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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