Thoughts… or the ramblings of a fool

If you can afford it, I’d definitely recommend you get the Intuos3 models. I’ve only had mine for a few days (I used the Graphire™ Tablet 3 x 5 for over five years) but I definitely see the difference. I love that the pressure sensitivity is more intuitive than the Graphire. I also love the fact that it has three (3) extra nibs, one (1) Stroke Nib and one (1) Felt Nib for different feels of the pen.

I’m left-handed, and I like how Wacom added the option to select whether you’re right-handed or left-handed. I also like the palm rest added to the design.

as I continue to use it, I find it a really good addition to my arsenal of hardware. Sketching directly in Painter IX is a breeze once you get the hang of the controls.

The only thing that bothers me is when I boot Painter IX, the eraser nib is sometimes not recognized. I have to reboot the whole system to until it works. I don’t know if its the Windows OS, Painter or the Intuos3. This does not happen though when I use it on Painter IX in OS X.

Just a sketch to free up my creative side, to experiment on anatomy styling, and simply to have fun. I rarely get to draw stuff of my own right now except for the monthly wallpapers, so I kinda miss it.

“If we want to end a disturbing condition in our business affairs, we study that condition. If we wish to correct a mistake in directions, while traveling on vacation, we study a map. That is what we must do with suffering. We must study them just as carefully as any other condition we wish to correct.”

Drawing is easy, what makes it difficult is the unnecessary stress the student unknowingly adds to his process. Awareness of the presence and analysis of the function of these tensions in the process of drawing is vital to draw with ease and relaxation. Not to say that some drawing ‘expresses’ tension, but a drawing ‘drawn’ with tension is different. The latter produces unwanted result.

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