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At 10/3/06 07:58 PM, TomFulp wrote: who are some popular artists on the site who are still drawing with the mouse and would like to upgrade to a tablet?

Tom! I know this is six pages in but please!!!!! hook me up with a tablet! please! It would would come in so handy for my universe it course!

this is what we're learning this year (I LOVE BRAGGING!):

C, java, AS, HTML, XHTML, CSS, MAYA, Photoshop

Tom. hook me up!

I hate everyone!

Well i'm in the popular artists list when I submit where it says "We also have new submissions by the following popular artists." I used to have a very crappy $50 table by medion but it broke. It would mean the world to me If I were entered into some giveaway to win a drawing tablet, because I can whip up some very neat art with them. I was thinking about entering the halloween contest, too.

At 10/4/06 08:22 PM, Seasons wrote: Cool, you're in gameinformer.

Yeah I saw that ad page in the magazine, I was like O_O. I grabbed the mag from my friend bryan. It had alot of stuff I never knew about the behemoth.

At 10/3/06 07:58 PM, TomFulp wrote: We've started a recent initiative to provide WACOM tablets to needy artists who have been drawing with the mouse. The idea originally came from Dan Paladin of Alien Hominid / the Behemoth fame and we will be making it a regular giveaway. I'm feeling antsy, so I thought I would ask - who are some popular artists on the site who are still drawing with the mouse and would like to upgrade to a tablet?

I love drawing, and I'm using a mouse. I really like the idea of the monthly art contest too. I will be participating as much as possible. I don't know much about tablets though.

:)

I'm on it (halloween stuff)!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm gonna make a Stickman Sam-style game. With zombies and stuff.

At 10/3/06 08:14 PM, MetalDart wrote: I'm over 3650 experience, yet I'm only Ranked # 2,549. It's top 2000 ACTIVE users. I believe you have to have at least 3000 exp., deposit your experience most days for each month, and (maybe) bbs and portal activity.

Trust me, you don't need BBS and portal activity ;) A look at my total number of posts and submissions should tell you that.

I think that Tom's Wacom initiative is a very interesting idea. I have another one that might also be really cool. How about this:

Newgrounds can buy wacom tablets in bulk (which would make the price per tablet be fairly low) and them sell them to Newgrounds users who want one for roughly the same price that they originally cost. To prevent abuse, perhaps the Newgrounds user would first have to be active for a few months (to prevent people from signing up JUST for the deal and then leaving).

I, for example, would love to have a wacom. Of course I don't expect to get one free as I haven't yet submitted a single animation (I can't draw with a mouse, so I'm scanning hundreds of pencil drawings to make my first one). But I would love to buy one at a lower cost. I think that this would be a very nice thing for Newgrounds to offer, and it would probably make the quality of submissions get higher overall. Also, you'd get more artists signing up.

A wacom tablet would be sooooooo good...mouse is so frustrating!!!
Anyway, I was wondering, because I can't be bothered looking through the whole thread, has Tom actually defined what a popular artist is? Is it someone who gets in the list of "submissions by popular atists" or whatever...but that's alot of people though....I find it hard to believe NG could give away that many tablets, or maybe your going by batting average...or maybe tom's regretting saying he'd give away tablets after the amount of pm's hes probly been getting!

I'm definatly not popular but I've dreamed about Wacom tablets, especially the ones with the screens, that would make life alot more easier than drawing with this little mouse. Its awesome to knkow you guys really like to help out your fans and friends (:

I don't know if it counts or what, but in all honestly, I could use a Wacom Tablet.

I've already dreamt of having one, just to see if it would help me out or not, when it came to drawing images in Flash, etc.

And my partner that I work with on just about everything(he's the main animator of our projects) could use one probably. We'd end up sharing it and such.

But alas, we'll have to wait and see what they decide.

Man, Newgrounds is so cool.

You can be sure that I got my votes in for this month! Like any right that has been earned, it should be exercised. Nice Halloween theme going on here, btw!

I wonder how gruesome you're dick is Tom.

Making music is fun!

YaY

At 10/3/06 07:58 PM, TomFulp wrote: Voting for the best of September is now taking place! If you were one of the top 2,000 ranking users who was active last month, you should see a link to VOTE when you access your account options page.

Raising the filesize limit sure has made it difficult to choose the best movies and games this month. I must have spent a good hour making my selection this time, as opposed to about 15 minutes just checking out the titles of the animations I loved

i'm an artist that needs an art pad.
unfortunately i'm not a popular artist (i didn't submit anything yet) so, damn.

sigh :(

Wacom tablets for needy artists? XD lolz sounds like some kind of charity! Although I'd say wait until Christmas if you're serious because it fits better with the old season of good will and all that jazz... personally I've had an A5 tablet for about 2 years now, but i don't think I quite qualify for the popular artist category yet anyway XD anywho later peeps...

P.S. I was able to vote on my own movies for the top 10 of the month Tom someone in admin might wanna fix that... XD

At 10/5/06 02:30 AM, blue-midget-guy wrote: I wonder how gruesome you're dick is Tom.

sig stealer >:(~

How would somebody that has a $300+ program not be able to afford a tablet?
...Unless of course, they're PIRATES!!!

At 10/5/06 02:08 PM, wwwyzzerdd wrote: How would somebody that has a $300+ program not be able to afford a tablet?
...Unless of course, they're PIRATES!!!

I still use the original FlashMx.

Cost me 100 bucks. BOOYAH

I'm only 1872 ranks away from being able to vote! =(

Wooo first time to vote :D

thats great. the header looks good.

Damn, dont get to vote.

Also, good idea with the wacoms. But most of the great artists use them anyway?

Its gonna be hard... but ill find someone.

Im still drawing with a mouse :(

My votes for the past month of September:

for those of you who are bummed because you don't feel like you are a popular artist, do not fret. this initial wacom or two that tom is looking to send out is a special occasion for people who have been using the mouse all this time while busting their butts to please people with their flash.

the idea that he was referencing is not regarding popular flash artists. this would be a chance for someone who is not a popular artist to prove why he is the most deserving, and to prove he has passion for creating stuff in general. there'll be an official post about all this later. save your "why i deserve a wacom tablet" text for the moment since there will be a specific place that it will be reviewed later.

for those YOU WHO DON'T READ ANYTHING--do not get bummed if you aren't a popular artist ....because this whole initial idea i suggested is tailored just for YOU guys!

huzzah!

PigPEN should get a TABLET!!!!!!

YYES! His earthquake girl animation rocked, totally.
Give one to him Tom :3

At 10/3/06 07:58 PM, TomFulp wrote: We've started a recent initiative to provide WACOM tablets to needy artists who have been drawing with the mouse. The idea originally came from Dan Paladin of Alien Hominid / the Behemoth fame and we will be making it a regular giveaway. I'm feeling antsy, so I thought I would ask - who are some popular artists on the site who are still drawing with the mouse and would like to upgrade to a tablet?

This is very generous of you guys. I alrady have some sort of tablet (its not WACOM, its Aiptek) but it has been giving me some major lag problems. I'm not exactly expecting a tablet... it would probably be better if you guys sent tablets to the other popular artists that actually dont have anything except a mouse.

At 10/3/06 07:58 PM, TomFulp wrote: - who are some popular artists on the site who are still drawing with the mouse and would like to upgrade to a tablet?

I may not be a popular artist on this site but I have a lot of stuff on retrogade and am interested