Looking for a brush that won't change color on the edges

[Anonymous]

I've been trying to draw a more cartoonish style lately, but Sketchbook has made it pretty difficult. Whenever I try to use a tool to get just a solid color (no textures, transparency, flow changes, etc.) I keep finding that there is some sort of color distortion.

For example; the pencil has a soft edge, which doesn't allow me to fill in tight spaces; the airbrush applies color too slowly; the marker has transparency, so I would have to draw over a space a few times to get it all the right color; and last of all the pens and the paint brush leave a color behind around the edges that doesn't quite match the base, then when you try to draw over them the color spreads to the edges of where you just drew.

I know those functions are there to add a touch of realism, but it makes it really hard when you don't want your picture to look like it was painted on a canvas. Is there a way to turn off some of these things or a brush that doesn't have any side effects like that? 

[david.lau]

Set your resolution as noted here:

https://www.sketchbook.com/blog/trents-sketchbook-workflow-quick-tip-videos/

Draw something that is black and white only and print it out.  SketchBook by default will anti-alias the edges for display but printing is a different matter.

Some of the tutorials here maybe helpful as well.

https://www.sketchbook.com/blog/category/tutorial/

[Anonymous]

I’d really love this program if it had a hard edge square brush with no edge bleed.

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@david.lau wrote:

Set your resolution as noted here:

https://www.sketchbook.com/blog/trents-sketchbook-workflow-quick-tip-videos/

Draw something that is black and white only and print it out.  SketchBook by default will anti-alias the edges for display but printing is a different matter.

Some of the tutorials here maybe helpful as well.

https://www.sketchbook.com/blog/category/tutorial/

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It’s really odd that you have all these amazing options but you don’t have the most simple one. It makes certain styles impossible to achieve using sketchbook and forces us to use other apps. 

[patrick.muenster]

Hi, maybe I'm a little late.
I don't know what you're really talking about, but I believe that you have troubles with the preset brushes which are predefined in Sketchbook. Like you said, they have values you can not change in the brush option (like the transparency and shading of Copics). 
But in the Desktop version of Sketchbook you can create your own brushes very easily and there you have full control over all values. Creating a brush with hard edges shouldn't be difficult, but maybe I don't get the question right.

[Anonymous]

What I want to use is simply a square with zero edge bleed. A square pencil
tool like you would find in microsoft paint or any drawing app. Could I
create a brush like this and then import it into the iOS version ?

[patrick.muenster]

Ok, now I got your problem and I'm sorry that I have to tell you, that right now it's not possible to create or import custom brushes on iOS (or Android).
https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/sketchbook-forum/how-do-i-import-brush-sets-on-my-ipad-pro/td-p/74886...
So, this is the problem why you are not able to setup a brush for your needs. Please have a look on the desktop version of Sketchbook for Windows or Mac OS.

[Anonymous]

I work with the Windows desktop version and I face the same problem. I found no brush and no setting that would provide just a black line. Especially when it comes to thin lines.

For comic drawing a just black line art would be very helpful.

kind regards

Michael

[Anonymous]

OK. I found out.

It is just a matter of the resolution of the image. Setting the resolution to 300 ppi results in solid black lines.

I worked with 40 ppi. With that resolution a fine black line isn't possible.

Kind regards 

Michael