tablet or mouse - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

b_angelo · 06-05-2004, 01:48 PM

I'm not in the class a you all are but I do like to draw and dribble.
I was just wondering what you guys and gals prefer. Using a mouse or those touch sensitive tablets/pads

Bim · 06-06-2004, 12:22 AM

I perfer using a tablet, i have a Wacom i use all the time, its like my lil sketch pad. I don't rember what size i got, but i think its the medium size. Its not that huge Jumbo one, nor is it that lil tiny one either, i belive is about 8x7. But yeah 100% tablet, they work great for long paintings or doodling.

gallopingwanker · 06-06-2004, 09:43 AM

if you draw you need a tablet, that's it...

06-06-2004, 10:36 AM

I just bought a 4x5 wacom graphire 3. It is quite nice but there is a learning curve. I can't draw lines quite right or quite smooth yet. See my next post for my first tablet sketch.

Nancy · 06-07-2004, 03:55 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by gallopingwanker
if you draw you need a tablet, that's it...

you' buying?

Giant Hamburger · 06-07-2004, 07:17 AM

I use the nub on my laptop.

gallopingwanker · 06-07-2004, 08:31 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Nancy
you' buying?

haha, they're cheap enough...99 bucks for a 4x5, not cheap, but not expensive at all...it's what i use, and it's perfect

vermin · 06-07-2004, 12:28 PM

Plain old mouse for goofing around on the computer. When I want to draw something GOOD, I use bic pen on paper. Sometimes pencil, but ink looks better. Scanner's buried under desk litter, so most of what you see from me will be MSpaint, or the photo editing stuff that came with my digital camera (better airbrush).

clavus · 06-07-2004, 04:35 PM

Wacom is where its at!

yakimushi · 06-07-2004, 05:10 PM

Tablets really are superior when drawing and painterly effects are done digitally.

If one cannot afford the elite Wacom (like myself) I suggest looking at the Aiptek series tablets. They're almost as good as Wacoms for about 2/3 the price.

animosity · 06-07-2004, 05:49 PM

i use my mouse... its a ball mouse and its crap, but it gets the job done.

Lewis · 06-10-2004, 11:48 AM

Real hands are good too, then a scanner. Can take a lifetime to master....

06-05-2004, 01:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
b_angelo Tilted	tablet or mouse I'm not in the class a you all are but I do like to draw and dribble. I was just wondering what you guys and gals prefer. Using a mouse or those touch sensitive tablets/pads

06-06-2004, 12:22 AM	#2 (permalink)
Bim Crazy Location: Onett, EagleLand	I perfer using a tablet, i have a Wacom i use all the time, its like my lil sketch pad. I don't rember what size i got, but i think its the medium size. Its not that huge Jumbo one, nor is it that lil tiny one either, i belive is about 8x7. But yeah 100% tablet, they work great for long paintings or doodling. __________________ "If you stay here too long, you'll end up frying your brain. Yes, you will. No, you will...not. Yesno, you will won't." -Guy in Moonside

06-07-2004, 12:28 PM	#8 (permalink)
vermin Indifferent to anti-matter Location: Tucson, AZ	Plain old mouse for goofing around on the computer. When I want to draw something GOOD, I use bic pen on paper. Sometimes pencil, but ink looks better. Scanner's buried under desk litter, so most of what you see from me will be MSpaint, or the photo editing stuff that came with my digital camera (better airbrush). __________________ If puns were sausages, this would be the wurst.

06-07-2004, 04:35 PM	#9 (permalink)
clavus pow! Location: NorCal	Wacom is where its at! __________________ Ass, gas or grass. Nobody rides for free.

06-06-2004, 09:43 AM	#3 (permalink)
gallopingwanker At the Lemonade Stand Location: in a theater near you!	if you draw you need a tablet, that's it...

06-06-2004, 10:36 AM	#4 (permalink)
NotMinus Guest	I just bought a 4x5 wacom graphire 3. It is quite nice but there is a learning curve. I can't draw lines quite right or quite smooth yet. See my next post for my first tablet sketch.

06-07-2004, 07:17 AM	#6 (permalink)
Giant Hamburger Gastrolithuanian Location: low-velocity Earth orbit	I use the nub on my laptop.

06-07-2004, 05:10 PM	#10 (permalink)
yakimushi Addict	Tablets really are superior when drawing and painterly effects are done digitally. If one cannot afford the elite Wacom (like myself) I suggest looking at the Aiptek series tablets. They're almost as good as Wacoms for about 2/3 the price.

06-07-2004, 05:49 PM	#11 (permalink)
animosity on fire Location: Atlanta, GA	i use my mouse... its a ball mouse and its crap, but it gets the job done.

06-10-2004, 11:48 AM	#12 (permalink)
Lewis Artist and author Location: Ireland	Real hands are good too, then a scanner. Can take a lifetime to master....