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Published: 2004-03-18 01:04:36 +0000 UTC; Views: 459; Favourites: 1; Downloads: 29
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"TIME FOR AN AMPUTATION!"Captain of a cargo barge, poor Boss has been called "Boss" by everyone he knows for so long, he's forgotten what his real name is. Then again, maybe he just doesn't want to remember: he's a li'l bit outside of normal, you see. His mantra is quoted above, and it's served him well. In his mind, if you chop off what's hurting most, it gives the rest of you incentive to heal faster and better. May not be the most practical of ideas, but hey, it's gotten him this far...
PS 7, Portege, 1 hour.
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This pics fantatic! I'm really interested in getting a tablet for my computer to branch out into digital art - it's work I see on DA that really inspire me. Keep it up!
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Thanks!
I think you'll find that going digital will really let you grow as an artist. I noticed in your gallery a pic that said you couldn't put in too much detail due to the size - well that'll be a thing of the past with a tablet.
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Speaking of tablets - do you have any vague recommendations - things to look for, things to avoid?
Any comments will be much appreciated.
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Thanks, that was really helpful - I'll have a look around to see what suits my budget (sadly, the biggest factor). The program info was great too, thanks. I've only worked with paintshop - everyone talks about photoshop, I assume its the most widely used program out there, another thing I'll look into.
Thanks again
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It all really depends on how much you want to spend.
I started out with a Wacom Graphire 2, which is about as basic as tablets get - pressure sensitivity, 2 side buttons on the pen, and an eraser. (They've since put out the Graphire 3 and discontinued 2). It's about 100 dollars.
Then I got a Wacom Intuos 2, which is the same as the graphire, but has function buttons on the tablet, twice the pressure sensitivity, tilt sensitivity, and comes in various sizes. The smallest one is twice as expensive as the graphire, and they go up as they get bigger.
Now I use a Toshiba Portege Tablet PC, which is basically a laptop with a tablet under the screen, so that you can draw directly thereon and see your marks appear beneath the pen tip. That's a few grand though, but it is a fully fledged computer by itself, which is great for portability. Tablet-wise, it has the same functionality as the graphire, but the size and drawing-on-the-screen make up for it.
But you can get pretty spectacular results from all of them. Some pieces in my gallery were done with Graphire, some Intuos, and some Portege. I bet you couldn't really tell which was which if I didn't note them in the comments.
Really, it depends on what program you use. I prefer photoshop, but painter is just as good, perhaps better in some respects. Most digital art programs support pressure sensitivity, so you just gotta try them and figure out which one you like best.
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