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Friday, March 31, 2017

artdude2002

on March 31, 2017

Happy Friday, everybody. I don’t have a new page to upload this week. I have purchased a Cintiq 13HD tablet and I’m trying to get the hang of it. I really like being able to draw directly on the screen, but it is showing me just how out of practice I am with pen and ink. For years, I have been drawing with a mouse using Adobe Illustrator and that has gotten me used to a disconnected sense of eye-hand coordination. Despite what Wacom says about how their non-glare glass being very close to the feel of drawing on paper, I am, after more than a week, just now getting used to the experience.

I don’t think I will abandon Illustrator for Photoshop, but I will be using both applications together much more than I have in the past. With that in mind, Danielle Dark will be getting a slightly different look in the coming months. It may take me a while to settle on a technique.

I’ve done quite a few experiments, but this image is my favorite, so far. I hope you like it.

Have a great weekend, and thanks for reading Danielle Dark.