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"1985"

Essentially the concept would be to either create a game that could exist on the hardware available before 1990, and/or make a game with a time setting during any point in the 80s.

http://psd.tutsplus.com/articles/tools/how-to-choose-a-graphics-tablet-that-fits-your-needs/

Nice little discourse on how someone else came to their conclusion and some nice info+resources.

That reminds me of: http://labnol.blogspot.com/2006/08/pervert-or-innocent-what-do-you-see-in.html

* Questionable hangs self...  lol

These are some pretty sick entries so far!

Dirty Harry
Marty McFly(?)
Betty Page
Han(dsome) Solo

What else lies in wait in the bowels of another creative mind? KEEP 'EM COMING!


P.S. Don't forget that the Background Blitz is going on, as well. Pop in there and see if it's something that speaks to you.

Is nobody familiar with humor? 



I.R. Failure... =' [

The reason I went with the Intuos 3 series is because all the pens are compatible with the Cintiq series, which I plan on buying at some point. The Intuos 4 line pens do not work with the Cintiqs, and reportedly the Cintiq and Intuos lines will not be cross compatible for the immediate future.

I used small tablet surfaces but in order to get the level of detail in some of my work I would need to zoom in on a specific area, something I don't like to do. I like to work with my piece entirely visible so I can see how any changes effect the overall image. I'm a pen/pencil artist by trade and I'm just now getting into painting but as soon as I had my first lesson in school, I was able to replicate most of the experience on the Wacom, something I couldn't do with a mouse.

I've tried VisTab, Genius Tablet and some other brand, but the always seem to have lag/not be sensitive enough/be cumbersome. For that reason I decided to mainly look at Wacom. Then, the discounts I received through my school my the difference between a Graphire and an Intuos negligible, why would I not pay $10 for more pressure sensitivity, more accessory support, more size options and a larger established user base? So I was left to decide between Bamboo, Cintiq and Intuos. I would have loved to get a Cintiq but there was no discount and dropping $1,000 on something that I had never touched before didn't seem smart. Between the Bamboo and the Intuos, the Intuos maintains all of it's advantages over the Graphire (although even more-so against the Bamboo series,) however there was a price disparity; even with a discount the Bamboo was much cheaper. Ultimately though, I decided that it was an investment in my future. I bought a dog to force myself to become more responsible, I've lived on my own since I was 17 to force myself to learn how to live independently; I knew that if I made the larger investment I would be more likely to utilize it. If I bought so cheap-o $50 peripheral device it would sit in a drawer next to my desk. If I spent $200, that shit was going to get used... even if I never used it as a drawing tablet it would be in my kitchen as the most expensive chopping block I'll ever own. Luckily, I do use it as a drawing tablet.

Then I needed to decide between the Intuos 2, 3 or 4. The 2 was more expensive than a Graphire, with few additional features; I ruled that one out. The 3 series was the one with the most widely available information and was compatible with the Cintiq. The 4 series had better speed, more pressure points and more accurate pressure reads, it looked sexy as hell, it's programmable buttons had programmable LCD displays and it had a wheel... a wheel... a god-damned wheel.  It was also triple the price of the 3 series. If I'm spending $600 I mind as well save the extra cash and get a second hand Cintiq for $700-800.  So I went with the 3 Series and chose the size that I felt most natural drawing on (which happened to be the second most expensive, in the 3 series...)

I went from scanning pen work, retracing, and coloring with a mouse to: drawing in Photoshop.  A much more simple, more natural and fluid process. Has it radically changed my art? No, it has influenced my art but it's had less of an influence than practice and lessons, however, it RADICALLY changed my work flow. What used to take me an hour now takes minutes, what used to take HOURS now take an hour and the ability to adapt and change and enhance, the sense of freedom is more than worth the price of admission into the "Tablet Club."

I don't think anybody here can disagree that a tablet will help you become a better digital artist, but it a minute change than would be akin to getting a hotter stove for cooking. Sure, your cooking might be slightly better and you'll have more freedom to play with simmers and steams, and high heats and low heats, but ultimately it's the ingredients you choose, the spices you leverage, the care that you cook with, the palette that you taste with and the attention that you prepare with that have a much greater influence on the outcome of the meal.

I think that if you are comfortable with your abilities as an artist a tablet is a smart move for you. If you're serious about improving your art or making art a large part of your life, a tablet might be a smart move for you. But if art is a past-time, if it's ancillary to the rest of your life as opposed to a central component, if it's not something you're going to take seriously or to try and improve, then you should save your money, think about what really DOES matter to you and invest in that instead! And it's okay to feel that way, art isn't for everyone. It's a shitty future, from all accounts, but I know that it's in me and I can't get it out. If that's the case with you, then consider a tablet. If not then it might be time to really think about why you want one, because if it's just to produce better art for your game, you could probably pay someone that DOES feel that way about art $50 and have better stuff than you might be able to produce in years!

We already have a Clint Eastwood sprite...

Still, I use mine so much that I've considered buying a second one just as a backup in case this one ever breaks. I use it all the time now.

4x6 Wacom for Sale!  =P

That's the name I was thinking of... but I couldn't think of it! I got "Betty" but kept thinking "Boop."

Paige is what I was thinking of!  Really well done!

Painter X came free with my small tablet.

what is your small tablet?

A Wacom 4x6 Intuos 3

Is she a 50s pin-up?

Okay, so to throw the ball again. Does Questionable and mr Calin Leafshade want to make a podcast along with me as all of us co-hosts of it?

Yeah, bitches, public poWA!!

YES! I spent all of yesterday getting familiar with Skype... I feel prepared.

Well Photoshop came free from my University. Painter X came free with my small tablet.

I saved my money to buy a large tablet similar to the one that I was used to using at University and I had it for about 2 weeks before my I came home and found that my dog had eaten my mouse and pen...

A replacement for the pen was $50 and a replacement for teh mouse was $60... a small tablet with a mouse and a pen was $90. So I bought the extra tablet. I rarely use the small as I prefer making larger strokes (it feels more natural to me.) However it's nice for travel to be able to have it.

My school has a bunch of different tablets in its various computer laboratories and so I tried several. The Intuos most closely mimiced the feel of drawing on paper and seemed to be the most sensitive. Another feature that I have discovered since buying it is that it doesn't require batteries.

America is not a satifactory answer to either of those questions

The River Nile

and  X^3

are there still people without skype?

do they live in huts?

America

people from Leeds cant talk properly and should be banned from doing so.

Calin Leafshade - from the forests of Nottingham.

Does Calin have Skype?

I just bought two Wacom Intuos 3s about a month ago:

I have a 4x6 and a 9x12    I typically use it with Photoshop because i'm the most familiar with it, although I have used (and like) GIMP. I use Painter X sometimes but I just haven't used it enough to feel comfortable with it yet.

I never used Paint. NET with the tablet but I have used it. I prefer GIMP, but Paint.NET is sufficient for probably 70-80% of users.

I'm in with Dualnames, but I believe we also need a British co-host as AGS is largely based in Leeds...

You know it, baby.

Quit flirting with me in public! I thought we agreed to keep this private...

We're both married men.

I honestly can't remember what I've changed, so: just compare yours vs mine! =P

Sorry, I redrew this in the morning and I just got home now.