Skill or Swipe?

[amadarwin]

You decide.

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[Ra Havok]

Skillful swipe.

[JC Immortal]

looks like he had some fun in photoshop adjusting and blurring the pic...that or he has some mad skills recreating the pic

[JPJ]

He has a whole bunch of youtube vidoes that show how he works.

[bushiboy]

there's just no point, it's ALREADY a picture. If he'd used it as reference for something new, fine. Like, made her a zombie, or maybe what she'd look like as a goblin or something.

[Mase]

After seeing the video, that's definitely skill. I've recreated photos before as a learning/coloring exercise and it's not at all easy.

[amadarwin]

No question, the guy has a good eye. His site is mostly full of caricatures though, and apparently he used a Genius tablet.

I only found him because I was looking into wacom alternatives since I can't afford (or justify getting) the bigger ones but didn't want to sacrifice too much quality skimping out. The M712X seems like a good deal though, and I've been reading good things about these tablets, despite some minor issues. Sure, it lacks the 2048 levels of pressure the wacoms get, but I don't think that's that big of a deal...at least not at my level of art experience.

Anyone have any good experiences with tablets other than wacom?

[CoreyPledger]

No question, the guy has a good eye. His site is mostly full of caricatures though, and apparently he used a Genius tablet.

I only found him because I was looking into wacom alternatives since I can't afford (or justify getting) the bigger ones but didn't want to sacrifice too much quality skimping out. The M712X seems like a good deal though, and I've been reading good things about these tablets, despite some minor issues. Sure, it lacks the 2048 levels of pressure the wacoms get, but I don't think that's that big of a deal...at least not at my level of art experience.

Anyone have any good experiences with tablets other than wacom?

I hear the Bamboo ones are decent, and from what I'm told they're a cheap alternative made by a Wacom side company. I've been wondering about tablets myself though.

[JPJ]

No question, the guy has a good eye. His site is mostly full of caricatures though, and apparently he used a Genius tablet.

I only found him because I was looking into wacom alternatives since I can't afford (or justify getting) the bigger ones but didn't want to sacrifice too much quality skimping out. The M712X seems like a good deal though, and I've been reading good things about these tablets, despite some minor issues. Sure, it lacks the 2048 levels of pressure the wacoms get, but I don't think that's that big of a deal...at least not at my level of art experience.

Anyone have any good experiences with tablets other than wacom?

I've just been using the Wacom Bamboo tablet. It was 70 bucks brand new and is a nice little starter tool for somebody looking to get into digital art. I've pretty much just been using it for cartooning.

[amadarwin]

yeah, but the biggest one - bamboo fun only has a 8.5" x 5.4" live area, whereas for 30 bucks less I get a live area of 12” x7.25”...

Currently, I have a graphire 2, but I have not been able to work at its small size effectively, which is why I want a bigger 'canvas' so to speak.