[m0u53m4t]

I'm using photoshop CS and am learning the pen tool. Is it just that and textures I would need to finish this sketch as line art kinda thing???
How do I do textures as well? Do I need lots of fancy brushes?

[Tinusch]

I wouldn't recommend the pen tool unless you plan on blowing this up to poster size or something. To get clean line art, try enlarging the image, drawing over it with a small brush, and then shrinking it back down. As far as textures go, the fancy brushes definitely help, but it's really entirely up to you how you want to achieve them. Try experimenting with different brushes and techniques and see what looks good.

[m0u53m4t]

My hand is really shakey though and I dont do it well with the normal brush for circles.

[stephan vachon]

Hello mou53m4t.

Your art work is not bad as it is. But if your hand is too shaky do has tinusch said; blow up your image like 200-400 % then draw over your lines with short, firm strokes to compensate the shaky hand. Then reduce your image back to final size.

You could also save your sketch in tiff format then import into Illustrator where you will find amazing lines and curves power tools to draw the perfect lineart. at least for now until you get a steady hand. good luck

[m0u53m4t]

I gave it a try zomming in, but messed it up. Im using the pen tool for now... why is the other meathod better btw?

[Tzan]

I enlarged it to 1500x1500 used the normal Photoshop round brush and I varied the opacity of the brush.

Then shrunk it down to 500x500.