stbenge wrote:
> I managed to download Autodesk SketchBookExpress while having dinner at 
> a friend's house. You can rotate the canvas quite easily, which is good 
> for somebody like me who constantly turns a piece of paper while 
> drawing.

BTW, yes, that's a common technique for getting precise curves. 
Everybody has their best hand positioning for drawing precise curves. 
Didn't thought of that with a tablet.  It indeed feels a bit awkward to 
not have this possibility in Gimp so far, but I've managed to simply do 
everything on the wrist movement alone.

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nemesis schrieb:

>> Indeed. That would be quite exactly what I'd be aiming for, too - if I 
>> had any talent and the necessary patience...
>>
>> ... so I rather wait hours for a 3D render to finish :-P
> 
> and what you do in the mean time?  That's right!  You draw... :)

No, I write POV-Ray patches :-P

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nemesis wrote:
> hahaha, very good, man!  Those are some stylish drawings in a short 
> time!  shame I didn't see it before!

Thanks!

> I knew you'd gonna love it!

Yeah, it's a great tool.

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nemesis wrote:
> stbenge wrote:
>> I managed to download Autodesk SketchBookExpress while having dinner 
>> at a friend's house. You can rotate the canvas quite easily, which is 
>> good for somebody like me who constantly turns a piece of paper while 
>> drawing.
> 
> BTW, yes, that's a common technique for getting precise curves. 
> Everybody has their best hand positioning for drawing precise curves. 
> Didn't thought of that with a tablet.  It indeed feels a bit awkward to 
> not have this possibility in Gimp so far, but I've managed to simply do 
> everything on the wrist movement alone.

What I do is detach the Image> Transform menu to keep it around as a 
rotate palette. You only get 90, 180, & 270 degrees, but it's enough :\

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stbenge wrote:

> Anyway, I said I would post some pics once my tablet came in, so here 
> are a few:
> 
> http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/qq199/stbenge/char8.png?t=1257281871
> http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/qq199/stbenge/Gnome.jpg?t=1257282031
> http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/qq199/stbenge/char6.jpg?t=1257282108
> http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/qq199/stbenge/eye.jpg?t=1257282224

An entire year of drawing classes, and I never once produced anything 
approaching being this good. Kind of depressing, really. I guess I just 
inherantly suck at drawing. :-(

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clipka escreveu:
> nemesis schrieb:
> 
>>> Indeed. That would be quite exactly what I'd be aiming for, too - if 
>>> I had any talent and the necessary patience...
>>>
>>> ... so I rather wait hours for a 3D render to finish :-P
>>
>> and what you do in the mean time?  That's right!  You draw... :)
> 
> No, I write POV-Ray patches :-P

ah, yes, to each his own talent. :)

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clipka wrote:

> Indeed. That would be quite exactly what I'd be aiming for, too - if I 
> had any talent and the necessary patience...
> 
> ... so I rather wait hours for a 3D render to finish :-P

Some of us don't even have the talent to do that...

...so we perform numerical integration instead. ;-)

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Invisible escreveu:
> stbenge wrote:
> 
>> Anyway, I said I would post some pics once my tablet came in, so here 
>> are a few:
>>
>> http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/qq199/stbenge/char8.png?t=1257281871
>> http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/qq199/stbenge/Gnome.jpg?t=1257282031
>> http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/qq199/stbenge/char6.jpg?t=1257282108
>> http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/qq199/stbenge/eye.jpg?t=1257282224
> 
> An entire year of drawing classes, and I never once produced anything 
> approaching being this good. Kind of depressing, really. I guess I just 
> inherantly suck at drawing. :-(

Well, everyone has a special talent:  you have good math skills.  My 
skills at math and povray are kinda poor.  Sam just beat both of us in 
both drawing, math and povray! :D

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>> An entire year of drawing classes, and I never once produced anything 
>> approaching being this good. Kind of depressing, really. I guess I 
>> just inherantly suck at drawing. :-(
> 
> Well, everyone has a special talent:  you have good math skills.

I'm not sure where everybody gets this idea from. I have no idea how to 
perform polynomial division, complete the square, factorise polynomials, 
compute triangle angles or any number of other basic school-level math 
tasks. (Not forgetting of course that I have *no idea* what 7 * 6 is 
without getting out pencil and paper to calculate it.)

> Sam just beat both of us in both drawing, math and povray! :D

Heh. I'm used to being beaten. It's the story of my life...

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Invisible escreveu:
>>> An entire year of drawing classes, and I never once produced anything 
>>> approaching being this good. Kind of depressing, really. I guess I 
>>> just inherantly suck at drawing. :-(
>>
>> Well, everyone has a special talent:  you have good math skills.
> 
> I'm not sure where everybody gets this idea from. I have no idea how to 
> perform polynomial division, complete the square, factorise polynomials, 
> compute triangle angles or any number of other basic school-level math 
> tasks. (Not forgetting of course that I have *no idea* what 7 * 6 is 
> without getting out pencil and paper to calculate it.)

well, I thought your alias mathorchid and Haskell affinity would have 
anything to do with it.  Your fractal renderings too...

How are you supposed to know about basic school-level math stuff when 
you didn't go to a normal school?  And forget that, you're way past that 
basic level, you're now an advanced math geek using computers to do the 
low-level math glue code... :D

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