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[Armok]

<3 darkerdark.

[ottottott]

Heh, I love the graphical comparison.  And I gotta say, the skill of the artist shows through despite the medium.  You may not be able to do what you want on a trackpad, but how many people can draw something that coherent in the first place?  It's obviously recognizable as an elf, and not a "hideous abomination."  (Dwarf-Fortress-related anti-elf jokes aside.)

This!

[QuakeIV]

Did you try color pencils?

I was thinking theoretically it would be fairly similar to a tablet.


Not trying to force you to go to the trouble of obtaining the supplies and getting it online or anything, just a suggestion.

[eerr]

Do a one-shot of kobolds with the trackball.

[Julien Brightside]

I laughed at that elf. It looks mentally ill.

[DarkerDark]

I hate to ask but what program are you using?

Paint tool SAI, unless you're asking about the stuff I drew with the mouse and trackball, that was using the more mouse-friendly Microsoft Paint. It's all arranged and re-sized afterwards in Adobe Photoshop 6.

What kind of tablet are you used to? It may sound silly, but a lot of people seem to be addicted to your artstuff. If even five of them chipped in ten bucks, you could buy yourself a new Wacom Bamboo. Tiny but efficient, in my own experience.

Of course, this kind of plan won't work if you're used to a Cintiq.

The Wacom Intuos4 is the one I was using. It was a Christmas gift from my brother, which is why I have no idea where the receipt is. I wouldn't be comfortable with people donating money anyways. I have enough money to purchase a new one, I just want to see if I can get the old one repaired first.

Did you try color pencils?

I was thinking theoretically it would be fairly similar to a tablet.


Not trying to force you to go to the trouble of obtaining the supplies and getting it online or anything, just a suggestion.

Yeah, I like working with pencils, but I'd need a working scanner.

Do a one-shot of kobolds with the trackball.

LOL! No! I had to wrestle with the trackpad in order to get it to draw something that didn't resemble a jumbled mess. Believe it or not, but that trackball drawing took more time than the other two combined!

I probably missed it from somewhere, but if I didn't... I don't think I've seen that tablet picture. You didn't draw it lately so...

Yeah, it was done long ago. I have many pictures that didn't make the cut. What happens is that I start drawing almost as soon as the first suggestions are up. And as the suggestions shift into new directions, some pictures get dropped. Most of them end up as sketches, so not a lot of drawing time is wasted, but others, like that one I used in the drawing comparison end up in a state of "almost finished".

My doodle directory is filled with half finished drawings that will probably never see the light of day.

[rarborman]

Thats tells me why you cant use your mouse...Microsoft Paint is only good for some things...

[Urist McCheeseMaker]

Thats tells me why you cant use your mouse...Microsoft Paint is only good for some things...

Don't diss the Paint

[GlyphGryph]

My doodle directory is filled with half finished drawings that will probably never see the light of day.

This sounds like an amazing opportunity to drip feed your rabid fandom while they wait for the return of the awesomeness.
Let us see random didn't-make-the-cut artwork!

I wouldn't be comfortable with people donating money anyways.

I can understand that.

[ottottott]

Yeah, I like working with pencils, but I'd need a working scanner.

So your scanner is broken too? You must really be doing something wrong. =b

[Armok]

Yeah, it was done long ago. I have many pictures that didn't make the cut. What happens is that I start drawing almost as soon as the first suggestions are up. And as the suggestions shift into new directions, some pictures get dropped. Most of them end up as sketches, so not a lot of drawing time is wasted, but others, like that one I used in the drawing comparison end up in a state of "almost finished".

My doodle directory is filled with half finished drawings that will probably never see the light of day.

IDEA! While we wait for you to get your tablet fixed you could make a hilarious noncanon intermission adventure using old sketches and reused images switched around and taken out of context!

[TolyK]

Yeah, it was done long ago. I have many pictures that didn't make the cut. What happens is that I start drawing almost as soon as the first suggestions are up. And as the suggestions shift into new directions, some pictures get dropped. Most of them end up as sketches, so not a lot of drawing time is wasted, but others, like that one I used in the drawing comparison end up in a state of "almost finished".

My doodle directory is filled with half finished drawings that will probably never see the light of day.

IDEA! While we wait for you to get your tablet fixed you could make a hilarious noncanon intermission adventure using old sketches and reused images switched around and taken out of context!

I support.

[Rumrusher]

So not only amala's bow broken Darkerdark can't even use amala's turtle hat to scan art in?

[ottottott]

Maybe try a camera? It's actually a rather great quality if shot right. With a good camera that is... But heck, if you want to rest from this for a while and have a good excuse of a broken tablet, then go for it. Things can get really boring if you keep at them for long.

[Rexfelum]

My doodle directory is filled with half finished drawings that will probably never see the light of day.

IDEA! While we wait for you to get your tablet fixed you could make a hilarious noncanon intermission adventure using old sketches and reused images switched around and taken out of context!

I support.

Heh.  Heh heh.  If DarkerDark so much as posted those images, I'm sure the rest of the community would make "a hilarious noncanon intermission adventure."  Don't doubt that.

--Rexfelum