Lordfly Digeridoo

So a few years ago I got a Wacom tablet (graphire 400 series, the small one) as a gift. I used it a few times, got extraordinarily frustrated with it, and tossed it into a storage bin.

I found it a few days ago. Now I can't draw. I also can't paint. My brain doesn't work very well in 2d. It's why I do SL stuff instead of drawing fantastic thingies.

That being said, I downloaded a copy of ArtRage (ArtRage 2.5 Home) and started dinking with it. It's pretty cathartic, really. The program can simulate various drawing surfaces, and also simulated various drawing tools like oil paints, chalk, pencils, etc. Each one acts differently on different surfaces. Paint swirls together, dries over time, etc. I like it more than photoshop. It feels much more... I dunno, simulationy rather than precise digital drawing, you know?

Anyways, I made my first painting. Yes, it's lame, but I spent the entire weekend trying to de-stress from my job and find something creative to do, and this was what I came up with about an hour ago.

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Cristiano

My favorite program of all time, hands down, is Painter. I was afraid Corel would fuck it up when they got ahold of it, but they have continued to improve it. Check it out sometime, there is a demo. It's not as cheap as AR, but it has a lot more options and is the absolute best program for creating digital artwork based on real world art media.

Painter 11 – digital painting software and photo painting software

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Lordfly Digeridoo

I downloaded the demo, but I couldn't get it to do anything I wanted it to do.

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Fox Stirling

Paint Tool Sai is a really nice little painter app. It works very well with tablets, and has a bunch of ways to optimize your interface for your specific tablet habits.

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Toritoys Tigerpaw

Painter's always been a catastrophe with all its strange crashes and quirks, but I loooove what can come out of it after a good battle.

Cristiano

Have you tried recent versions of it? Painter 11 has been rock solid for me, and Corel has really gone to great lengths to make it more accessible without dumbing it down.

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Toritoys Tigerpaw

Still on Painter X, and frankly I'm afraid to disturb it now that I've beaten it into submission

eku Zhong

i LOVE my wacom

you dont even need such sophisticated tools .. i have made some pics on facebook grafitti even that are more than decent.

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Lordfly Digeridoo

Yes, well, you're an actual artist I can barely hold a pencil correctly.

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eku Zhong

your pic has way more feeling than mine..
after so much training i find it hard to just let go and draw something from the heart..

i love your sky..

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