Comments | shatterstripes: The Magic Sketchbook is a success.

shatterstripes

The Magic Sketchbook is a success.

Jan 12, 2017 20:34

Years ago, my animation school roomie Gabe went to a con and chatted with master cartoonist Sergio Aragones. Aragones often draws incredibly complicated, goofy comics, and has a pretty impressive rate of output.

Gabe asked his secret. And passed it on to me: instead of working at a larger size than the printed page and shrinking it down, as most ( Read more... )

mobilestudio, magic sketchbook

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merrycalliope January 13 2017, 21:53:24 UTC

That is really, really cool! I have a Cintiq Companion Hybrid but since it's Android there's just not a lot of choice for functional apps I can use on it. The best is Sketchbook which certainly isn't a bad program but would require me to get used to yet another app.

Also the Twiddler looks amazing. I've been eyeing tools for my left hand for awhile and that one is the first that looks like it could feel right.

shatterstripes January 14 2017, 06:00:31 UTC

Yeah, the whole attraction of the win10 tablets is "keep using the art tool I've been spending a decade mastering".

The Twiddler WILL take time to set up and get used to. I'm still learning it and occasionally tweaking my custom layout. But my left hand is starting to hit my most frequent tools without me having to think about it; I drew that panel with my cheat sheet in the bag, and didn't really feel the need to consult it except when I was trying to type words...

ext_4718023 July 5 2018, 19:23:14 UTC

This is awesome. I'm a 3D artist who just invested in a surface book 2 and twiddler 3 to be able to achieve what you've achieved. There's not a lot of info out there of people doing this so I appreciate the time you took to log your experience.

Have you looked into the surface books? Seems like it hits all the negative points you have for the MobileStudio.

ext_4718140 July 5 2018, 21:07:29 UTC

FWIW I've since gone back to my Mac plus my Wacom tablet. The Mobile Studio is just too heavy, has an annoyingly large footprint that won't fit in my favorite bag, and an annoyingly tiny screen. Plus Windows just kept driving me nuts.

The Surface isn't an option, as the first half-second of every stroke I make with Illustrator's pencil tool gets dropped - and my workflow is entirely based around Illustrator's pencil tool.