I bought a new graphics tablet recently

Old Plympto · Post by **Old Plympto** » 2005-09-05 05:29am

So I thought I'd draw a stormtrooper and post it here.

Yeah, I know the color splotches and shadows look unnatural. Gimme some more time to practise with it. It's 100% digital, btw. Sketched and colored in the computer.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2005-09-05 05:52am

You know, I'd stab someone in the throat for one of those...

Nice image, by the way. I don't mind the splotches at all, personally.

How much did your's cost?

Comosicus · Post by **Comosicus** » 2005-09-05 06:35am

Nice job. You do have talent.

Can you give us more details on the tablet? Like picture, or a link and price

Old Plympto · Post by **Old Plympto** » 2005-09-05 06:44am

Thanks Spanky & Cosmo.

Here's a link to the specs. This here is a picture of the tablet still in the box:

The smear on the plastic is chocolate from my son's fingers. The price as you can see in the picture is 330 ringgit. Which is just under a 100 bucks.

KhyronTheBackstabber · Post by **KhyronTheBackstabber** » 2005-09-05 06:48am

Sweet. I needs to get me one of these.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2005-09-05 07:40am

Yeah, you're right, just checked on Amazon and they're about $100.

Ringgit? What country's currency is that?

Old Plympto · Post by **Old Plympto** » 2005-09-05 07:44am

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Yeah, you're right, just checked on Amazon and they're about $100.

Ringgit? What country's currency is that?

Malaysia. I'm from the same place kheegan's from.

Lord Poe · Post by **Lord Poe** » 2005-09-05 07:45am

Do those tablets have things like MS Paint would have? Like straight line tools, fill tools, etc?

Old Plympto · Post by **Old Plympto** » 2005-09-05 07:53am

Lord Poe wrote:Do those tablets have things like MS Paint would have? Like straight line tools, fill tools, etc?

It's actually just a hardware that replaces the mouse in function, except that it has the extra feature of pressure as an input variable. If it's plugged in I can use it to open web pages, pull drop down menu, click on buttons, scroll just like any mouse, except that you're holding a stylus on the tablet.

Coming back to your question, Wayne, you can use the tablet with MS Paint, but bundled with the hardware is a program called Painter Classic which is of course several orders of magnitude better than MS Paint.

Lord Poe · Post by **Lord Poe** » 2005-09-05 08:01am

Old Plympto wrote:Coming back to your question, Wayne, you can use the tablet with MS Paint, but bundled with the hardware is a program called Painter Classic which is of course several orders of magnitude better than MS Paint.

Ah, thanks! Dalton turned me on to these things some time ago, but I still havent bought one.

Old Plympto · Post by **Old Plympto** » 2005-09-05 09:19am

Here's something I just cooked up using the tablet with Photoshop.

Melchior · Post by **Melchior** » 2005-09-05 11:00am

I have the same model of graphic tablet and I am quite fond of it. It is rather sturdy and decently accurate.
Still, a full version of Painter, instead of the Classic one, would have been welcome.

Pick · Post by **Pick** » 2005-09-05 02:49pm

Very nice work!

I remember when I first got a tablet (Intous 2 or however it's spelled) and simply squealed with joy

. They're awesome, aren't they? With practice you can get some super effects, and I see you're already working at in.

Something I might advise though, is stick with your monochromes like Batman for a bit (it really helps as you get the hang of pressure and value on computer), and also, if you're ever thinking of a new programme, Open Canvas 4 is actually a VERY good, very, very cheap one that you can download and activate online. It's what I use for my digital work (granted I haven't done any for a while...)