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Rodia
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Posted: Thu 02 Nov , 2006 7:48 am
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Ah, the glory of technology and so forth, and good friends above all.

A couple of weeks ago, I have purchased a 6x4 Intuos3, or rather, I made the order and was subsequently told that, in fact, I don't have to pay anyone back for it. This thread is dedicated to Mike, cause he's cool. None of you know him, but trust me, he's cool. :blackeye: Not just because of the tablet, but because he hasn't fired gimlikins yet.

I digress.

This gorgeous, widescreen tablet, tuned perfectly to my macbook, with its 1024 pressure levels, four customiseable buttons, scrollpad, and pen that has not only another special button but three different nibs and an eraser at the end, has caused my creativity to double. Nay, triple. Heck, I'm on fire here.

It's not that a pencil isn't good enough for me. I love my m00tbook, out of order as it may be this year, but this baby came with limited versions of Painter and Photoshop. I can't keep my hands off of it.

Suffice to say, I feel like showing off a little bit, or at least letting my scribblings streak past a friendly eye or two before I decide they're actually rubbish. But as whiny as I may be, I do see myself getting better, and I do feel like this new equipment has opened a score of doors.

Here's what I found behind them.

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The first noteworthy product; Gimlikins himself, sprawled on the couch and enjoying an episode of Firefly. I was just discovering the watercolour tool in Painter.

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Today's spoil: Bubbles.

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Redhead:

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No one special:

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Test sketch for one of Frelga's RP characters:

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Gimli and me!!!

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Someone's having way too much fun with a gadget. :D

Although I have a good friend who may need one too...I don't suppose they make a PC compatible model...


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Axordil wrote:
Someone's having way too much fun with a gadget. :D

Although I have a good friend who may need one too...I don't suppose they make a PC compatible model...
Are you kidding me? I had to get a new one because the old one I had was the only fricking one that wasn't compatible with my mac. They're all for both systems, silly Ax. :P

www.wacom.com

Just make sure you get the right size for their screen. I was all set for the 4x5 until I realised, d'oh, my macbook is widescreen.

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Very nice, Ro! I like the way you draw. :cheers:

Cool pic of you and the Gimleh by the palm tree, too.


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Pink speedos would have been too much...

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Cause the colours funked up, I guess. They were meant to be blue...Not sure what happened there.

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Vice nice indeed Ms Ro-Ro....now scoot your cute behind to NMI and check out the charrie there!! ;)

When did you get back? Totally rots that I haven't been able to meet you yet. Next planned trip to LA area, let me know plenty in advance and I can try to fly down from Washington. Deal?

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well then, purple or not its still a good drawlring
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I clicked your sig and somehow ended up here. I love the picture of you and Gimli under the palm tree. And the bubbles. :D

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Amazing!

Beautiful!

I'm so jealous. :D

Of both the fact that you have a tablet and the fact that you can draw like that.

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I'd forgotten about this thread. But what to do? I haven't been inspired to use the tablet in a long while. If I'm at the computer, it's because I'm RPing.

So here's something from my analog(hahaha) sketchbook. Okay, moleskine and a pencil. Three pencils, to be exact: 4b, 5b, 6b. Oh, and something that has 'Extra Soft Pitt Oil Base' on it and is made by Faber-Castell. A crayon? I couldn't tell you. I like it.

So anyway, here's some portraits that I've drawn this year in my moleskine notebook:


My dad:
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My mum:
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My mum again:
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Myself and my cat:
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Chris on the train:
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Other sketches to come later. :P

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Awesome! :thumbsup

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