Buyers Remorse

I’m in the process of learning some computer stuff and thought at first that I was enjoying it because I was older…then I we hired a younger person at work who is primarily a computer artist. At first he was lost with the pencil and very clumsy with a brush. After a year he was decent at both. He was laid off about six months ago. Anyway, I had coffee with him recently and asked if was getting any work, assuming that his skilled as a graphics guy would get him some work, he told me he found it impossible to artwork on a computer, he just enjoyed the brush in his hand. I dunno, but it made me feel better that I don’t enjoy working on a computer as much as I do with even a simple cheap brush or brush pen.

I sketch with ballpoints most of the time. Cheap, simple, portable.

I “learned” digitally. I had stopped drawing for ten-twelve years before getting a tablet at work about four years back.

A graphics tablet rekindled my interest in art, so I am in no way a technology averse luddite. I am disappointed with the current fidelity of digital art tools, though. Nothing comes close to the real thing – for now at least.

I’m still using my Cintiq for most of my contract work, and traditional media for stuff I care about.

The extra speed the Cintiq gives me is worth the decrease in accuracy.

I love drawing with a brush and ink and the ability to get messy sometimes. Occasionally draw digitally when I need to do something very clean and don’t want to have to deal with the scanner. But a good bristol board, brush and ink are always a win. Coloring though I like doing that digitally. more room for experimentation without having to destroy your line art.

I have been sating this for a long time now, nothing will replace your hand and a canvas/paper. nothing. when they ask me what tablet to buy- i tell them to buy a pen and a paper and a scanner now.

Same. And when people ask me my brush settings, I say, “Hairy and wet. With ink.”

i have talked to a few designers out there who own a cintiq and the good ol intuos is still what they use. was going to purchase a cintiq..i think that i will do likewise..stick with my intuos…as far as the person that said “the extra speed the cintiq gives me is worth the decrease in accuracy” all i have to say is why would you want to sacrifice the quality of your work for speed?

I have a Intous 3 frakkin’ huge tablet (it’s like 17″ by 10″) that I got instead of a smallish Cintiq. Never regretted it. Never looked back. I can look at the monitor and draw w/o looking down, saves my neck and shoulder muscles; the large surface size allows me to throw lines with my entire arm and shoulder. Love it.

me too mike, i got the biggest the have on the market.. i do believe however that it is a little too big. was going to say screw it and get the int. four but one size smaller, i changed my mind. i might need to make a real big “swoosh” or something and might need the bigger tablet to do that. my next purchase will be a smaller one though.

Hey Man, did you make your own brushes for photoshop? I seem to have such a hard time finding a nice brush, and your lines look so nice, it’s frustrating finding something you like.

R

I just used a hard round set to pressure sensitivity. Nothing fancy.

I do tend to turn my Wacom driver’s pressure setting to very firm for Photoshop, though. It seems to blow out to full pressure more readily than other apps.

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