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KibBen

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« on: 28 Jun 2006, 06:03 »

Found my stylus for my tablet. Drew this in celebration. Yes, it's supposed to be blurry like that.
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tetrahedron

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« Reply #1 on: 28 Jun 2006, 08:32 »

i just bought a tablet... i feel your joy.  :)
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The True Lenin

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« Reply #2 on: 28 Jun 2006, 17:01 »

A very fine piece of artwork.

I am looking for a good stylus style mouse to use with my design work. Any suggestions?
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« Reply #3 on: 29 Jun 2006, 09:56 »

Quote from: tetrahedron
i just bought a tablet... i feel your joy.  :)


I got mine last week. I think I've bothered to pick up a mouse twice since then, and only very briefly.
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« Reply #4 on: 29 Jun 2006, 10:09 »

i'm forcing myself not to bring it to work.  i would get NOTHING done if i did.
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« Reply #5 on: 30 Jun 2006, 00:06 »

Who needs to actually do their job at work, anyhow?

What make/model did you get?
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tetrahedron

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« Reply #6 on: 30 Jun 2006, 05:11 »

very little.  and it's worse b/c i'm an intern, and so i serve no real purpose.  

i got an intuos3 4x5.  maybe i should have gotten the graphire 6x8, but i got a really good deal on this one.  i'm still trying to figure out the ins and outs, of course, but i actually prefer to sketch on the tablet as opposed to paper b/c it erases perfectly clean (and i'm compulsive like that).

also, customizable buttons.... mmmm.... it's so much faster.
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« Reply #7 on: 30 Jun 2006, 17:57 »

I sprung for the 6x8 Intuos, because I thought that the 4x5 would be too small for my liking.

I did some looking before I bought it and found a few reviews that helped me make my decision. I found one that compared Graphire with Intuos and the author much prefered the Intuos, explaining that Graphire doesn't transmit signals as often and it's a noticable difference; she said the lines came out like lots of tiny connected straight line segments compared to Intuos.

I love the pop-up menu - I added it to one of the stylus' buttons and added a whole bunch of keyboard shortcuts to it, different ones for different programs too.
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tetrahedron

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« Reply #8 on: 01 Jul 2006, 07:04 »

4x5 is pretty small, and i may upgrade in the future, but for now it suits.  my drawing style uses a lot of wrist, so i don't usually go off the drawing surface. if you're doing any painting, the intuos is much preferable; you have more control and the lines are better quality.

of course, it also helps to have art skills, so now i have to work on those... bleh...
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« Reply #9 on: 01 Jul 2006, 17:16 »

You probably have more skills than I do. ;)

My reasoning was that trying to use a mouse in Photoshop was utterly pissing me off for the last how many months, so a tablet might be easier. Sure enough, it gives me much more control and I find it much more natural than using a mouse.
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tetrahedron

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« Reply #10 on: 01 Jul 2006, 17:19 »

not quite.  my "talent" level is roughly around the population of the moon.  but there's hope for both of us, eh?  the more you practice, the better you get. :)
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« Reply #11 on: 14 Jul 2006, 07:02 »

Hey, anyone know if a stylus for a different Wacom tablet would work for one who's stylus has gone the way of the wooly mammoth?
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« Reply #12 on: 14 Jul 2006, 07:21 »

your drawing is mucho fabuloso.
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« Reply #13 on: 16 Jul 2006, 21:02 »

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Hey, anyone know if a stylus for a different Wacom tablet would work for one who's stylus has gone the way of the wooly mammoth?


It might. To give you an idea, http://www.wacom.com/faqs/knowledge_search.cfm?id=204.
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« Reply #14 on: 19 Jul 2006, 22:55 »

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your drawing is mucho fabuloso.


Thank you. :D
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« Reply #15 on: 27 Jul 2006, 04:18 »

As an update to this:

So, today was the first time I ever really used Painter. Admitedly, it's only essentials, but I can get access to Painter IX. I daresay that, after tonight, I definitely will.

I've spent the past few hours on this, and I feel it might be the best digital painting I've ever done.
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« Reply #16 on: 01 Aug 2006, 19:10 »

i'm having a hard time processing what it is. right now it's just a yohnic/phallic tree-ish flesh coloured blur of lines.... but it could be because i'm still up at three in the morning. anyway, happy tabletting....
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« Reply #17 on: 02 Aug 2006, 08:50 »

If that's whatcha see, Pumpkin, that's what it is. Personally, I see a dragonish/smiliar fantasy creature thing. Other see a sea horse, a tree, the flow of time, and a pony.
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