Tablet Drawing

Tablet Drawing

                   

  

              

 

                  

 Sketched out on paper first---------drawn on the tablet

My husband is working on his Information Systems degree in college.  One of the classes he had to take was web design.  For his project he came up with an idea for a web site that he couldn’t find on the internet for a product he would like to use.  Since there were no web sites like this online he also had a problem finding graphics to use for his site.  So he bought a graphics program for his tablet and a stylus for me to use so I could draw for him what he wanted on his web site. 

I had just previously gotten over my fear of drawing for my husband so I thought “I can do this”.  I am not a computer artist but I figured the object doesn’t need to move or be 3-D. I can probably do what he is asking.  

 I have always admired those who create art through technology.  Computer graphics and animation is truly an impressive art form.  It requires a high level of ability in art, math and computers.  It is impressive to put that combination of skills in a single person.  While I respect computer and graphic artists I have never felt any desire to explore that media after a truly epic failure in a required auto cad class in high school. 

However, when I attempted to draw on my husband’s tablet I wanted to get Mid-evil on his tablet.  I was daydreaming about taking our sledge hammer to the screen.  It seemed like a good problem solving method for the “THING” that was misbehaving.  I would draw with his stylus and then it would not register the lines I had drawn. O r it would record marks my wrist would make from brushing the screen.  And shading with it… I kept thinking “where is a great ax when you need one.”  It truly was my love for my husband that had me trying to use a tablet to draw anything.  I did eventually find out that if I put a towel under my wrist it would not registers marks from my wrist.  I also found by using the paintbrush instead of the pencil option would achieve the shading I normally accomplish with a pencil (well as close as I could get it).

I have yet again learned that I have a lot of respect for those who create art using forms of technology.  However, I don’t think I should be daydreaming about axes and sledge hammers everyday so I will not be pursuing that from of art for fun in the future.