Amaziograph for ipad
It’s got a nice weight to it that allows for cleaner, more stable strokes. In my personal opinion, I even like the feel of the iPencil better than the Wacom Cintiq stylus. What started off as essentially a giant iTouch has evolved into a powerful hand-held designing device. The iPad has come a long way since it’s first launch in 2010. It’s all you really need for clean line-work.Īdobe may be leading the industry with design software, but the major leader for design hardware is, as always, Apple. The follow up question I always get after finding out I draw in Photoshop is…what brushes do you use? The answer: The default round brush. I always start with a canvas at least 300dpi, but often draw in 600dpi just in case. The degree of fidelity you get with drawing directly into Photoshop is one of the main reasons for this. I use Adobe Photoshop for most of my illustration work. Sure, there’s CorelDraw and other applications of the sort, but nothing has come close (yet) to the power of Adobe. It’s kind of just a fact now that Adobe is the industry standard for graphic design. If I had to start over (and wasn’t gifted an Intuos), I would definitely save for the pen display from the beginning instead of using a non-display pen tablet. 2. It is a pen display, rather than just a tablet, so it feels more natural looking down at your hand movements than looking up at a screen and away from your hand’s movements. Drawing on a Cintiq has more similarities with traditional drawing than using an Intuos. (The extra $$$ for the touch model was well worth it.) Once I went to the Cintiq, there really wasn’t any going back. I purchased a used Wacom Cintiq 24HD Touch. It takes some getting used to, but in no time it’ll be second nature.Īfter a few years, I finally had enough in savings to take the dive. This shouldn’t be something to discourage you. To be frank, it is not the simplest task in the world to go from drawing traditionally on paper while watching your hand directly, to drawing on a tablet while looking up at a screen. The Intuos model line from Wacom is one that does not have a screen-built into it. The choice was made for me when my brother gifted me a Wacom Intuos tablet for my birthday when I was 14. There’s so many options! From the smart pads or Bamboo models, to the Intuos or Cintiq, the choices can be overwhelming. Just saying ‘Wacom’ by itself can open up a whole can of worms. I’ve been asked it enough that it warrants taking the time to write a post just for it, so here it is all in one place: the tools I use to create my digital pieces. One of the most frequently asked questions I receive as a digital artist (and I could safely assume all other digital artists as well) is: What tools do you use? After that, a close second is, what brushes do you use? It can be eternally paralyzing to the mind when you decide to open the door of endless possibilities with digital medium. With traditional mediums, there’s brushes and pens, and sure there’s all the colors, but you’re still limited to what you can buy in the finite aisles of the arts & supplies store. There’s also some drawbacks to fully taking the plunge into pixel-world and that includes the vast array of tools and technology options to work with. There’s many upsides to deciding to go digital for an artist it’s easier to prep for print, in the case of vector artists’ it’s already high res and ready for anything, it saves time having to scan in traditionally made pieces, the list goes on.