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Nabikchan — How I Draw - Part 1 Tools
Published: 2006-04-10 05:43:15 +0000 UTC; Views: 4523; Favourites: 38; Downloads: 880
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So I've gotten requests on teaching people how I draw... this is the best way I could think of because I don't want to sit and explain it over and over again.This is my first tutorial... I hope it came out well
This is the first of, I believe, 3 tutorials that I have in the works.
The Intuos2 picture is my hand and my tablet. The plastic sheet top can be lifted and an image inserted. NO I'M NOT TRACING THE PICTURE!
These will show you that it pays to do your research before you buy a tablet.
Recommended sites for ordering Tablets:
B&H: [link]
Graphire 3 4x5 - $ 54.95
Graphire 4 4x5 - $99.95
Graphire 4 6x8 - $199.95
Intuos 3 4x5 - $199.95
Intuos 3 6x8 - $299.95
Intuos 3 6x11 - $369.95
Intuos 3 9x12 - $399.95
Cintiq 21UX - $2,495.95
Newegg: [link]
Graphire 4 4x5 - $85.99
Graphire 4 6x8 - $169.99
Intuos 3 4x5 - $200.59
Intuos 3 6x8 - $299.99
Intuos 3 6x11 - $349.99
Intuos 3 9x12 - $405.99
Buy.com: [link]
Graphire 4 4x5 - $92.99
Graphire 4 6x8 - $180.99
Intuos 2 4x5 - $177.99 (more than I paid for it there 4 years ago)
Intuos 3 4x5 - $214.99
Intuos 3 6x8 - $295.99
Intuos 3 6x11 - $368.99
Intuos 3 9x12 - $431.99
The links that were promised in this tutorial.
You can actually get a 30 day trial version of Adobe Photoshop CS2 by going here. 
The Gimp [link] . Please be sure to read the instructions, when using it with Windows, you have to instal a runtime environment.
Paint Shop Pro [link] 
Open Canvas [link] Photoshop Elements [link] Oekaki Boards: Team Artail , My own , and there are plenty of other boards out there.
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I hope it will be of some help... Shame I still haven't finished the rest of the tutorials I was going to do.
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well maybe yew will get to it in the future <3
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okay..so you dont see the image on the screen. (touch screen) its just blank?
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There is no screen on the tablet, not mine at least. The ones with screens are quite expensive. You're watching your computer monitor as you're drawing.
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i see, so i kinda have to learn hand eye coordination...poo
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It takes a little getting used to but it's not too bad.
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Nice tutorial!
But I don't get that first tablet picture. Is the picture from the pc onto your tablet or is it just a picture not from the pc. And which is better; graphire or intuos?
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The first picture is my tablet with a printed picture put under the clear plastic. Not tracing, but it was for decoration, it's changed since.
I've yet to use a Graphire, I'm sure to most artists, they'd be about the same. At the time I bought my Intuos, I did so because the stylus that it came with had a functional eraser end unlike if I bought a Graphire. The stylus isn't cheap either, I could have gotten one for a Graphire but the price would have been about the same, considering the stylus' usually cost between $50-$75.
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Oh okay. Thanks for the information. I'm getting one soon, I think the brand is Wacom Graphire 4. Does the stylus have pen nibs for wacom tablets? If so, how much would they cost?
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Hrm.... I know my Intuos one came with 5 replacement tips... Honestly I don't know about the Graphires
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Okay. So maybe when I buy mine it'll come with it x) Thanks for telling me about all this stuff!
Ps. And I love your art 8D
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I'm glad I could be a help
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Hey there thanks so much for this. I suck at digital art and was looking to see if I could get some practice in to maybe acomplish SOMETHING with it. this gave a lot of very good information for me, I really appreciate you posting this, and I think I may be purchasing a tablet like yours when I get my next paycheck =^_^=. Couple questions, though, what is the difference between the intuos and the graphire? also, is it hard trying to figure out where you are on the screen when you can't see the image right in front of you? That's the one thing that has kept me from a teblet over the past years--it would drive me nuts.
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To be honest, I've never actually used a Graphire. The reason I bought an Intuos when I did was because the one I was looking at didn't have the eraser end of the stylus and to buy one for it, it was $70 extra so I figured might as well put that toward the higher tablet.
The Intuos has more points of pressure as in it probably has more of a range between how soft and how hard you press, seeing as the softer or harder you push the lighter/smaller or darker/thicker the lines will be.
It took me a few months of playing with my tablet in order for me to get used to using it. The drawing area typically maps to the screen IE if you have your stylus on the top left of the square, your cursor will be in the top left of your screen. You will see the image right in front of you, you'll learn to coordinate your hand as you're watching your computer monitor.
I hope I've been a little more help, I'm sorry it took me a few days to respond to you.
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yes that is what I though. I guess the only way to avoid that is to get a lappy with a tablet screen. lol. but perhaps it's worth it. Thanks again, it's helped! =^_^=
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Just got it today?
Congratulations 
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no, thats 3 day thats i got it
yes i do! It's much better to draw with a tablet :3
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There's a whole price listing in the comments section.
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I do too. I plan on getting at least one, or maybe two more tutorials. Lineart and color.
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Yeah. Thankfully at the time I didn't have any other expenses.
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lucky u.^^ Nice art keep it up. and can I give u a watch?
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that might comin handy if i buy one ^^
thankies sara
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Mmm maybe these will help me to draw better or so. Well thanks for making this How I draw tutorail may this will help me to get my drawing skills better I guess. Worth of try. LOL
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I plan on making at least two more getting into actual drawing methods and not just the tools.
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Ah okay. Well can't wait to see the other ones.
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Now we know. 
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Perhaps you should start taking commissions and use that money toward one.
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Nice tutorial; ish very cool. *^_^* I don't have a tablet. >_< My sister would probably do very well with one since she's been drawing Sonic charas for more than 10 years, and she's used to drawing a lot. I dun draw a whole lot. 
My sister uses PaintShop Pro X for her artwork (only b/c my parents refused to buy her PhotoShop.) But, I've used PSP and PS before, and I like PS better. ^^ However, I use GIMP for my artwork, since her version of PSP won't run on this computer at the house. 
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I'm glad you find it helpful
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Er... A tiny piece of how I do it
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That we do... I've gone back and messed around with both the information on the image as well as the comments on this...
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I wish my tablet worked like yours does. I have Wacom Graphire 4... which I don't think has the screen to show what you're drawing. I got Photoshop for free... yeah, I'm illegal, I know. I still mainly use PSP though. There's not that much of a difference (exept that PSP seems to mess up more)
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What do you mean the screen to show what you're doing?.
I don't care for PSP because its layer system was harder for me to understand... Its been so many years since I messed with it though.
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I meant the screen by, like, it's like you're drawing on paper, where you can look down to see what you draw. But with mine, you have to constantly look at the screen to see what you made with your pen stroke.
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