digital? or traditional?

I had meant traditional but why not both kinds? some artists only work digitally, after all...and may not have one single place for it all.

Something huge and on wheels. I work in varying mediums and don't want to have to switch everything out all the time. Places for tubes of paint, bottles of paint, pencils, markers, paper, extra slots and places to put various random items. It would be nice if it could function as a set up at home too.

You're looking at a mobile full studio then?

Pretty much. Nothing I've seen has the right set up really. Kind of a cross between a taboret, art bins and small plastic totes, and this thing http://www.jerrysartarama.com/disco.....nd-Trolley.htm Is really what I'm looking for. I usually bring 3-4 different types of paints, 2 different sets of color pencils, markers, 2-5 different papers, brushes, jars or some such for water and linseed oil, pastels, laminate and badge stuff, pigments and the list goes on. It'd be nice to be able to have something I don't have to be weighted down with(usually have 3 backpacks as it stands plus some plastic totes), is upright with everything accessible, and would be nice if it's not overly wide so it can fit behind an artist alley or dealer's table.

I clearly have a lot more thinking to do, but my intent is to make it out of wood. What you want would probably be difficult to manage in wood, mostly when it comes to weight. but if it's on wheels does that matter very much?

If it's on wheels, probably not. You can always make a lighter pine wood version. Probably good sized compartments with pieces that can slide in to separate areas or make them larger if need be. Probably deeper ones on the bottom, shallower ones towards the top that would work for paper and doohickeys like tools for badges, clay, what have you.

I've been experimenting with wood and foam construction... that may help the weight issue.

For traditional :

- A 60-sheet A4 ring-bound sketchbook.
- A smaller A5 size doodling pad.
- 4H, 2H, HB, 2B, 4B Pencils (Staedtler or Faber-Castell works)
- 15cm/6in plastic ruler
- Large kneaded eraser
- Thin eraser pencil with 3 replacement rubber leads
- For dry media, either a set of 24 oil pastels or a set of 24 colour pencils
- For wet media, 12 gouache cakes or 18 watercolour pencils with a small plastic battle of water.
- A roll of masking tape (Optional)

For Digital :

Expensive route
- Wacom Cintiq (They usually come with an art program.)

Less expensive route
- Laptop with a high-capacity battery and with a display of at least 1366x768 or 1280x1024 resolution.
- Mid-Range CPU (Intel Core2 Duo 2.0 gHz or any mobile equivalent should be fine)
- Mid-High Range AMD mobile GPU
- At least 2.0 GB of system RAM installed. (RAM is pretty cheap so this shouldn't be a problem.)
- Windows 7 Enterprise edition 32-bit
- Wi-Fi card and USB Flash Drive slots.
- Wacom Graphire/Intuos with an A5 drawing area. (Also comes with an art package most of the time)
- Cooling Pad
- A matching PSU (If you use too powerful a PSU, it will easy batteries like no tomorrow.)

Preloads
- Open Canvas 1.1b72
- Alias Sketchbook Pro or Artrage Pro if the art package included in the tablet software pack is bad.
- DropBox Setup, used for backup
- Chrome, Firefox or Opera with bookmarks pre-installed to point to useful art-related sites like webapps, reference materials and tutorials.

I don't know... many years ago my dad had made a kind of stand for me, so I would have a place where to stick the little cans of enamel paint, which tend to topple over when standing on their own. the thing includes holes for brushes, a glass of brush cleaner, and a can of lighter fluid (I use it to clean brushes, cheaper than enamel thinner, less smelly, and good to thin the paint for washings and such). I could shoot a photo of it, in case you could use more inspiration/ideas.


aside that, Arche has said it pretty much. I would add places to keep the water glass safe and upright, and for the gouache/aquarel cakes. or something where one could fixate the typical holders.
since every maker has different size standards that are might be adjustable.
as in, you fold the say we, suitcase up, and get water, distribute what you need on the table, and place the glass with water at some corner so it can't topple over.
also, a good-sized clipboard might scome in handy, for artists which work with loose paper, or sketchblocks rather than sketchpads. blocks tend to have weaker backign cardboards. and sometimes you have no suitable table around...

gee, if I stop making sense, slap me silly, yes?


all in all, a nifty idea. ^^