Hi all yes got a lovely wacom board for chrissy off my boyfriend and it’s all very exciting but it is very different to drawing on paper!
I have uploaded my first 2 drawings, well the very first one looked really bad, so did the second so they are not really the first but more like the 3rd and 4th LOL
Anyway I just spent 3 weeks in the country away from the computer, painting on canvas which was really great, and I hope to have them in a group show later this year I will keep you posted.
bye for now
tambatoys
dendoo, 8 months ago
oh you’ll love it!! i got mine a year ago and i can hardly even recall how i made art without it, very handy. it’s not like drawing on paper though, i agree. sometimes i still think, wow that’s really crappy. lol
yay for you!
Alyson Pearson, 8 months ago
Yay! cool.
Good luck with getting your work in a group show – exciting!
xo
tambatoys, 8 months ago
thanks, yes I can see how it will be very addictive dendoo
thanks Alyson!!!!
FlyAwayPeter, 8 months ago
What more can you ask for!? Can I inquire as to the model? I’m a total addict, being positively unable to draw on paper, my wacom brings me all the way up to 3rd grade drawing level!!
tambatoys, 8 months ago
Hey FAP sure its a walcom bamboo fun -medium size, It is pretty ace I have to say had no idea I was getting it so am still trying to work out how to use it :)
Cathie Tranent
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8 months ago
Hey Tam, someone told me that if it’s getting away from you a bit to put a piece of paper on the surface for a little while till you get used to driving the pen – slows it down a little …
Makes no difference to me, I’m still a 2nd
classgrade artist!! :)Paul McClintock, 8 months ago
I guarantee you’ll become addicted in no time. If you can, get your hands on a copy of Corel Painter. It has the most realistic brushes that I know of.
Maybe a copy of Painter Essentials (a cut down version) came with the tablet? If so, install it. It’s pretty awesome.
tambatoys, 8 months ago
thanks,
cathie thanks for the tip and Paul I got coral painter with it, but have not installed it yet just using PS at the mo. thanks for the advice :)
Natalie Perkins, 8 months ago
Tablets are a little hard to get used to because they don’t have that nice grip that you have with pen and paper! I had one at my last job and I’m really missing it now.
Paul McClintock, 8 months ago
Regarding the grip (traction) you get with a pencil, the wacom stylus (at least the one that came with my intuos3) comes with changeable nibs, one of which is rough like a pencil. You get a nice scratchy resistance that the default nib lacks.
Also, one of them has a spring in it, which is pretty cool – nice and bouncy.
jenndes, 8 months ago
Aren’t new toys exciting!? Oh, good for you – enjoy!