…A pressure sensitive touchpad. Pressure sensitive in the way that I could use it in Photoshop instead of a WACOM tablet. I know I’m probably one of the only ones that wishes for such a thing, but it doesn’t seem like that difficult of a concept… most have a setting to adjust how much pressure needs to be applied to actually move the cursor… so it can’t be that hard, right?
My wife said that my last blog was boring, so here’s a random image of a touchpad
The average artist probably shudders at the thought of doing anything in Photoshop with just the touchpad, but I’m sure it could have other practical uses… or maybe the average artist wouldn’t shudder quite as violently with such a device. Oh, to be able to change my brush size/opacity just by applying more or less pressure! This is the stuff of dreams!
If there’s any sort of inventors out there, go patent this immediately. I’m sure that I, and every other weirdo out there that uses the touchpad to create digital art will buy one… why, you could make maybe $50 or more!
I absolutely love coloring other artist’s lineart. I would totally do it for a living if I could. Usually when I tell people that, they mostly just kinda furrow their brow, or smile politely; probably thinking “Well, anyone over 3 can color”.
I heartily disagree, though explaining why can be difficult. I guess it all comes down to interpreting the lines. When coloring your own work, you know what colors go where, how shadows fall, and where your light source is located. When working on someone else’s stuff, these things usually need to be decided via line width, light/dark balance of the inks, or if the lineart is less detailed, much will need to be improvised.
There’s also the matter of flaws and mistakes in the lines. Is what you’re looking at even a mistake, or are you just misreading it? How far do you go to cover the weirdness, if at all? Afterall, editing the original art seems just a weeee bit shady.
Of course, much of the above can be avoided with some basic communication with your line artist.
Anyway, I actually have no idea what I’m talking about otherwise I would have a job as a colorist.
I would color inside the lines and everything.
So today’s my birthday, and while deciding to add a Twitter Widget, I realized it’s nearly been a year since I updated. A year. That’s not acceptable.
To combat this severe writing lethargy and monumental lack of productivity, I’ve decided to *gasp* actually start blogging. I figure maybe if I start talking about art related things, I’ll actually be able to, y’know… create some.
Oh, and I added the little Twitter thing over there. I’m so Web 2.0, my head asplode.
