First try with a WACOM (Large picture)

[bush_monkey]

Well, I took the plunge and bought myself a Wacom Graphire 4 XL (A5 size) last tuesday. I'm loving it! I can't believe I've drawn on the computer for years without one. Here's a picture I did today:

[Cluey]

Whoa, the shading on that kicks liberal amounts of arse!

[ManicMatt]

While that picture is GREAT! You have made one eye smaller than the other...

A mistake I have made myself before!

[Nikolas]

Ok. everything I've seen in this thread is very very good. And I have udnerstood this:

If I go and by a WACOM tablet (A5 or A6), I will automatically do better pictures. Is this true? Should I go and buy one?

bush_monkey I like your picture very much.

[ildu]

Ok. everything I've seen in this thread is very very good. And I have udnerstood this:

If I go and by a WACOM tablet (A5 or A6), I will automatically do better pictures. Is this true? Should I go and buy one?

bush_monkey I like your picture very much.

If you are actually talented and you've found pencils and other methods to be either too annoying or lacking, the tablet will probably help in becoming a better artist. On the other hand, if you've never drawn anything in your whole life, it probably won't magically give you mastery abilities. What is most exciting is that colouring and painting is really easy.

[ManicMatt]

Is there a way of makng the cursor darker in photoshop? I can barely see when I'm drawing! I can make into a brush instead, but that's hardly accurate.

[ildu]

Well, your cursor depends on the brush you're using. If you're using a brush that imitates pencils, it may seem hard to see the one-pixel cursor. There are ways of customizing the cursor, but I've never screwed with it myself.

[bush_monkey]

Whereas it's true that a natural ability to draw is a must, I've never been so good at painting. I've just never been able to blend colours very well without turning the whole picture into brown  But it's an absolute dream in Painter!

[Cluey]

Is there a way of makng the cursor darker in photoshop? I can barely see when I'm drawing! I can make into a brush instead, but that's hardly accurate.

I use a size 3 brush, for finer lines and a 5 for larger lines.

[ildu]

I use a size 3 brush, for finer lines and a 5 for larger lines.

Well, that depends entirely on the the size of your canvas. I usually draw on over 2000x2000 pixel canvases, so my minimum for a brush is probably around 10.

[bush_monkey]

here's a more finalised version of my pic:

[Cluey]

Nice, the eyes are still off though