So, my brother came and reclaimed his tablet PC. Well that was fine, I guess, as it was a finicky piece of hardware and generally falling apart. Also it was his and I suppose I didn’t have much say in the matter. However it left me in an awkward spot with respect to my comic — what was I supposed to draw on now?
I knew I didn’t want to quit, so I selected a USB drawing tablet and elected to carry on. I have no idea what kind of research I did. Probably very little. I’m sure I’d heard Wacom was a good brand. Anyway, what’s a little funny is that I seem to be under the impression that nothing would really change in terms of the artwork, but in hindsight switching to the tablet is what really began the evolutionary shift to the way my drawings look today.
I don’t think I could have moved forward on that tablet PC. It’s anyone’s guess if I would even be doing the comic today if I’d have had to keep dealing with that thing. [May 4, 2011]
So yeah, got the new hardware. Comic will not look quite the same as I can’t make Windows Journal (my previous software of choice) work in a non-Tablet edition Windows.
(if you know a way you tell me as soon as possible plz kthx)
So now it’s “Corel Painter Essentials 2” FTW, and a somewhat different brush for drawing. Not to mention a somewhat more intuitive interface for me to make with the drawings on. Will the art “improve”? Not likely, at least not in ways that most will ever notice. But that’s okay.
To conclude: my new Graphire thingy is a lot of fun, and I look forward to continued enjoyment from creating more Interesting Times!
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