Comments on: Wacom vs Ink

By: Stewbie

Stewbie — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 13:35:32 +0000

Ahhhh….I see. There are a few wacom vids on youtube. I’d buy one but 1) I don’t draw 2) the fucking price of them! What’s the story Bob are you making an appearance at the thing in The Royal Dublin in May? I might get a table at it, it’d be good to meet you and steal your thoughts.

By: Bob Byrne

Bob Byrne — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 09:31:49 +0000

Hey bro, the thing that you don’t realise about the wacom is that it’ll free up your style and make you ink stronger. A day of fiddling around and you’ll be ready to rock. Especially for the webcomics you do, you can add colours and backgrounds in a sec. Download the 60 day Painter trial. Thanks for the Captivate link, will get it now.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 08:46:04 +0000

Ah, the old digital vs manual drawing thing. Didn’t realise there was that much of a difference in speed for you Bob, I presume it’s even more extreme if you include the time you’d spend on the original pencil sketch. And yet still I remain an obstinate bugger about it. (Well, I’m moving in the general direction of drawing digitally, just need to set aside time to practice and get the hang of drawing with the mousepen….)

Speaking of screencapture videos, there’s software called Captivate that we use in work to make training videos. That might do the trick for you…

By: Bob Byrne

Bob Byrne — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 08:39:44 +0000

Long live the machines you bum.

Nice one Claire, my thoughts on Morrisey are well known. It’s not gay to fancy him and I’ve always said if I had to ride a bloke, HAD to, gun to the head etc it’d be….Dot Cotton. How did you not read all of it? It’s not the Great Gatsby, you’d finish it in 10 minutes.

Totally agree about the downside being that you don’t have finished art. But you’re saving the environment or something.

By: Bonzo

Bonzo — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 23:46:52 +0000

Death to the machines!!!! >:

By: Claire

Claire — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 18:51:48 +0000

Just saw your pic on the o’briens site. Bit of a Morrisey thing going on there B!
You look friendlier than I imagined tho
Got the new Shiznit on Saturday but havent read all of it yet. You didn’t mention the one big downside of digital art though, there’s no finished art for you to either sell or display….

By: c.

c. — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 08:26:46 +0000

This is like when Dylan went electric…

By: Bob Byrne

Bob Byrne — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 08:22:17 +0000

oh yeah forgot, anybody know how to record your screen? Painter records all your actions and then plays them back high speed. It’s deadly

By: Bob Byrne

Bob Byrne — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 08:21:13 +0000

Yeah I know man it’s weird. Did you see what the Farmer’s Journal said about me?Nothing, because they don’t review books.

Stewbie, part of me wants to call you a gobshite but to be honest I was a bit fuzzy about how it would work before trying it. The Wacom is the pen mouse and the base/tablet. You scan the pencil art in with a scanner and then in Painter or Photoshop you pick a brush and draw over it on another layer. The pen has buttons on the side of it and then the nib is pressure sensitive. And if you press all the buttons and Ctl+Ice Cream, Ice cream comes flying out of your speakers.

By: collie e

collie e — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 23:56:15 +0000

‘The first book from an original and exciting new author’ Woman’s Way

now that my friend is fuckin insane!!!