nemesis wrote:
> stbenge wrote:
>> Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> When we purchase things, we try very hard to purchase things that 
>>> will last.  With the Intuos4 tablet, the one thing that I've read 
>>> about is that the nibs wear down faster than with the Intuos3 and the 
>>> Bamboo tablets.  I don't know that I'll notice it as much as a 
>>> professional graphic artist, but we'll see.
>>
>>
>> I'll see too, since I'm most definitely going to buy one :) I can't 
>> wait :D
> 
> to appetize you:
> http://i38.tinypic.com/k526mv.png
> 
> :)
> 
> shading not so great, though...

It's pretty good :) It looks like natural media.

The possibilities... I keep thinking about all the things to try... 
Stippling, oil painting, sketching, that classic R. Crumb-style cartoon 
ink shading... It's going to be fun ;)

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just as an update, I've opened a gallery at:

http://forum.ogimp.com.br/index.php/topic,461.0.html

with my doodles.  I've been playing with a wonderful collection of 
brushes, patterns and palette presets called Gimp Paint Studio:

http://code.google.com/p/gps-gimp-paint-studio/

kicks major butt and allow things like this:

http://i38.tinypic.com/2ly3ce1.jpg

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On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:38:31 -0200, nemesis wrote:

> just as an update, I've opened a gallery at:
> 
> http://forum.ogimp.com.br/index.php/topic,461.0.html
> 
> with my doodles.  I've been playing with a wonderful collection of
> brushes, patterns and palette presets called Gimp Paint Studio:
> 
> http://code.google.com/p/gps-gimp-paint-studio/

Cool, I hadn't heard of this before...will have to check it out. :-)

Jim

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nemesis wrote:
> just as an update, I've opened a gallery at:
> 
> http://forum.ogimp.com.br/index.php/topic,461.0.html

Ah, some new stuff! My favorites are still the black panther and the 
stoner-looking guy.

> with my doodles.  I've been playing with a wonderful collection of 
> brushes, patterns and palette presets called Gimp Paint Studio:

I have a slooow (24 Kbps) dial-up connection and may not be able to d/l 
the bonus programs that come with the pad, so I hope Gimp performs as 
well as they supposedly do :D

The waiting is just horrible :S My recent attempts in Gimp really 
_underline_ my need for a graphics pad... Maybe I can finally order it 
today or tomorrow...

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stbenge escreveu:
> nemesis wrote:
>> just as an update, I've opened a gallery at:
>>
>> http://forum.ogimp.com.br/index.php/topic,461.0.html
> 
> Ah, some new stuff! My favorites are still the black panther and the 
> stoner-looking guy.

bwahaha.  gotta really learn to paint better... :)

>> with my doodles.  I've been playing with a wonderful collection of 
>> brushes, patterns and palette presets called Gimp Paint Studio:
> 
> I have a slooow (24 Kbps) dial-up connection and may not be able to d/l 
> the bonus programs that come with the pad, so I hope Gimp performs as 
> well as they supposedly do :D

GPS is 6 megs. :/

well worth it though.  I remember a time when I downloaded the emacs 
editor with a 54Mbps dialup connection.  Some 4 hours for about 50 MBs I 
believe...

> The waiting is just horrible :S My recent attempts in Gimp really 
> _underline_ my need for a graphics pad... Maybe I can finally order it 
> today or tomorrow...

Just hope it doesn't get you far away from povray... :P

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nemesis wrote:
> stbenge escreveu:
>> nemesis wrote:
>>> http://forum.ogimp.com.br/index.php/topic,461.0.html
>>
>> Ah, some new stuff! My favorites are still the black panther and the 
>> stoner-looking guy.
> 
> bwahaha.  gotta really learn to paint better... :)

I've heard of people doing their sketches of paper first, scanning them, 
and then inking/painting with the tablet over that. I'll probably adopt 
that method myself, at least until I become proficient with the pad.

Just keep practicing! You can use Blender and POV-Ray to get an idea of 
how light falls on surfaces, using simple models as examples. Also, I 
think modeling clay and a lamp can be very helpful for figuring out the 
mechanics of light.

>>> with my doodles.  I've been playing with a wonderful collection of 
>>> brushes, patterns and palette presets called Gimp Paint Studio:
>>
>> I have a slooow (24 Kbps) dial-up connection and may not be able to 
>> d/l the bonus programs that come with the pad, so I hope Gimp performs 
>> as well as they supposedly do :D
> 
> GPS is 6 megs. :/

6 megs isn't too bad. Some of those art programs can run into the 
hundreds... Maybe I can use my download manager to acquire them in 
chunks, maybe not :/

> well worth it though.  I remember a time when I downloaded the emacs 
> editor with a 54Mbps dialup connection.  Some 4 hours for about 50 MBs I 
> believe...

Some of my recent downloads have had to be completed overnight. My 
internet connection is at odds with the house phone :(

>> The waiting is just horrible :S My recent attempts in Gimp really 
>> _underline_ my need for a graphics pad... Maybe I can finally order it 
>> today or tomorrow...
> 
> Just hope it doesn't get you far away from povray... :P

Any further than I am now? Not likely! POV will always have its uses, 
mostly in the technical realm.

I can see how having a graphics tablet may become useful for sketching 
scene ideas and then finishing them with POV, Blender and other tools...

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stbenge escreveu:
> I can see how having a graphics tablet may become useful for sketching 
> scene ideas and then finishing them with POV, Blender and other tools...

don't forget actually drawing your own dirt textures to apply over 
procedurals... :)

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stbenge wrote:
> I've heard of people doing their sketches of paper first, scanning them, 
> and then inking/painting with the tablet over that. 

My wacom tablet comes with a clear plastic flap exactly for that purpose.

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On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:23:04 -0700, Darren New wrote:

> stbenge wrote:
>> I've heard of people doing their sketches of paper first, scanning
>> them, and then inking/painting with the tablet over that.
> 
> My wacom tablet comes with a clear plastic flap exactly for that
> purpose.

Yeah, I know for the Intuos4 you can get something like that as well.

Jim

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nemesis wrote:
> well worth it though.  I remember a time when I downloaded the emacs
> editor with a 54Mbps dialup connection.

You surely mean kbps?

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