the deed is done--buyer's guilt time!

[revulo]

I ordered an Intuos4 tablet. Large. And I'm going to hunt for a new monitor tomorrow.
I feel kinda freaked out about it. Like a virgin about to have sex with a guy that's...very endowed.

...the simile was very appropriate, I assure you.

I'm budgeted until the next pay period, I've got quite a bit of money to spare. Why am I so freaked out?

Comments

[kimberly_t]

"I'm budgeted until the next pay period, I've got quite a bit of money to spare. Why am I so freaked out?"

Maybe because you feel you're now expected to create masterpieces; artwork worthy of the expensive equipment? That's a pretty common reaction, or so I'm told.

[revulo]

That is probably it. I'm very nervous because most of the time, I draw small. I'm still learning. I practiced until seven this morning yesterday.

[kimberly_t]

If you're worried about drawing large, why not draw lots of small instead? Practice drawing multi-character scenes, even crowds; there's a lot more opportunity to experiment with pose and composition. I personally find multi-character art, with the characters reacting to each other or having different reactions to one thing, to be more interesting than single-person portraits.

[revulo]

Because then I would have wasted a lot of money. I have a small tablet that's alright for that sort of thing. :p

[kimberly_t]

I guess I'm not understanding how these tablets work. They're basically electronic drawing pads, right? You draw on the pad with an electronic 'stylus' cursor and color in the image as needed, then store or download the finished image to a printer or whatever. Am I right so far? (If not, please correct me

[revulo]

Yup, that all seems to be right. But the image is in the computer--the program--not the tablet, itself. So the size of the tablet doesn't truly matter in that case.

Unless you're talking about a Cintiq. I think that's different, but I'm not sure how that works.

One thing that I am looking forward to is increased sensitivity. I hate having to press down so hard to get a thicker line. It makes me so out of control and wobbly.