The holidays have come and gone, and I am now +1 Wacom tablet. My wonderful wife bought me a Bamboo for Christmas. It's like she read my mind, because I had recently considered picking one up to try out.
I've had a very odd relationship with computer based artwork. The first two years I spent in college, I was actually studying commercial art and graphic design. I did a significant amount of my work on computers. I did pretty well, but never got the feel for working at a computer. Back then, I felt limited with what I could do (keep in mind, these were the days of slide/negative scanners and zip disks, so I actually WAS fairly limited with what I could do).
I see this as trying out a completely new medium since I actually get to use a pen to create my image. I am using the included, essential versions of the software that was included with the tablet, so until I get a feel for it, the pictures will be fairly small. I can't increase the resolution enough to make a legitimate print of any work, so I've decided to just play around a bit.
Here is a piece I worked on today.
View From My Kitchen Window, Facing Northeast digital
I'm still learning and playing, so please feel free to send any feedback or suggest any programs I should try out.
Thanks for reading,
Raygun
