Today,
I got myself something I have been wanting for quite a long time… a graphical
pen-tablet.
And
not just any pen-tablet, but the Wacom Intuos5 Touch. Yep, only the best for me!
:D
The
tablet is quite large (actually it is the medium sized one with an active area
of 8.8" x 5.5")… but it is sleek and surprisingly light. I like the
sleek , matte blacks used in its design and the pen is very comfortable.
Here
is an image of the unboxing.
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| The Wacom Intuos5 Touch (medium) |
The
tablet comes with the installation DVD with drivers and a DVD with some bundled
software… a Wacom Brush set (to be used with Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Photoshop
Elements), Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 (licensed), Autodesk Sketchbook Express,
Corel Painter Sketchpad. The bundled software is good enough to start off
directly without any issues at all. Of course, I do have the Adobe Master
Collection CS6… so it really didn’t matter so much to me.
As
soon as I installed the necessary software and got the tablet ready, I gave it
a trial run… a 15 minute sketch made with the bristle brushes in Photoshop. It (the sketch) is nothing to write home about…. But just trying out the way the strokes would
translate onscreen.
Here
is the test sketch.
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| The Lone Rider |
I
made a slight boo boo. I should have changed the nib of the grip pen to a felt
tip. My aggressive brush strokes with the plastic nib have marred the beauty of
the tablet’s active surface… already! :(
Well,
I would be careful in the future.
Congrats!
ReplyDeleteNice sketch. See, now THAT is a painted sky (let me know if you didn't get it).
:P I got it...
ReplyDeleteThis was painted with digital brushes and that by nature... Painted toh dono hain! :P
that's a brilliant sketch.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Deb! :)
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