Is there anyone here who does their sketching with a tablet? I'm curious because I haven't seen anyone produce purely virtual designs.

Anyone?

Hey Audacity

I produce both biro sketches and completely digital work - depending on my mood.

I actually find painter is far better than photoshop for digital sketch feel - but I complete the renders in photoshop.

But its always nice to be free with a biro or crayon before scanning.

I tend to be split 50/50 - sketching straight into photoshop/painter saves time - if you have tight deadlines.

I have a huge 24" widescreen monitor that really helps.

Well, I'm using dual 20" Samsungs for monitors, both jacked to 1600x1200... so I don't think I'm hurting in the screen area department.


It's just that I've been looking at the Wacom Inutos3 12"x9"

Polo mint - can you post up a sketch or two (doesn't have to be rendered) that you've done on a tablet? Can you recommend a way to get "cleaner" sketches? I know that the quicker you move, the more jagged your lines become... which is counter intuative to sketching because you loose line confidence.

Thanks Polo mint (and anyone else who can contribute)

Polo's had longer experience with the time pressures of a pro studio, but I tend to use manual drawing; pen on paper, and then scan and render it with paths. Theres no reason why mouse renderings cant have the life and spontaneity of a Wacom sketch, and 'line confidence' is total because maniupulating the speed of a curve is so easy with Paths.
That said my friend at the next bay uses his intuos all the time and gets great results.
We just want some Cintiqs and then everyone'll be happy.

Yeah... a Cintiq would be great. In school, I had the priveledge of using an ITI Visionmaker, though they seem to have gone out of business.

Is that a good size? The 16"x12" caught by eye too... but I think that may be too big. I'm going to a local art store tomorrow to try one out I think (an Intuos).


Here is the Visionmaker for those who don't know what it is...

http://www.graphics.cornell.edu/research/arch/guysAtTable.jpg

ill dig up some stuff later - i might bung it in the sketch group bit - so it easy to see

for fine lining - I cheat and use paths - especially for final renders

I did post one image in the quick sketch section (completely done in photoshop) :-

http://forums.cardesignnews.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/803609244/m/4861039271/p/9

So what's the concensus about sketching in Alias with the tablet versus PS or some other paint program?

Can someone supply a good tutorial on paths? I'd be super duper happy if it ended up on DT (HINT HINT)


and... bump on my last question

CAnt you just read the Photoshop help file or Google 'Path Tutorial'?

Well, I did

I asked here because it's not as easy as just reading how to do it. To make a sketch, there is far more to the drawing. For example... how do adjust lineweights (width) on the fly?