So I got a used tablet on eBay a while ago that I have basically kept on the chair in my bedroom for the last month or so, and I've decided, "You know what? I should learn to use this thing!" This wouldn't be the first tablet I've owned. I had a Wacom Bamboo that was pretty good up till the cable kicked the bucket, and the cable was integral to the unit, so I wasn't able to just replace it. Basically, I damaged it when I shut it in a door once accidentally and clipped some wires inside it, and so I had to basically throw the whole thing away. The new tablet is an Intuos, and the cable on this one is attached to the tablet via a Micro USB, and so that problem won't happen again. But what this means is, I've never really had much practice with tablets before, and as anyone who has used a tablet can attest to, they take some time to get the hang of, especially the inexpensive variety which has no integrated screen. This being the case, I'm going to be taking a break from posting art here until I can get the hang of this new tablet.

I can hear you going "Awwww..." from here, guys...

Don't worry! I'm not going away forever! And that's the good news: I'm going to start uploading digital art soon! YES, that means COLOR art! Woohoo! I mean, I have posted colored art before, but it's mostly just been edits of other people's work. The new stuff will be made wholecloth from scratch, and carry over my style! That is, I'll be making art that's similar to the stuff I've released before, but in digital, colorized form.

The other thing I'm announcing, which relates to this development, is that I'm going to try and start animating with OpenToonz! I want to do some animations that I've had in my head for a while now. I know, I know... I made the announcement that I was going to start animating a while back. Things... kind of took a wrong turn for me on that development. I hadn't realized how hard it would be to animate without first learning digital drawing and painting. So the animation software languished, never to be used. In fact, I actually got a new computer since making that announcement. Yeesh... But now that I'm trying to learn digital art in earnest, I'm going to try my hand at animation for realsies! Hopefully I can get in enough practice with this before I get a new job so I can put in the time that it will take to truly learn how to draw digitally.

I'm probably not going to be posting any practice sketches in the mean time, because I want to give you guys stuff you'll enjoy looking at, and line practice can look rather boring. But I promise, I'll be putting stuff up here soon. Till then, I hope your new years eve goes well, and I'll see you on the other side!