I use PaintShop Pro 7.04, but I've also played with D-Pixed, which has all kinds of neat options-- plus it's free! For cel making, I use WCel, although I've fiddled briefly with WSVC. I think what I did with WSVC was just to crop the image down to the appropriate size, then go to Image > Add Borders, and add 1 pixel to each side. I do lace patterns by using the texture tool-- no clue what that equates to in Illustrator.
You might also want to hit the boards at Otakuworld itself, because I'd be willing to bet that someone uses Illustrator, and can answer your questions directly.
Posted on Oct 21, 2003, 10:23 AM from IP address 216.74.200.218