Learning to draw on a tablet

[Shynoir]

I'm learning to draw on a tablet, its extremely harder than I thought. Well I'll be humble about it too, I'm not much of an artist either ~ BUT drawing and learning to draw is indeed fun 

Shore:
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Edit: It seems I can indeed post images now.

[Nero]

Cute beach! What kind of tablet?

[Silver]

Keep it up, you'll get there!

[Shynoir]

Thanks! It's a wacom bamboo pen. I'm getting quite the hang of it. At least I feel good knowing that I'm not wasting away paper with all the doodles

[Nero]

Oh I was thinking about getting one of those. I miss taking notes by hand. How is it?

[Silver]

The newer tablets are so nice. I'm sure you'll get the hang of it soon enough. Just a question of coordination.

[Shynoir]

It is pretty good actually, and one of the main problem is coordination just like Silver said. With a book or a paper we kind of tilt it at an angle to draw and write. With these tablets, however, it will have to be kept straight (90 degrees) to be relative to the screen. 

[lightvi]

I like your beach, you'll be a pro in no time!

Personally I like the tablets for touch ups but I never could get used to drawing with it. I prefer paper and pencil and a scanner Plus I don't really like drawing in front of the computer, I like to draw to get away from everything even technology.

[Shynoir]

Okay something I've been working on for a bit...  not as detailed as the beach one though. Just trying to get the perspective right~

Palm Tree:
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[Tree]

i love those bright colors, and the cut-out pop-art looking clouds! very cute. (:

[Deanna_Renee]

I've been using tablets for years, started out using a 4x5" one maybe 15 years ago or more. I now use a Wacom Intuos 4 6x9". I love working with tablets so much more than a mouse in 85% of my work. Of course I use both the mouse and the tablet simultaneously.

The hardest part is getting used to the eye/hand coordination. That is what defeats the vast majority of those who buy one. You need to get accustomed to looking at the screen while you draw somewhere else. I rarely ever keep my tablet straight on, I rotate it all around - like a pad of paper. You just need to be aware of that the angle you are drawing is whatever degree different than the monitor.

Keep playing, it gets easier and easier with practice and patience.

Deanna

[Shynoir]

Thanks everyone! and deanna you seem to have a lot of experience with tablets, I wish I could afford Intuos series. Those have wonderful dial rotate and lots of professional features *jealous*

Yes practice makes perfect.

Lighthouse
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It was hard but I'm starting to find the whole thing very fun.

[Cindy]

Oh I was thinking about getting one of those. I miss taking notes by hand. How is it?

Same thing, are they any good for taking notes? my typing is so slow that I end up writing notes on paper then tyoe later. PIA.

Cindy

[Hikari]

I was down on tablets for a while until I tried using one with Manga Studio and found just how well when paired with the right software it can emulate real pens. The software has some cool correction settings too, so that lines can look as penlike as possible. In fact, I stopped using Illustrator altogether when I got a copy of Manga Studio. (then again, I don't need color)

Even though I abandoned Windows (there is a Mac version too) a long time ago I still keep Manga Studio running under Wine, I do need to get a decent Linux compatible tablet before I really get to mess with it again. Unfortunately, with my financial state, that could be a long time....

[Silver]

Same thing, are they any good for taking notes? my typing is so slow that I end up writing notes on paper then tyoe later. PIA.

Cindy

I know my tablet (Wacom) used to come with software that let word interpret your handwriting as text but later it was removed due to some conflicts and is no longer available for Windows. At least I think this is what you're asking, I may have interpreted that incorrectly.

[Shynoir]

I know my tablet (Wacom) used to come with software that let word interpret your handwriting as text but later it was removed due to some conflicts and is no longer available for Windows. At least I think this is what you're asking, I may have interpreted that incorrectly.

Actually windows vista and higher has a built in hand writing recognition software, it works with wacom just great. I can seem to write very well with it.





Okay another one....

Vase:
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[Shynoir]

Okay, now trying a water coloring style approach:

Tree Village:
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[Silver]

Cool, then it's just my software then.

Looks like you're having fun with it.

[Matt Chase]

We have the same tablet!

Those look nice, kind of a more 'cartoony' style. Really digging the shading in the vase picture. What program are you using?

[Britney♥Bieber]

These look really good!!