Well I asked my sister about it (she's an insanely good artist, like if she used newgrounds her work would more than likely be frontpaged more often than not) and she says that the size of that tablet makes it just about useless. She said I should save my money for a Medium sized one, what do you think?

At 7/11/10 05:22 PM, JackDGreatest wrote: Well I asked my sister about it...

What do I think?

Is she hot? What's her sign? Tell her to call me.

At 7/11/10 05:22 PM, JackDGreatest wrote: Well I asked my sister about it (she's an insanely good artist, like if she used newgrounds her work would more than likely be frontpaged more often than not) and she says that the size of that tablet makes it just about useless. She said I should save my money for a Medium sized one, what do you think?

well get her to come here then, and yes its easier to use a medium sized one but it depends how often your gunna use it if you wanna spend that much

Well, It totally depends on your drawing style... And since your new; your drawing style will partly depend on what tablet you have...
I do wonder why you ask your insanely good artist sister AFTER you ask us...?

At 7/11/10 07:24 PM, J-qb wrote: Well, It totally depends on your drawing style... And since your new; your drawing style will partly depend on what tablet you have...
I do wonder why you ask your insanely good artist sister AFTER you ask us...?

Because she's kind of a bitch, and doesn't use electronic drawing devices very often, so I figure you guys are used to electronic drawing devices so you'd know more about it than her.

At 7/11/10 09:32 PM, JackDGreatest wrote:

At 7/11/10 07:24 PM, J-qb wrote: Well, It totally depends on your drawing style... And since your new; your drawing style will partly depend on what tablet you have...

Because she's kind of a bitch, and doesn't use electronic drawing devices very often, so I figure you guys are used to electronic drawing devices so you'd know more about it than her.

Well; a tablet is totally different from drawing on paper. If you are used to drawing on big paper, it would take some getting used to the smaller size; but it would take some getting used to the tablet anyways. With a tablet you can zoom (that is, in your art program) so size doesnt matter as much as in traditional media.
Agreed; a bigger tablet is probably better, the questions is if youre willing to invest so much in something that might not be that much better.

So would it be better to improve my ability to draw on only paper? cause I've got all the fancy pants Adobe programs (Flash, Illustrator, Photoshop) and I feel that they're just kind of there since my sister's moved out of my house and I feel I should take advantage of the situation and use these programs to their fullest considering using a mouse with these programs is a pain in the ass and a tablet is much more like pen and paper than a mouse is.

At 7/12/10 09:29 AM, JackDGreatest wrote: So would it be better to improve my ability to draw on only paper? cause I've got all the fancy pants Adobe programs (Flash, Illustrator, Photoshop) and I feel that they're just kind of there since my sister's moved out of my house and I feel I should take advantage of the situation and use these programs to their fullest considering using a mouse with these programs is a pain in the ass and a tablet is much more like pen and paper than a mouse is.

its really up to you; I dont think there is a "better" choice; it just depends on what you want to do; if you want to draw using paper and pencil you should practice with paper and pencil; if you want to draw digitally; you should get a tablet.

So I got My tablet, and I find myself entranced by the way the strokes appear so smoothly O_O

I've been messing around with my tablet and have been having some troubles with Photoshop and Illustrator working, Here's a doodle done in Corel

At 7/25/10 01:31 AM, JackDGreatest wrote: I've been messing around with my tablet and have been having some troubles with Photoshop and Illustrator working, Here's a doodle done in Corel

Issues with the programs in general or with getting your pen pressure to work?
What tablet did you end up buying?

Just the program in general, Gonna reinstall it later. I got the Bamboo Pen, and it works great I'm getting the hang of it and am liking it. Here's a WIP on my Gerald Character done in corel. Still working on line smoothness and details

Progress, gonna put a gun in his raised hand and ad details and work on shading now.

I gived 'im da boomstick. Only colored it to make it stand out more those are not the final colors, And the background isn't final either

At 7/27/10 06:18 PM, JackDGreatest wrote: I gived 'im da boomstick. Only colored it to make it stand out more those are not the final colors, And the background isn't final either

right.....

you suck

At 7/27/10 06:47 PM, sompoop234 wrote: you suck

thank for the constructive criticism, I'll be sure to take all your wonderful advise into consideration.Asshole.

anyway, got bored, got tired, drew this, 10 minute speed sketch thingy.
Title: YOU WOKE THE WRONG DOG.

At 7/27/10 06:20 PM, JackDGreatest wrote:

At 7/27/10 06:18 PM, JackDGreatest wrote: I gived 'im da boomstick. Only colored it to make it stand out more those are not the final colors, And the background isn't final either

right.....

Not bad, not bad. The fingers are a little off, but it's decent for a first time digital piece. After you choose the final colours, make sure to add shading.

I'm working on shading, and the fingers on the gun holding the hand or his free hand, or both? because the color I put on the gun is partially covering some of the line work on the fingers. thanks for the comment, been meaning to check out your shit johnny.

At 7/27/10 07:45 PM, JackDGreatest wrote: I'm working on shading, and the fingers on the gun holding the hand or his free hand, or both? because the color I put on the gun is partially covering some of the line work on the fingers.

For the clenched free hand, put his thumb on the outside, it's much more natural. For his gun-gripping hand, his pointer finger seems rather small and weak. Fatten it up a bit.

thanks for the comment, been meaning to check out your shit johnny.

Don't bother, it's nothing worth checking out =P

for the free hand I took the reference of when I make a fist, I usually put my thumb in so that's why just about all my characters do that but if its more common to have it on the outside I'll do that.

At 7/27/10 08:33 PM, JackDGreatest wrote: for the free hand I took the reference of when I make a fist, I usually put my thumb in so that's why just about all my characters do that but if its more common to have it on the outside I'll do that.

Yeah, if you put your thumb on the inside when you make a fist and you punch something, you're gonna break your thumb.

At 7/27/10 08:44 PM, big-jonny-13 wrote: Yeah, if you put your thumb on the inside when you make a fist and you punch something, you're gonna break your thumb.

well I don't generally punch shit, my fighting tactic is run the fuck away.

I've been working on the background for my pic but that's not what I'm gonna show off right now. This is my woodshop project, Its only halfway done, I'm gonna finish it when I take advanced woods later on.

Here's the background WIP.

Update finished fire and smoke Though I need to blend some of it together still

Progress:

a little variation in background.

Just finished the building one

One of my friends wanted me to draw her a cat so I drew her a cat... and I like how it turned out, I'm surprised honestly. gonna do another but put some time into it