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Wacom doodle!
Paul whoknows
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September 2004
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Finally I bought a Wacom tablet, I couldn't regret more for not buying one of these before, this is the one I got, the Bamboo Pen And Touch:

{"name":"wacom-bamboo-pen-touch.jpg","src":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/6\/3\/63f2885074b085ce123fc0c4b0073b50.jpg","w":500,"h":281,"tn":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/6\/3\/63f2885074b085ce123fc0c4b0073b50"}wacom-bamboo-pen-touch.jpg

With twice pressure levels (1024) of the old Bamboo models, this new tablet seemed to be the best choice I could afford.

First doodle:

{"name":"601631","src":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/f\/9\/f95f4506c511d826bd33c38b8f00e623.png","w":600,"h":450,"tn":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/f\/9\/f95f4506c511d826bd33c38b8f00e623"}601631

It's been a long time since we had a doodle thread! :)

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Trent Gamblin
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April 2000
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That's a nice drawing. I have a tablet but I can't draw. I use it for modifications mostly. Rough drawing and move things around, fixing pixels here and there.

CursedTyrant
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April 2006
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I also have a tablet and can't draw. :P

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23yrold3yrold
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March 2001
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My tablet has been unused for something like five years now. I just can't give up my pencils ...

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FMC
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March 2004
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I have a Bamboo Pen, i use it mostly for retouch work in photoshop... i'm no good at drawing :P

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SiegeLord
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October 2006
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Finally I bought a Wacom tablet, I couldn't regret more for not buying one of these before, this is the one I got, the Bamboo Pen And Touch

How big is it? I have a Wacom tablet too, and I can draw... but don't have the time :P

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Jones64
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February 2009

oh sweet! is it an A5 size tablet? Nice drawing too! :P
I bought a Wacom A5 size tablet once, never took the trouble to learn to use it properly :(

Dario ff
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August 2008
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Should I feel bad for being yet another case of someone who owns a tablet but never got around using it because it feels kind of unintuitive? :-/

Hey Jones64, I remember you, fixing that OpenLayer bug for ya. What have you been doing lately?

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Jones64
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February 2009

Dario ff said:

Should I feel bad for being yet another case of someone who owns a tablet but never got around using it because it feels kind of unintuitive?

hehe, join the club ;D

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Hey Jones64, I remember you, fixing that OpenLayer bug for ya. What have you been doing lately?

true, thanks a lot for that! I'm making progress slowly, but it's turning out quite nice and better than I expected :D The iso engine is pretty much done for now, might add some things later for weather and magic effects. I'm working on graphics and the level editor recently, which is so much work!
I was thinking to upload a new screenshot sometime, but couldn't find such a thing like member journals and thought it might be annoying to start a new thread everytime.

Onewing
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August 2005
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I have a tablet too, but it's difficult for me to draw and not look at where the tip of the pen is. :(

My avatar was created using my tablet.

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FMC
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March 2004
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Onewing said:

I have a tablet too, but it's difficult for me to draw and not look at where the tip of the pen is.

There are some very nice screen tablets where you actually see the drawing underneath the pen.
Not cheap, but very nice [1] [2]

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Paul whoknows
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September 2004
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My tablet has been unused for something like five years now. I just can't give up my pencils ...

5 years? Did you try the new generation of tables? For me it was exactly the opposite, as soon as I started to draw lines with the tablet I realized that I would never touch true pencils again.

SiegeLord said:

How big is it? I have a Wacom tablet too, and I can draw... but don't have the time :P

It's the small one 9.8" x 6.9" (249mm x 175mm), this is the perfect size! at least for me.

I have a tablet too, but it's difficult for me to draw and not look at where the tip of the pen is. :(

Then the Wacom Cintiq is for you! too bad is too expensive! I guess I am lucky, it took me just a few hours to get use to that.

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Mark Oates
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March 2001
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Hey that's nice, Paul.

Dario ff said:

another case of someone who owns a tablet but never got around using it because it feels kind of unintuitive? :-/

hmmm... could you elaborate?

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Paul whoknows
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September 2004
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Dario ff said:

Should I feel bad for being yet another case of someone who owns a tablet but never got around using it because it feels kind of unintuitive? :-/

What tablet are you using? probably it has few pressure leves, that makes the whole difference, anything lower than 1024 probably is not enough for some tasks.

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23yrold3yrold
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March 2001
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5 years? Did you try the new generation of tables? For me it was exactly the opposite, as soon as I started to draw lines with the tablet I realized that I would never touch true pencils again.

I'm sure the technology's come a ways but I haven't had occasion to investigate it in a long time. My focus is programming now and most of my art is pixel pushing. Even if I did buy the latest and greatest I don't have much use for it at the moment.

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GameCreator
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July 2002
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This is what I don't do anything with.
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deps
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September 2003
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I have one, but I rarely use it. The result is usually enough to make me put it away for another 6 months. :P

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Kibiz0r
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September 2005
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This [www.tigerdirect.com] is what I don't do anything with.

Ditto. We're a sad, sad bunch.

Paul whoknows
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September 2004
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More random doodles:

{"name":"601635","src":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/0\/7\/07da24f66fb91c3e388cf6141f46662a.png","w":640,"h":457,"tn":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/0\/7\/07da24f66fb91c3e388cf6141f46662a"}601635

601639

{"name":"601636","src":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/9\/e\/9e9d6cf19d9e88673a81c724d119edbe.png","w":640,"h":480,"tn":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/9\/e\/9e9d6cf19d9e88673a81c724d119edbe"}601636

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Dario ff
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August 2008
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What tablet are you using? probably it has few pressure leves, that makes the whole difference, anything lower than 1024 probably is not enough for some tasks.

I think it was a Genius tablet, and I can't check it right now(it's hidden somewhere, damn brother was a bit paranoid about it :-/). It probably didn't have much pressure levels.

I just don't find drawing in an external place than the screen(the paper) comfortable. I always got very lost with the cursor. But I guess that if I had practiced more with it, I could probably be drawing better with it now.

But most of my drawings nowadays consists of using selections or vector shapes, coloring, doing gradients, pushing some pixels here and there.

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Dennis
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July 2003
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Finally I bought a Wacom tablet, I couldn't regret more for not buying one of these before, this is the one I got, the Bamboo Pen And Touch

Yay, I hope you'll have a lot of fun with it. Also, those first doodles of yours are a great start (I still haven't gotten used to using a tablet (pencils feel much more natural) but then again, I don't find much time for practice.

This thread inspired me to doodle a bit (looked much cooler in my head but well, the idea is captured at least :D ):
{"name":"601662","src":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/1\/9\/1945a07a3fae5a6dc99823ea3427cc02.png","w":791,"h":598,"tn":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/1\/9\/1945a07a3fae5a6dc99823ea3427cc02"}601662

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