Sunday, June 9, 2013

Learning to Create Digital Art

Bamboo CaptureOf course this is a jewelry making blog, but what better way to design custom looks than to draw out the specs?  So after a few glasses of really scrumptious syrrah, my wallet escorted me to Amazon where I foolishly, but excitedly, ordered a graphics tablet.  I chose the Create from Wacom's Bamboo line and two days later it arrived!




So I guess this summer will be spent learning to use the new tablet.  I will say if you're used to pen and paper, it's a little tricky to switch to a new medium like this, but not impossible.  Hopefully in the next six weeks, thanks to awesome Youtube vloggers, I'll see some progression in my skills (or lack thereof)!

My first doodle:
Mushroom Guy

Why a mushroom?  Well, I tried to draw a face and it was so bad it looked like a mushroom character to me.  Oh well, at least I was able to practice using Autodesk Sketchbook Express, which came with the drawing tablet.