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#1 Bart

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Posted 11 November 2013 - 06:57 PM

A few years ago I got a Wacom Bamboo drawing tablet. I don't use it a lot, but have produced some doodles during 'phases' (lasting about a week each). Here they are:

 

A work of art from a colleague, copied (by redrawing, not drawing over, hence the head is too small :p) and painted.

 

ilse.jpg

 

You may know this guy. I copied (literally, painted over) the form from the included image, but painted and shaded it myself. As you can probably see, it's not quite finished, because at some point I just didn't feel like doing that.

 

mario.jpg

 

I know, it's not much or great, but fortunately they're just for fun and my livelihood doesn't depend on them :)


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Posted 11 November 2013 - 08:57 PM

I think the Mario redraw is quite good. Especially if you just doodle now and than...



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Posted 11 November 2013 - 10:08 PM

First is... I'll have nightmares... https://dl.dropbox.c...3ex4hbp/Boo.jpg

Second is MUCH better in quality and style but its looking a bit green, and not the background. his skin has a slight green hue that's unsettling.

 

My advice is to have a colour pallet worked out from the start

 

Hope to see more!



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Posted 12 November 2013 - 05:41 AM

I was actually looking at getting a Wacom tablet are they good?

 

The Mario is good except for the green tinge to it but that can be fixed easy.


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Posted 12 November 2013 - 07:30 AM

Wacoms are great, but don't fall for the small portable ones, anything less then 9' your really constricted to the palm of your hand

 

the problem comes in how the pen works to screen

 

you have local mouse offset, or scaling position.

if you prefer to nudge the mouse with a pencil, get a small tablet else you have poor accuracy



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Posted 12 November 2013 - 09:47 AM

his skin has a slight green hue that's unsettling.

Yeah...I was kind of afraid for that :p

I'm slightly red-green colour blind, so picking a skin colour is rather challenging for me. It's kind of a handicap when colouring.

(No offense taken by the way)

 

Let's just say he ate some wrong mushroom.

 

I was actually looking at getting a Wacom tablet are they good?

 

I have the Bamboo, which is the cheap starter model:

 

wacom_bamboo_2.jpg

 

Compared to drawing with your mouse, it's 300% better. However, if you're serious about art, you should really get a larger one.

If you're really serious, get a Cintiq:

 

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It's the screen and tablet combined, so you'll just be drawing on the screen. I've had the pleasure of working with one (a 22HD) at work a few times, it's the shit! It'll also cost you :p


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Posted 12 November 2013 - 09:59 AM

I was actually given one, but I still prefer using the mouse and keyboard.  It's hard to believe that I'm using the old fashion way...



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Posted 12 November 2013 - 11:01 AM

Believe I would love a Cintiq they still go for $2000+ don't they?

Maybe one day but for now a cheap one will have to do.

I was looking on Ebay a couple days ago and the Bamboos seem to be going for about $50 or so, which I might be able to spare next month.

 

If you want to fix the green tinge just Eye dropper the guy in the Cintiq picture's face.


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Posted 12 November 2013 - 11:10 AM

you should buy them from Wacom, that way you get all the accessories, hell, I still have mine, its a Bamboo too. it just needs a new pen



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Posted 12 November 2013 - 01:09 PM

Same here. Keep track of that pen otherwise you will have a useless tablet. =( (But I got PS Elements with mine as a special.)


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Posted 12 November 2013 - 01:37 PM

the bambo works with hand touch, but that feels so wrong.



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Posted 12 November 2013 - 01:42 PM

I'm currently borrowing my sister's until Christmas, but I gotta say... I love them so much, you have no idea if you haven't tried 'em yourself.


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