-content/upl … exturs.jpg
http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_s … torian.jpg
And I think that's it. I just love textures. Ooh and don't forget this texture:
http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/wekno … 584607.jpg
8D
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A size adjustable square and triangle (like the circle) for the pen tool. And maybe a calligraphy brush.
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Artist-KGH wrote:
A size adjustable square and triangle (like the circle) for the pen tool. And maybe a calligraphy brush.
There is currently a circle and square tool in canvasdraw that are pretty identical to the Flash tool. Click and drag the start and end point to draw these shapes. These are however not brushes, meaning you draw one square at a time the same way you do in Flash. Are you suggesting a brush with squares and triangles so as you draw a series of squares come out one after the other?
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Laina wrote:
The Lighten and Darken tools.
This is a feature we will be investigating and hope to implement in the future, however does not really fall into the category of a type of brush - at least not the way our tool is being built. Good suggestion and is something we know people want.
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mick wrote:
Artist-KGH wrote:
A size adjustable square and triangle (like the circle) for the pen tool. And maybe a calligraphy brush.
There is currently a circle and square tool in canvasdraw that are pretty identical to the Flash tool. Click and drag the start and end point to draw these shapes. These are however not brushes, meaning you draw one square at a time the same way you do in Flash. Are you suggesting a brush with squares and triangles so as you draw a series of squares come out one after the other?
No, I mean instead of it being a circle when using the pen tool it's either a square or triangle. Like having a pen with a square or triangle nib. But that with the scatter tool would be good too.
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this is all great
i do cloud fails so i really like the cloud one! ^^
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Caligraphy, Grass, Rough paint brush like a really stiff bristled paint brush for a paint effect. and slash / and \ looking brushes
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i want a brush thatll let you overlay textures, maybe from some texture library on rmd ( i can see it getting abused if you were able to load your own textures)
so itd would say add some texture to dirt or some kinds of cloth... or rocks and skin
OH and one more thing. The ability to skew circles and squares (will there be more shapes?) into different perspectives. ( like a little button after the circle is placed thatll let you bend it diagonally) and maybe even a feature that you can type in the degrees that you're looking at the circle, just so all your ellipses have the same perspective.
edit #2 xD; and also a gradient fill tool
Last edited by Acelain (02 Mar, 2011 4:47 am)
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I would LOVE a tool that would make a certain area of color ripply, like water. The "grass/eyelash" tool is awesome, too, and I like the "noise/texture", because "scattering" is sometimes hard to control.
Overall, the examples you've given look amazing!
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noise tool is brilliant o.o..
maybe a tool that scatters small circle in diffeerent sizes, sorta like water droplets. or a brush that gives a splattered paint effect, like when you shake or whip a soaked brush at a canvas? that would be cool :'D
and a rough/stiff brush effect would be very nice also o.o..
thnx fer keeping rmd awzum xDD i mean.. wow this place gets better every day x3
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Something i would totally love would be the texture of spilled paint like when u do a real painting and u grab the paint brush or a toothbrush to create a splattered style.
kinda like that
or like that(^_^)
Last edited by akira scarecrow (02 Mar, 2011 7:42 am)
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a sponge brush a glob brush and any of the brushes that are on gimp 
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