Soldato
Lo chaps
I have always admired people who can draw, I used to love Art in school, but sadly it never really progressed from there, ended up going down the IT/Telecoms route in my career, so 10 years later, I got the urge to draw once again.
I thought about combining my love of drawing with my love of IT, so I bought a Wacom Bamboo Graphics tablet, an ideal starter kit for someone who's never used a tablet before, well thats what I was told!
So for anyone who loves drawing, and is thinking of getting one of these then so far I whole heartdly recommend one! It was a little weird at first, as I'm used to looking at the paper/pencil at the same place when drawing, but having to look at the screen while you can't see your hand is a little unusual at first, but stick with it, you soon get used to it.
So onto my first ever drawing, I've started out easy by copying a picture, to get used to the tablet. I didn't trace it as I thought this would be defeating the purpose, so this is all done freehand. It was created in the free opensource program known as Gimp 2.
Its Evangeline Lilly (Played Kate in the series Lost) for those that don't know - I'm quite pleased for my first go with a tablet. It took approx 15 hours to complete, and it has re-ignited my passion for drawing, I haven't had this much of a buzz for a long time!
Anyway here she is;
Any tips from fellow Digital Artists are welcome, and links to good tutorials, or even college courses I might find useful, as I'm already thinking about my next drawing
I have always admired people who can draw, I used to love Art in school, but sadly it never really progressed from there, ended up going down the IT/Telecoms route in my career, so 10 years later, I got the urge to draw once again.
I thought about combining my love of drawing with my love of IT, so I bought a Wacom Bamboo Graphics tablet, an ideal starter kit for someone who's never used a tablet before, well thats what I was told!
So for anyone who loves drawing, and is thinking of getting one of these then so far I whole heartdly recommend one! It was a little weird at first, as I'm used to looking at the paper/pencil at the same place when drawing, but having to look at the screen while you can't see your hand is a little unusual at first, but stick with it, you soon get used to it.
So onto my first ever drawing, I've started out easy by copying a picture, to get used to the tablet. I didn't trace it as I thought this would be defeating the purpose, so this is all done freehand. It was created in the free opensource program known as Gimp 2.
Its Evangeline Lilly (Played Kate in the series Lost) for those that don't know - I'm quite pleased for my first go with a tablet. It took approx 15 hours to complete, and it has re-ignited my passion for drawing, I haven't had this much of a buzz for a long time!
Anyway here she is;
Any tips from fellow Digital Artists are welcome, and links to good tutorials, or even college courses I might find useful, as I'm already thinking about my next drawing
