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I'm hoping that cough clears up Kilo and that once I get started on the few that I'll get hit with inspiration again. Like I said only a few are locked in at the moment, I don't want to take any more volunteers until I know that i really want to keep going with this.

That's where I left this thread, with a deadline that I forgot about. I'm a bad bad person....so this is what I'm gonna do.

Only a few letters are locked in, C for Crestent, K for kilo, I for Imagesbyalex, M for Massacre Melanie and S for Siouxsie's Mistress.

I'm gonna start working on those to see how this thing is gonna turn out. If it's still as cool as I hope it will be I will continue, if not then I'll kill it DEAD!!!!!!!!!

Happy Birthday!!

That is too funny! Awesome!

The sketches are nice! You just gotta keep on practicing and practicing.

Happy Birthday!!!

Happy Birthday!!!

Happy Birthday!!!

Hahhahahhahaha, that is sooo cool! Very nice and HILARIOUS!!!!

oops, apologies if offense was given, that was why I said, gently. But the fact is your intuos 2 has tilt and 1024 levels of sensivity and you love it.

I wonder if you can take a tablet on a test drive? 30 day money back?

I'll apologize again, I am absolutely sure that both you and I are only trying to give the best advise based on our own experiences. And while our opinions differ, our intent is to be helpful.

oh the dreams I have of the Cintiq....droooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool!

What's worst is I got to play on one. If only I had not picked up that styus....

Yeah, well never having used the Graphire, I've never been without tilt. I guess it's like drawing with a pencil perpendicular to the paper?

Did you want to draw and paint with a tablet?

I have never owned a graphire tablet, I've always had an Intuos, 1, 2, 3. The graphire has always been marketed for hobbyist and geared toward photo manipulation, and coloring where higher sensitivity and tilt is not really that important.

I use the Intuos 3, 9x12 cause I can't afford a bigger one, at the moment, and it feels just like I'm drawing or painting, now if you took away half of the sensitivity, I'm gonna guess it's like putting on some gloves to touch your lover. Yes she'll feel you, but both you and her are gonna notice the difference. But I guess if you've always worn gloves, you really won't know what you're missing...what were we talking about again?

I'd have to gently disagree with only 11 levels of touching pencil to paper, or brush to canvas, and if you can get 1024 levels on a tablet, it seems so would Wacom. Basically the higher the sensitivity, the more it will feel like you are using traditional tools, and if your aim is to draw and paint with a tablet, it would definately be a good thing.

It's been said, your tool won't make you a good artist, but a good tool won't hold you back.

A good sable brush costs more, but will work better and last longer then a dozen cheaper brushes.

Can you make great art with a Graphire? Of course! I'll say you can do it with a mouse, hell, you can plot coordinates!

Your finances will dictate what you can do, there are used and refurbs you can find to save some money, and Wacom's are fairly tough, I think Graver got a sweet deal on Ebay.

I think the point of this rant is don't settle for something if you don't have to. Of course you can get the Grapphire, get lots of commissions and then upgrade!

Damn, now I got some drawing done!

Large and in charge! Nice, gratz on that sweet work of art!

thanks, this one was fun to do. I like to try to push each one a bit more to force myself to get better.

Here he is in all his evil glory!

Ticonderoga #2 HB soft!!! Dirt cheap and I loves them. I have an electric sharpener, one that I plug in and one battery operated one that I take with me.

Lead holders also rock, and you cannot get a sharper point with anything else! Adam Hughes uses that, at least he does in that video of him drawing supergirl.

But for price and usability, Ticonderaga! I have boxes of them scattered around my desk.

oh if you rotate your pencil after every line you put down, you can sharpen less, after awhile it becomes second hand and you don't have to consciously do it anymore.

Almost time to work on the wings

Update

He's still happy...inside...where it counts.

Thanks Kilo,

The progression Progresses

A little color

Update

Glad you like the trip, as long as the people getting commissions don't mind, I like to do that. It's fun!

A little update

yay, it's done!

Final

Very nice, I really like the colors of this piece.