WOW...you have one of those drawing tablet things??? Cool, you need to give me the 4-1-1 on that..do you like it? How does it work? Etc...I have always wanted to try that. And I can't wait to see what you do!!! ~L.
I am not comfortable with it, but that's because I'm so fixated on sketching with a pencil and paper. It's very different using a tablet and I can't seem to separate the experience of a pencil and the tablet pen..I feel like it should be the same and it's not.
By looking at it you would think it works the same as pencil and paper (pen and paper)...but it feels totally different. To me at least. But there are several different kinds of tablets out there, so whos to say with a different tablet I might feel differently?
I just need to spend more time making the tablet my friend instead of my enemy...I think too, I feel like I have much more control with the pencil and far less control with the tablet pen.
When I was working I used a tablet but never for drawing anything from scratch. Perhaps the techology has changed, but I think it's pretty hard to duplicate the real thing. People I know who do illustration for a living always do it the traditional way, and if for some reason they want to manipulate it via an art program, the artwork is scanned and then the tablet may be used. But then there are those who use specific programs for illustration (be it 3D programs or the usual Illustrator/Freehand) and I doubt a tablet is used when those programs are used. With Illustrator or Freehand, you're not actually "drawing" lines, but using vector points, so the use of a tablet to do that would be a huge headache.
Anyway, I only used my tablet to manipulate photographs or artwork in Photoshop. I can't really imagine drawing something from scratch using that program, and with a tablet no less, but if I had a choice, I'd prefer to use real-life media (ink, pencil, paint, or whatever).
I'm not sure I'll ever have much luck using the tablet to do anything from scratch, but I've seen work that others have done using a tablet from scratch and honestly I have no idea how they managed it...
I can't wait for the little one to learn how to color and I hope she likes it! I can't wait to buy crayons and markers and all sorts of fun artsy stuff!
But I'm still contemplating what to draw...I'm leaning toward a cartoony kid like picture, but I won't really know until I am sat in front of the blank canvas with my eraser and sharpened pencil.
I'm not saying it's not doable with a tablet, but it depends on what you're trying to do and what programs you're using.
I haven't drawn anything since I was in college, so I guess if you're from the "old school" like me, back when pretty much everything was done by hand, using a tablet wouldn't be the thing to do. But people coming out of art school nowadays are so techno-savvy (maybe a little too much, imho), they probably used a tablet since day 1.
Actually reading yours and The Artful Blogger's blog have made me think about all of those pictures I have meant to take and all of those drawing ideas that I have. And then there are those decorations that I still have to paint and the scrapbook that is half finished. I really have only done one project since we moved and it was out of necessity.
Maybe I will get my craft table set up in the basement this weekend (if I get the area cleaned free of boxes) and then I can really get started. Sometimes just doing those projects makes you feel better.
This reminded me of someone... geesh I can't remember what artist it was. But he used to keep a pad of paper in his pocket and go about town sketching things like that. I can't imagine trying to draw something without actually seeing it in front of me. But there are people who truly have a knack for drawing exactly what they see in their heads. Anyway, using a tablet is sort of disjointed in that way, I guess. Takes getting used to.
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Well, while Id like to do something computery graphics based, my drawing tablet and I are not very good friends yet. :)
I'm not sure if I'll draw out some anime this time although funny you bring that up as I have given it a thought.
I'm finishing up a card project now, so I think I'd like to do something different from card making.
I'm sure it will be a drawing project of some sort. I have the itch to sketch.
Hmm..anime..hmm...maybe :)
WOW...you have one of those drawing tablet things??? Cool, you need to give me the 4-1-1 on that..do you like it? How does it work? Etc...I have always wanted to try that. And I can't wait to see what you do!!!
~L.
The tablet and I do not get along.
I am not comfortable with it, but that's because I'm so fixated on sketching with a pencil and paper. It's very different using a tablet and I can't seem to separate the experience of a pencil and the tablet pen..I feel like it should be the same and it's not.
By looking at it you would think it works the same as pencil and paper (pen and paper)...but it feels totally different. To me at least. But there are several different kinds of tablets out there, so whos to say with a different tablet I might feel differently?
I just need to spend more time making the tablet my friend instead of my enemy...I think too, I feel like I have much more control with the pencil and far less control with the tablet pen.
When I was working I used a tablet but never for drawing anything from scratch. Perhaps the techology has changed, but I think it's pretty hard to duplicate the real thing. People I know who do illustration for a living always do it the traditional way, and if for some reason they want to manipulate it via an art program, the artwork is scanned and then the tablet may be used. But then there are those who use specific programs for illustration (be it 3D programs or the usual Illustrator/Freehand) and I doubt a tablet is used when those programs are used. With Illustrator or Freehand, you're not actually "drawing" lines, but using vector points, so the use of a tablet to do that would be a huge headache.
Anyway, I only used my tablet to manipulate photographs or artwork in Photoshop. I can't really imagine drawing something from scratch using that program, and with a tablet no less, but if I had a choice, I'd prefer to use real-life media (ink, pencil, paint, or whatever).
I agree...real-life media is best.
I'm not sure I'll ever have much luck using the tablet to do anything from scratch, but I've seen work that others have done using a tablet from scratch and honestly I have no idea how they managed it...
I can't wait for the little one to learn how to color and I hope she likes it! I can't wait to buy crayons and markers and all sorts of fun artsy stuff!
But I'm still contemplating what to draw...I'm leaning toward a cartoony kid like picture, but I won't really know until I am sat in front of the blank canvas with my eraser and sharpened pencil.
I'm not saying it's not doable with a tablet, but it depends on what you're trying to do and what programs you're using.
I haven't drawn anything since I was in college, so I guess if you're from the "old school" like me, back when pretty much everything was done by hand, using a tablet wouldn't be the thing to do. But people coming out of art school nowadays are so techno-savvy (maybe a little too much, imho), they probably used a tablet since day 1.
You too?
Actually reading yours and The Artful Blogger's blog have made me think about all of those pictures I have meant to take and all of those drawing ideas that I have. And then there are those decorations that I still have to paint and the scrapbook that is half finished. I really have only done one project since we moved and it was out of necessity.
Maybe I will get my craft table set up in the basement this weekend (if I get the area cleaned free of boxes) and then I can really get started. Sometimes just doing those projects makes you feel better.
This reminded me of someone... geesh I can't remember what artist it was. But he used to keep a pad of paper in his pocket and go about town sketching things like that. I can't imagine trying to draw something without actually seeing it in front of me. But there are people who truly have a knack for drawing exactly what they see in their heads. Anyway, using a tablet is sort of disjointed in that way, I guess. Takes getting used to.
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