new face

Milkdrop · 03-14-2004

just been experimenting with drawing on the right side of the brain. Heres my finished product.

c&c wanted,

www.liquidreality-design.co.uk/04.jpg
my scanner is a real pile of sh*t though, looks much nicer on paper.

Evdawg · 03-14-2004

very good. Let's see more.

Milkdrop · 03-15-2004

heres a little bit of my mechnical work,

its a dam canal device for an upcoming painting when i get my wacom. Its just a concept but i think it looks pretty cool.

have a look

Evdawg · 03-15-2004

again, very nice 5-0. I looked at the wacom site, and it looks like tablets are out of my price range for the moment. Just curious, what model and size are you getting?

Milkdrop · 03-16-2004

cheers dude, the rendering isnt perfect but im practicing very hard at the moment. im going to get an A5 tablet probably the graphire3 one since its a bit cheaper.

Order · 03-17-2004

My graphire3 is great, no problems yet..

Milkdrop · 03-17-2004

Quote:

Originally Posted by Digital

My graphire3 is great, no problems yet..

i wish that i could just have one right now. I hear alot of people saying that you need to be really excellent at drawing before you make the switch, so i may wait a year.

Evdawg · 03-19-2004

so a graphire 3 will do art and such?

The wacom website said that the Intuos2 (which is more expensive) would do that job better... i guess it's just for professionals. 1000+ pressure levels do sound appealing to me though.

**Man1c M0g** · 03-19-2004

Oh, a graphire can do much the same as a full intuos, although the functionality is a little toned down. Its probably best to draw a comparison to sports cars. You can buy a porsche or a lotus for its fancy looks, but unless you drive lots you are unlikely to feel the benefit of the extra power under the hood and a more traditional car would be more suitable for you. Its the same with the Intuos - its hideously expensive, and if you only intend to use it once in a while, or for a limited selection of applications, the graphire would be better value for money...

Milkdrop · 03-19-2004

yeah i might have to get an intuos2 since i want to become a professional sketch artist, for architecture design.

because it has 1024 levels of pressure sensitivity. They both sound like truly excellent tablets though.

Evdawg · 03-25-2004

hehe, i talked to a few more people and it looks like your right, the intuos is for really high end stuff, like architextural design and such.

**Man1c M0g** · 04-04-2004

Yeah... or just for showing off!

At either rate, they are both excellent tablets, and i'd buy one in a flash if I could get my science-orientated brain around drawing anything more than stick-battles.

Ketinu · 04-24-2004

I have used both the Graphire and the Intuos... and speaking as a geek who uses the tablet any time at the computer, I feel better with the Intuos.

You don't have to be great at drawing to take advantage of it either, but I hear different stories about people adjusting to using a tablet. I took to it right away [my drawing at the time was awful... I still have old pictures to prove it], while others I know can't use them at all [a professional local artist simply couldn't use one -- she was trying to get into digital art].

Oh, and for size I heartily recommend the 9x12 and nothing higher. The 9x12 comforts to screen dimensions and fits inside a backpack if you ever travel between home/school/office to use it [which I do... dunno how many others do]. The bigger sizes are simply too large and you don't make use of their full size anyways due to the screen 3:4 ratio constraint.

Lastly, before I ramble incessantly onwards, don't get some refurbished/second hand one with no warranty. Stuff breaks and @#$% happens ... and in my case I had no warranty to fix it

Milkdrop · 04-24-2004

yeah thats a good explination dude, thanks for helping out us wacom noobs. Yeah post some more around here you are the master of the forum at drawing and painting.