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gigatron · Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2003 7:48 pm

Finally I have my wacom intuos 9x12 with its secksi grey stylus which i got from ebay (a steal deal!) Very Happy

BUT now I am wondering, where do I start, what are some good ways to practice? I downloaded the wacom drivers and pentools (although it was only a buncha filters for photoshop if i remember when i installed it a while back :/) I am wondering though, what were some things you guys did/do to begin with a wacom tablet, what do you do to improve overall, etc... I haven't tried drawing anything, was mostly doodling with brushes in photoshop and painter since its a new gadget i know almost nothing about Smile

Thanks in advance
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haohmaru · Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2003 7:59 pm

gigatron · Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2003 8:08 pm

Wwith the wacom i mean Smile

Well I was just wondering about some heads up tips that may help me, since I have see so many diverse digital styles and well I guess personal style comes with time however people don't often go into great detail on how they like to draw with their wacom so I'm just a bit curious on the subject Smile

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eyewoo · Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2003 9:02 pm

Yeah, really... just jump in and start drawing... Fool around with the configuration interface. Try some different settings for preasure.
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gigatron · Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2003 9:08 pm

I just did some stuff Very Happy

Its really neat! So much weight lifted off then by using a mouse, still I need practice to get used to the whole idea of not looking, i mean with a mouse i did the same but hmm cant explain it, its kinda weird >_< Still fun! I am wondering what are some tutorials for painter? I know there was a thread but i did a search and couldnt find it, i remember an apple tutorial in painter, that same site had a few tuts, i wana do that tutorial with a wacom, anyone got the url to that?
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AndyT · Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2003 11:02 pm

http://www.sumaleth.com/link
http://www.tutorialsearch.com/links.php?op=viewslink&sid=27

Apple?
There's a tutorial @
http://seegmillerart.com/
but that doesn't work right now

gigatron · Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2003 2:19 pm

Thank you SO much, I am just in love with my wacom! This is one of the best investments in computer peripherals in a long time (last piece of computer equipment that was as shocking and tastful was a 3dfx video card Smile

long long long ago heh, this is the newest computer love of mine Very Happy

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gigatron · Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2003 3:09 pm

Is there a mountain tutorial of sort? I am reall bad at drawing and painting mountains Sad

and I visuall love mountains thaught id practice that in real life and in painter, any clue of any tuts of that sort specifically?
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oDD · Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2003 4:38 pm

just paint god damn it Twisted Evil

less talk more painting,now go... run... come back after 100 speedies, and than we will talk Very Happy

(i will tell you to come back after 1000 then)
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Intuos · member Member # Joined: 29 Oct 2000 Posts: 182

Yea really, you're going crazy looking for magical shortcuts. All this time you're spending asking for 49598589489348948489 different tutorials should be spent familiarizing yourself with it. Yeesh!

gigatron · Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2003 5:56 pm

Please don't hurt me ;_; I'll keep drawing Very Happy

I was playing around with water colors and caligraphy (spent like 1 hour just on caligraphy). Damn I wana learn Chinese and Jap characters, or Arabic and then do caligraphy its so addicting (I used to be able to speak/read/write arabic but long ago, kinda remembered some things but damn) Hmm what else, oh ya i did a painting with oils which was neat but the mountains looked awkwards since well im kinda bad at drawing mountains in the first place Very Happy

So I'm gona look for some ref pics, gona go do homework now, damned school, tomorrow asap when i get home im drawing again its so fun! Does anyone here admire chinese art by the way? I just love chinese paintings of landscapes and such, its absolutely stunning Surprised

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gigatron · Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2003 6:20 pm

Hmm I guess it would be advisable to move this to the wip section Shocked

I'm not sure if I can do that hmm, because well im posting a little wip. You see I promised my master to draw him a little logo over the holidays and ive been off and on about ideas so i thaught hmm how about a little character (that resembles him), so I started something almost like a doodle but the leg seems out of place and a buncha other things Razz

Advice and critique very welcome lol (paintovers welcome even though i wont use it just so that i keep it my own work and not take credit)

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Jin · Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2003 10:07 pm

gigatron,

You'll go a long way learning how to use your Wacom by reading about, then using, the controls available in the Painter 7 (or Painter 6) Brush Controls palette's sections.

Painter and Wacom tablets work beautifully together and Painter's brush controls are fascinating once you begin to understand how to use them.

In the Brush Controls palette's General section, are the most basic settings for any brush variant, then other sections fine tune settings for Size, Spacing, etc.

The Expression section is particularly important in relation to your Wacom pen as it allows you to control:

Size, Jitter, Opacity, Grain (Paper texture), Color, Angle, Resat(uration), Bleed, Flow, Feature (bristle density), Depth, Volume, and Nozzle (Image Hose) Rank,

each, in relation to our choice of...

None, Velocity, Direction, Pressure, Wheel, Tilt, Bearing, Source (Clone Source), or Random.

Depending on the brush variant, some of these options may be greyed out, or all may be available.

In combination with the Brush Controls palette's Angle section settings, the Expression section's Direction slider can control whether the brush paints in all 360 degrees, or in any lower number of degrees down to 0 degrees.

Those are only a few examples of how Painter's brushes can be controlled to work with the Wacom pen and it's a lot of fun playing with both the brushes in their default state and when adjusting brush control settings.

Also, if you open a large Canvas and begin testing the existing brush variants in their default state, you may find yourself having painted a great mountain without noticing you were doing it.. or something else terrific.

Experiment for a while and see what happens. If nothing else, you'll begin to get a feel for your Wacom tablet and pen, and for how each of the brush variants paints.

Read the Painter 7 User Guide, Chapter 4 Painting (or Painter 6 User Guide, Chapter 3 Painting) to learn more about Brush Controls and other aspects of Painter's brushes (and how they work with your Wacom tablet and pen).

SMALL TIP: click the "B" key for freehand painting and the "V" key for straight lines.

Happy Painting!

P.S. If I knew Photoshop 7 (or even owned it), I'd offer some tips there too.. sorry. Others will have lots of suggestions for you, once you get going and have some specific questions.