The first thing you need to get started cartooning is the desire to draw cartoons. Since you downloaded this e-book I'll assume you've got that covered.
The next thing you need is all of your tools. This is your computer and a GRFX program. The paint program that comes with your computer is fine for cartooning. But, QuincyPaint, which I have included in this download, is designed for cartooning and is what I will use through out this book.
Before you install QuincyPaint please read and agree to the license.
Also take a look at Readme1st.
To install QuincyPaint navigate to the setup program. It is located in the "installQuincyPaint" folder. Just double click the "setup.exe" icon. Once QuincyPaint is installed you can run it from the start menu.
Or you can just click the link below. When the computer asks you if you want to run or save click "run". If the computer says publisher can not be verified, click "run". Once QuincyPaint is installed you can run it from the start menu.
Run setup.
When you start QuincyPaint you will find a canvas(large white area, where you will draw). And you will find the toolbox(seen at right). The tools you can use are(from top left working right and down):
At the bottom of the Toolbox you will find the "line Width" frame. It will set the thickness of a line or shape tool. The center check box will tell QuincyPaint to draw rectangle and ellipses centered around the starting point. The solid check box will draw shapes filled.
The QuincyPaint help file will tell you how to use most of the tools. You can launh the help file by clicking the "help" menu in QuincyPaints main window. The help file is a bit out of date so some are not covered(I think roto-ellipse). When using the tools remember to use QuincyPaints status bar for instruction.
The status bar also tells your current working layer,the mouses x,y coorinates, how far you have gone in the x,y directions since you started a tool function, angle, and the length.
One of the other window you'll find is the color pallet(seen at right). There are 48 standard colors that you can pick. If you right click the square it will set the right mouse button color. A left click will set the left mouse button color. Below the 48 standard colors you will find a color picker that you can use to select a color. Hold down the mouse button you want to assign a color to and move the mouse until you find the color you want. Then release the button. You can use the two buttons below the color picker(the ones that say "<" and ">"),to flip through the color picker types. They are Light, Darker, Darkest, and Grays. Each color picker has 10,500 colors, and there are 255 shades of gray. For a total of 31,755 colors. You can also set any color you want by using the six sliders to the right. The first three(from the left) are the red, green, and blue values, of the left color. The other three are the right color. You can also enter the values in the text boxes. If you check the check boxes it locks the red, green, and blue values so you can define grays here, as well.
Finally, you will find the magnify window. This gives you a close-up view of what you are doing.
All three of these windows can be moved around, "rolled-up"(the button with the triangle next to the close button in the title bar), or closed. If you close a window you can bring it back in the "View" menu in QuincyPaints main windows title bar.
Most of the tools in QuincyPaint are intuitive, some are not. Some tools may require a little getting used to. Just make sure you read the help file. Also, make sure you pay attention to the status bar(at the bottom of QuincyPaints main window). The first pane will give you instructions on using some tools. The other panes give you information about the mouse pointer.