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Updated my personal website, and posted a couple pics (there
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I've updated my personal website at:
http://www.coyoteoldone.com/
Everything's cleaned up, redesigned, and reorganized. I've set up new Gallery software for showing off my work, though I'll also post new artwork here as I create it.
I'll probably re-post a lot of my older stuff here on FA, but with the lack of ability to sort it or arrange it into galleries, I may end up being lazy and not doing it for a while, or only adding my new material here. Opinions welcome.
I've added a couple new pics, drawn on a Tablet PC loaned to me temporarily by my good friend Walkingraven. I have to say, I love it, and when he gets it back, it will probably be slightly drool-covered.
I really love being able to sketch and draw directly on the screen with the stylus. That alone makes the thing drool-worthy. Some people get all the best toys! : )
http://www.coyoteoldone.com/
Everything's cleaned up, redesigned, and reorganized. I've set up new Gallery software for showing off my work, though I'll also post new artwork here as I create it.
I'll probably re-post a lot of my older stuff here on FA, but with the lack of ability to sort it or arrange it into galleries, I may end up being lazy and not doing it for a while, or only adding my new material here. Opinions welcome.
I've added a couple new pics, drawn on a Tablet PC loaned to me temporarily by my good friend Walkingraven. I have to say, I love it, and when he gets it back, it will probably be slightly drool-covered.
I really love being able to sketch and draw directly on the screen with the stylus. That alone makes the thing drool-worthy. Some people get all the best toys! : )
Huh. I wish one of my friends had a tablet. I really want to try one before I buy.
On the other hand, the drawing tablets that contain built-in monitors (so you can draw right on the screen) are just input devices to stick on another computer and cost just as much by themselves. Those input devices might have greater sensitivity than a Tablet PC, but the Tablet PC can do a lot more different things and run programs on its own.
Different artists have differing comfort levels with different tools, too. And it's very disconcerting to spend a lot of money on something and then find out later that you don't like using it.
For instance, some people assume that a larger Wacom tablet is better than a small one... but actually, some people find big tablets unwieldy.
These sorts of things are something you should _definitely_ try before you by... and not just for a few minutes... ideally you'd want to try with a real-life project.
The one I'm borrowing is made by motion computing... I really like it, although I'm going to be sad soon, because I'll have to give it back, and I'm too poor to buy chewing gum right now (literally), much less a tablet PC. : )
Well, I guess for now I'll just have to get better with my traditional art and keep faith in my trusty old Lexmark scanner.
Nice work on the site! I haven't been in all the nooks and crannies yet, but what I've seen looks really well constructed. And as always, nice job with the art and writings!
And yeah... these things are too expensive for me... too rich for my blood. I'm just glad I had the chance to play with a borrowed one.
Another consideration is that while a couple of programs (like Alias:Sketch) fully support Tablet PC styluses (stylii?), I couldn't manage to get either photoshop or GiMP to recognize teh pressure-sensitivity features of the Motion Computing Tablet stylus. If there's a way to do so, it's so buried on either the motion computing site, the photoshop site, or the GiMP site that I was unable to find the necessary plugins or whatever. They may not exist, and that's a big pain in the ass.
What I ended up doing was doing the sketching/drawing part of the work in Alias Sketch, and then opening the file in Photoshop for finishing work.
A regular Wacom tablet may not let you draw right on a screen, but they have pressure, tilt, and other sensitivities that can be configured in programs like Photoshop. Something else to consider.
I used to like using my small Wacom tablet for touch-up work, but rarely used it. It wasn't like drawing on paper, because when I draw on paper, I turn the paper in all directions while working, or hold it at whatever angle is convenient or comfortable. While you can turn the tablet around, your PC's monitor isn't so cooperative.