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From the "other people are doing it" department ... I thought I'd post a quick snapshot of my workspace. This is where all the magic happens, as it were.
Starting at the left, my drawing/animation desk, with plenty of paper, pencils, pens, markers, rulers, stencils, and other implements of making art the old fashioned way. iBook stashed on top of the taboret to look up quick reference online or chat with friends as I work.
In the far corner, my shiny new 24" iMac, with a 9x12" Intuos3 tablet for coloring and a little Canon scanner for capturing thumbnails and rough sketches. (With the iMac's remote, I can watch movies and listen to music on the computer while working at the animation desk. Full of awesome.) On the shelves to the right of that, my little Epson printer above, my UPS backup battery below; the grey-green behemoth in the middle is my ancient 12x18" flatbed Umax scanner I've jumped through countless hoops to keep connected to evolving technology. I love that thing.
Not visible off the right-hand side of the picture, the cable modem, wireless router, phone and fax machine, networked backup drive, and other electronic clutter, plus bookshelves with supplies and reference books. Not visible off the left-hand side: A closet, and a washer/dryer. :)
Scattered on the floor and above my desk are random dog toys. And if you peek under the animation desk, there's Casey, where she often sacks out while I'm working. :)
Starting at the left, my drawing/animation desk, with plenty of paper, pencils, pens, markers, rulers, stencils, and other implements of making art the old fashioned way. iBook stashed on top of the taboret to look up quick reference online or chat with friends as I work.
In the far corner, my shiny new 24" iMac, with a 9x12" Intuos3 tablet for coloring and a little Canon scanner for capturing thumbnails and rough sketches. (With the iMac's remote, I can watch movies and listen to music on the computer while working at the animation desk. Full of awesome.) On the shelves to the right of that, my little Epson printer above, my UPS backup battery below; the grey-green behemoth in the middle is my ancient 12x18" flatbed Umax scanner I've jumped through countless hoops to keep connected to evolving technology. I love that thing.
Not visible off the right-hand side of the picture, the cable modem, wireless router, phone and fax machine, networked backup drive, and other electronic clutter, plus bookshelves with supplies and reference books. Not visible off the left-hand side: A closet, and a washer/dryer. :)
Scattered on the floor and above my desk are random dog toys. And if you peek under the animation desk, there's Casey, where she often sacks out while I'm working. :)
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The desk was one of a number originally built for Sony's television animation department. I got the builder's number from the producer and called, and was lucky to find he had one left over and offered to sell it at Sony's bulk price. That day was full of win for me. :)
It's one of the drawbacks with working with just digital media. I like the convenience of not needing physical supplies to pump out art, but the lack of the option to work at angles on the fly, as well as not having to zoom and work at varying focus points without being able to just look up and see the whole pic is a little tough.
I was thinking on gettin a drafting desk, in time; been eying my dusty sketchbooks, haven't really done much traditional penciling in years
I was thinking on gettin a drafting desk, in time; been eying my dusty sketchbooks, haven't really done much traditional penciling in years
Zaush
I've seen those drawing disks for sale someplace.
I think it was through an animation supply company on-line. If I had the room for a proper studio (when I paint, it's with an easel out doors in fair weather) I'd relish a studio like yours.
Do you have north light available for your work, or do you use a full spectrum lamp?
I think it was through an animation supply company on-line. If I had the room for a proper studio (when I paint, it's with an easel out doors in fair weather) I'd relish a studio like yours.
Do you have north light available for your work, or do you use a full spectrum lamp?
I only have a tiny bit of eastern light coming in thru that window. And since I usually work from the afternoon late into the night, it's kind of not very helpful, other than to let me know to get to bed when the morning light strikes. ;)
The lamp over my drawing desk is one of those that has both incandescent (yellowish) and flourescent (bluish) bulbs which, when turned on together, provide a more pure white light.
The lamp over my drawing desk is one of those that has both incandescent (yellowish) and flourescent (bluish) bulbs which, when turned on together, provide a more pure white light.
They're expensive, but last I checked, a mail-order art store called RexArt had pretty good prices on them: http://www.rexart.com/
That's where I got these. :)
That's where I got these. :)
how come you're desk is so fucking professional huh? think you're better then us? huh? do you? think you're gonna 'show us up' huh, what with your 'desk' and your, like, window-blinds. And you're chair. Some of us cant afford things like that. huh. huh. how do you react to THAT. This is an outrage. I demand you censor that chair, in case a chairless artist sees it and is sad. You dont want to be responsible for that do you? I bet you don't.
I bet you dont.
I bet you dont.
colson
Animation desks are a bit of a specialty item and are usually a custom build ... a reasonably sturdy model like this can easily range well over $1000, possibly several times that.
As I mentioned above, I was extraordinarily lucky to get this one from the builder at Sony's bulk discount of $500. (Tho that was about ten years ago.)
As I mentioned above, I was extraordinarily lucky to get this one from the builder at Sony's bulk discount of $500. (Tho that was about ten years ago.)
If you've got the tools and the talent, why not? :)
In fact there are probably blueprints for animation desks online. The hardest thing would probably be the animation disc, if you want to use one ... you'd need the proper tools to cut a perfectly circular hole in your drawing board, and the disc itself is a specialty item costing a few hundred dollars.
Of course if you don't need an animation disc, you can always just make a really kick-ass drafting table with adjustable height and extra shelves and stuff.
In fact there are probably blueprints for animation desks online. The hardest thing would probably be the animation disc, if you want to use one ... you'd need the proper tools to cut a perfectly circular hole in your drawing board, and the disc itself is a specialty item costing a few hundred dollars.
Of course if you don't need an animation disc, you can always just make a really kick-ass drafting table with adjustable height and extra shelves and stuff.
It was tough deciding between a MacPro or an iMac .. I'm so used to having a big desk with lots of drive bays and expansion cards ... But with the price difference between the two, and the fact that 99% of peripherals these days are USB or Firewire anyway, it was hard to justify the MacPro. They've really become super-high-end battleship workstations, while iMacs have bumped up to being semi-pro machines.
Biggest issue was my gigantic old SCSI scanner. But I also purchased a SCSI-Firewire adapter that seems to be working pretty well.
Biggest issue was my gigantic old SCSI scanner. But I also purchased a SCSI-Firewire adapter that seems to be working pretty well.
A SCSI-Firewire adaptor? Hmmm I might be able to get more life out of my SCSI HP4C scanner that I got... but I don't know where I could find drivers for it... >.< I'm still in debate we'll see whether Mac Pro or iMac wins out for my eventual choice of desktop replacement
Honestly it would probably be cheaper to get a USB scanner, but if you have some reason for keeping your old scanner (like I do) .. I'd recommend researching the combination of either a SCSI-Firewire or SCSI-USB adaptor (RATOC Systems makes both: http://www.ratocsystems.com/ ) ... plus an application called VueScan by Ed Hamrick, available for Mac, Windows and Linux ( http://www.hamrick.com/vsm.html ) ...
The adapter will either "just work" or should work with a few driver installations or tweaks; mine was a bit fuzzy when I first hooked it up but seems to work fine now. And I've been using VueScan for years; it offers support for a wide range of scanners that are no longer supported by their manufacturers. There's a list on his site of scanners he supports.
The adapter will either "just work" or should work with a few driver installations or tweaks; mine was a bit fuzzy when I first hooked it up but seems to work fine now. And I've been using VueScan for years; it offers support for a wide range of scanners that are no longer supported by their manufacturers. There's a list on his site of scanners he supports.
Well I haven't used or tried this with my Mac Book Pro because of it being SCSI and only having Firewire/USB ports... but if you think that's the case I think I'll invest in a new scanner I think that'd be smarter move probably anyway... still going to be in a conundrum though of whether to go Mac Pro/iMac with the desktop replacement Decisions Decisions *ponders and taps his head*
this looks like a fun place to be. i think i could live in there if there was a mini fridge and a microwave. xD i want your desk! i have a drawing table at the moment but it's not col like yours with the animation disc and peg bar as well as the drafting ruler with it. how funny, i have the same shelf thinggy with wheels also. it holds all my art supplies and is over stuffed. your dog is adorable too.
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