[dr . bang]

Hi! I recently purchase a wacom and i have a question. For all your art work, do you draw directly on your computer with your tablet or do you usually draw on paper first and then scan in in?

[opticillusion]

Allo. I've been a wacom user for about two years now. At first, I scanned all my drawings that I had, and colored or touched them up.

Now a days, it totally depends on my project. You have to find what you like better. It might save time just to sketch on your tablet, then add a new layer in whatever program you're using, (I reccomend Painter very highly if you just got your tablet), and then continue your drawing. I use this technique for comics and the such. Sometimes, I do a pencil drawing, scan it in, make a new layer in photoshop set to hue, and paint over the pencil lines, but the pencil lines stay in tact.

Basically, there's TONS of possibilities with a tablet just have fun and mess around

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Metavisuals - Portfolio of Patrick Jensen

[Gecko]

I haven't scanned sketches after I got my wacom.

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Gecko
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[SushiMaster]

Well I'm not really a good statistic since before I got my tablet I couldn't really draw anyway, but recently I draw both on paper and on the tablet, but separately. ie I sketch stuff on paper, to learn to draw with a pencil, but I also sketch on the computer, although sometimes I do a pencil sketch to get the proportions and position better for the silhouette, and then draw the silhouette on the comp.

Daniel

[MonkeyBoy]

The first day I had the Wacom up and going, I looked at the screen and said "this is impossable" ..... so I kept drawing all day, untill I did not "see" the interface. It was magic. Now I do all my work, begining to end, on the Wacom... however, I would use any technique that allowed me to get the job done the way I see it in my mind.

Some times, when I have been drawing for 9-10 hours, I find I have my chin resting on the tablet, and the pen in dancing around next to me!



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MonekyBoy

(my muse is back)

[opticillusion]

Here is a link to a page on my site that has an example of a comic I drew fading from my sketch on the wacom (in Painter), the black outlines (in Painter), and the final color still (in Phosothop). Gotta have flash to see it.
http://www.metavisuals.com/lion_flash.html

Making this guy took very little time to get from the sketch phase to inking. Now with scanning and drawing, sometimes I feel I've got to make my drawing look very good on paper before scanning it in. Maybe it's because scanning takes a while, so you want your sketch to be done well.

So basically, it's easier to just sketch on the wacom. It's up to how you like it really.

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Metavisuals - Portfolio of Patrick Jensen

[dr . bang]

Thanks for the reply guys )))))))))))))))

So is this the matter of skills or habits? I see Spooge always draw on paper first and then scan it it....... he sometimes draw directly with wacom too....weird...