Just an update on my skills: I am slowly learning “The Way of The Wacom”. I recently, after much practice ( whenever I could find the time), did a series of sketches for review solely on my graphic tablet. I have yet to receive revisions, or get any feedback from the client about going digital; but I really like this as a sketch method now. I didn’t think I would. I rendered this sketch as a warm up today. I used Sketchbook Express, an app I haven’t spent enough time in, but really like. I might even order the Sketchbook Pro app, one of these days, as I understand there are more ‘bells and whistles’ than you can shake a stick at, compared to Express. The sketches I sent to the client were all rendered in Photoshop, which is definitely a great app workplace to work in.
I feel much better with the stylus at this point, I almost have the hand-eye coordination thing down. Get this – I almost don’t even have to think about what I’m doing anymore. The stylus is becoming like a pencil in my hand – Woo-Hoo! That is a great feeling, I have to say. I also like the ‘pencil to paper’ result, the line does look like it was scribbled down and torn from a sketch pad. I still have a lot of work to do, but I’m seeing things differently; spatially, I’m finding the form and weight of a subject much better. Even with this foreign way of doing things.
Wow, almost choked! Amazed you have crossed over to the ‘digital’ side. Looks fantastic! Just proves you can draw with anything!
I’m still workin’ at it Girl! It is one of the most foreign feelings – looking up at a monitor, while drawing, and NOT watching your hand. I’d been toying with the idea for some time now. It felt as though I was ‘cheating’ on my brush! I started with a fairly inexpensive Wacom Intuos, because, on one hand, I know that sooner or later I may face the fact that editors and AD’s will want all their illustration to go digital, and it is faster – “I needed it yesterday” will be abandoned for the catch phrase: “I needed it last week” – or some such malarky. Then, on the other hand, I wasn’t sure that I’d even LIKE it. I suppose, one day I will graduate to the next level; monitor and drawing area are the same – more natural feel. But that’s way more $$$, for something I wasn’t sure of.
Problem is, I still really love my brush… does this make me a two-timing cheat??!