iPad? Please, tell me where you live so I can sock you in the kidney.

:< Cheney, WA

You hurt the ones you love.

And who exactly would that be?

...ipads?

... Your comments do not make sense :<

No, I've sorta' forced myself off the road on this one. It's gone way beyond rational thought.

Why would you do that?

Maybe because the iPad is just another of Apple's overhyped and overpriced products, none of which is as marvelous as the brain-washed iDrones are led to believe by the iAsshole (aka Steve Jobs)?

You know what, I remember a day when it didn't matter what computer you ran or what device you used for creating works of art. In that day, it was ABOUT the art, not about some argument about what computer works best to create said art. This is just coming from someone currently using a Linux/Windows 7 Ultimate x64 PC, who owns a Mac Laptop, and manages a network of several hundred Windows PCs. I like to consider myself versed in the subject.

Sure, let's say I was meaning this.

Platform debates have been around since the 8-bit era (Apple II vs. C64 vs Atari 800). My current beef with Apple is that they won't compete on merits -- they trash their competition to make themselves look perfect and extraordinary. But heaven forbid that someone speaks ill of Apple, because you are accused of blasphemy against the all-mighty god that is Steve Jobs. Well, Jobs can go f*ck himself with an iDildo, for all I care -- Apple ripped me off years ago, and they ain't getting a single penny out of me ever again.

How did they rip you off?

When I made my post in reply to you, I made a point to say that it's not about the computer or device or even the paper you use when it comes to a comment on an artist's own piece of work. Any ill will toward a device the artist used, or the technique implemented should be put aside and that artist should be praised for working with tools that you may find too crippled to do "real art".

My only mention of other platforms was just to show you I'm not some iDrone who follows Steve Jobs like he's the second coming. I've worked for Apple, and personally he's an asshole. Business-wise, he knows how to make a concent and sell it.

Just as my experience with Microsoft and Bill Gates has shown me that Bill Gates is a great person Personally, and a great business man, but as a programmer, he's rather immature and hasty in his design.

Now when it comes to GNU/Linux, Richard Stallman is a hippie with an idea that took off and Linus Torvalds was a slick student who slammed out a Unix like kernel and licensed it for the GNU project. XD

No company is perfect, nor is no product, but you know, that's what's beautiful about a free and competitive market. "I'm a PC and I'm a Mac" Who cares. You can use what you want and I can use what I want! Be glad you have technology that works for you; that you can afford to have it and use it to it's full abilities. Maybe show a bit more respect for fellow artists and their personal choices to buy devices from a company that you have some ill will against.

Basically what it all comes down to is the lesson that we all learn in primary school but no one ever seems to remember: "If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all."

very nice hun i love it

Was that all finger-painted? I didn't think the ipad used a pen tablet. That would be strange to do.

I am using a Pogo Stylus, which has no point on it... so its like using a small finger :P

One of the things that has put me off of getting the iPad is the lack of the stylus in the first place. :C

Damn. o_o That is a lot of work.

This turned out awesomely. :D

Whoa, and you call that a doodle?

Is that better than a Cintiq ?

XD hell no, there is no pressure sensitivity at all

Haha okay ^^; and is that good for someone who begins with graphic tablet ?

I'd like to buy a cintiq one day but I dunno if it's a good idea cause I'm not experienced at digital drawings

its the same as using any tablet, and if you are not good with a tablet, you will not be good with a cintiq. If i where you I would start with a bamboo tablet, as they are cheap and then move your way up.

Okay thank you for the advice ^^

Choko, Get yourself a bamboo or look around for an old graphire. they're cheap, and if you can get past the initial disconnect, very fun. Cintiqs are FUCKING AWESOME, but they're hilariously expensive. also, i'm with Kaa on this one... ugh, ipad. if the thing had pressure sensitivity, though, it'd be fucking perfect. but without it it's just a piece of crap, especially for art. Who the heck wants to fingerpaint? :P

BTW, tojo, you did VERY well with the limited tools at your disposal, however. :P

Yeah but I don't like tablets cause you don't draw directly on it (it's hard to explain in english) when you draw on a cintiq it's the same than you draw on paper

Apple Fanboys have told me a couple of times that Sketchbook Pro is better than Photoshop CS3-5, can anybody speculate on this for me? I'm not an artist so the debate of how useful an iPad is ends there xD

they are on crack.... :< the drawing programs are not near as good as photoshop and you do not have pressure sensitivity...

Okay I thought so, I was pretty confident that nothing's benchmarked for professionals in the same way that the CS programs are, but I couldn't speak from experience.

Are you finding it's actually worth the money for it?

yeah, I quite like it ^^ its a lot of fun, and a very nice web browser

If you let them, the iDrones (aka Apple fanboys) will let you believe a steaming pile of horse dung is better than gold. XD

It can be tragic sometimes for sure, with many of them I can't believe they can speak fluently with Steve's phallus gurgling in their mouthes. xD

You know Kaa, you're getting waaay out of line with every statement you make against Apple, its products, and the people who use them. Just because the products are more expensive than you can afford, doesn't mean they're not good, or not worth the money. You've got a chip on your shoulder? FINE. Keep it to yourself. Those of us who get our use out of them, and prefer them over Microsoft's broken software, are people too, and we love our tools.

Just because Steve Jobs and company can make better crap than anyone else doesn't make him a god, but it makes him damn successful, and plenty respectable. Fuck, I wish I had $40 billion in cash laying around for making something you hate.

I will send a note because this is not the place to discuss it.

If you're talking computer software, Sketchbook Pro is better than Photoshop in the sense that it's a lot snappier, a lot less of a resource hog, and it's optimized for tablet use (i.e. simple interface, most of the commands/tools are easy to get to using the stylus alone).

And SBP isn't the only alternative on the market. There's also ArtRage (for realistic painting and sketching), SAI (mostly used for inking and manga), Corel Painter (a lot more expensive than the others, but well-known and usually recommended by many digital art pros) and MyPaint (free, yet versatile painting software) to name a few.

And contrary to Tojo's reply, SBP does support pressure sensitivity.

Awesome work! :O

not to bad I like the blurring

Nice look, I can see where you may be frustrated by no pressure sensitivity.

Wow, I love how many people are ignoring the amazing art here, and are instead going on anti-Mac rants. Who are they trying to convince, I wonder?

Awesome head ^^

Not bad =)

That is an awesome face. Even though it's a little rough you make it look so good. Congrats on getting some practice in on your iPad. ^_^

C'mon people, grow up with your comments. This isn't a debate if you, yourself, think the iPad is a worthwhile product. Keep those opinions to yourselves. This is an art site. Comment on the art. Your comments reek of the classic high school argument, "I'm jealous that you got something I didn't, so I'm going to belittle you to make myself feel better". You people are so negative.

That being said, great work, as always Tojo. You're definitely proving that this device CAN be a "creative device," not just a "consumption device."


Keep it up. :)

I really dig the eye here...neat detail!

he looks like my pet drake...wow

XDim actually typing this from my iPad but what app is it?