heya,
i jus wondering wether its worth buying one of those drawing pad (dunno what they're called).
Im reasonably skilled at drawing with a mouse, but im thinking it might be worth getting a drawing pad jus to speed up my game making.
anyway, how much are they abouts and how od they handle?
thanx
-a chicken
Wacom's Tablet Wizard (http://www.wacom.com/tabletwizard/index.cfm) will ask you some questions to find out which one you should get. Wacoms are the best bet in my opinion.
They are the best I've ever worked with/on.
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I have definitely not regretted getting one. I have Wacom Graphire 2. Costs about 100$, I think.
How useful it is for you depends on your style and workflow. If you like painting freehand, as if you were really painting - it's definitely what you should get. If you're more of a pixel-pusher and like using line tools and paint-buckets, it may not be for you. Then again, I, for example, changed the way I work when I got the tablet.
It takes some time to get used to it however. The first couple of times I used the tablet I was kind of disappointed. I really couldn't make any straight lines or anything I would want to see in a game. However, it got better really soon. Especially after finding the smoothing tool in PS.
I personally think it's worth it. You could spend the money in much useless things. OK, that doesn't sound that good. :)
hmm $200, i was hoping i could pick one up for about £50 lol
ahh well cheers anyway darth
-a chicken
You could find one for £50, but it would lack a lot of cool features that you'd probably want to upgrade to get anyway.
Hi, chicken
I have Graphire 2 and I´m quite satisfied with it so far.
If you feel put off by it´s small size, let me assure you that it should be enough for you unless you are going for Autocad designs or stuff. You´ll get used to it quickly. Personally I don´t think you should need more as you have only worked with mouse so far. It has almost the same features as higher end tablets, such as Intuos have, only it´s smaller. But think: how much space do you use while drawing with mouse? As for price, I think if you do some search you can get a good deal. I got mine for $ 49.99 at Circuit City (USA) - it was a sale though but I guess you could get a decent tablet for around fifty quid. Maybe check out Wacom Volito. But I would STRONGLY recommend you to get Wacom and nothing else . It will save you a lot of troubles and frustration.
jaz
I just got my wacom working after 5 months without it, it's better than I remembered. Nothing beats the way the pen moves on the surface of a wacom tablet, it's much better than the Aiptek tablet I've been using which is double the size.
I have the smallest Graphire 2 by the way.
I bought a Cintiq 15X.
It's much better than my old tablet! Plus I got the boss to pay for it.
I also have a wacom, but I personally like better to draw on paper and then scan it in. With a drawing tablet you have lesser grip, and i like to have some grip to the pencil
I agree, sketching is much more fun and easier with pencil and paper. However, graphics tablet isn't trying to rival those tools. I think it's more meant for coloring work (and of course CAD and whatever). It's a lot easier to color an image and practice painting with a graphics tablet than oil paints or the kind.
I don't even want to think how much canvas I would've wasted practicing, had I used real paints. Anyway, that's just my opinion. Real paints are of course the number one choice when making 'real' art. You know what I mean. :)
Quote from: Pessi on Fri 16/01/2004 13:12:17
Real paints are of course the number one choice when making 'real' art. You know what I mean. :)
Couldn't agree more. I certainly wouldn't want some printed image hanging on my wall. I want the real thing :)
That's not to say tablet is a bad thing- hell no! When it comes to printed media, book illustrations and other "commercial" art, it's a *must* and, honestly, a real blessing :)
About drawing with tablet- agree here too. I was always using tablet for coloring only (the results depends too much on "luck" or numerous redrawings of the same lines/shapes).
well seing as i havnt even got a scanner yet :p then i think i'd better get one first.
thanx guys
- a chicken