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I just have tablet pc from E-bay [E-bay rule] it quite good but I have a problem with Sai paint tool software even I had installed Wacom tablet driver already.

Problem :
When I use Photoshop or another paint tool it perfect, all pen tablet calibrate on the tip of pen. However when I open Sai paint tool it another way. When I draw on this software tablet pen will switch to normal mouse even have a pen pressure but calibrate of pen tablet became mouse calibrate, and this make me upset a lot.

Fix:
I try many way and search net to find a way fix but I have not find one, so I think and think. I use Wacom graphic 4 tablets before and it is not have any problem at all. In addition I use graphice4 Driver for instance my tablet driver. It is working!!!!. All pen tablet calibrate is perfect spot on Sai paint tool software.

If you have a change get tablet pc and Sai paint tool software you will found problem like my one, however after you read this your will know how to fix it.

Cheer

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Select you scanner
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If your want to buy the scanner for scan your line art even pencil line or pen. Please select the better one.

I know the good scanner is very expensive some time but the one that we should use not too expensive.

Moreover, the all in one printer and scanner please don't buy it, because printer part is good but scanner is really suck, read my lip "it suck". No meter how much of DPI and how big your scan you never get the good quality for your line art. Why it be like that, because the all in one printer company want to sell printer so they just put the very cheap[crap] scanner so they can make more profit.

Buy the individual scanner is better, but if you buy the thin and cheap one it is not different with all in one printer scanner.

buy a bit expensive one you will get the good quality of scan and you will happily ever after with it all the time.

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Big tablet is so cool*
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Today i just have a chance to use Wacom tablet intuos3 A3 size and it is really good when u draw some CG on photoshop with big monitor and i felt very gorgeous. It really easy to draw and add some details, moreover this tablet very comfortable for drawing cg.

if you really want to do CG and have money just go with Wacom Intuos3 A3 size it really expensive [around 600-700 Aus : around 18000 thai bart] but it wost for you money that you spend on.

Go with it.

for myself, i still use my old tablet graphice4 6"x 8" and i haven't had money for buy the new one.

[even if i could find the cheapest one second or third hand price I will buy it.]

[Second thought]
I think i still happy with my Wacom graphire4 because it is very good tool for CG, and I not very serious of CG paint so it enought for me.

Howeve, If i spend around 649 Aus dollar for the new table I buy new big computer monitor better.


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Use pencil before cg
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Oh my eye so tried for a while. When I do some cg I sketch in computer directly and some of people think it is so cool or very good to do that. I am not arguing with that because many CG artists are doing everything on computer.

But in my case every time I sit I front of computer my head almost blank even I have some idea for paint it, maybe because of internet. Internet becomes one of my blocking ideas. Other are resolution of screen, and light from screen that hurt my eye if I do it for a long time, not just only me many people also have this problem.

Why has that problem? In my opinion because of when I paint my face is going closer and closer to monitor and I did note that.

So I think I go back use pencil and paper in sketch and design stage should be better not for anyone but for myself for my eyes.

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*Back to basic*
*_DEC 13,2008_*
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It very good event you’re a good artist, but the basic is every thing. I like to read how to draw in basic skill book, some time it gave you more than you expect.

Someone think it useless, some artist said “I could draw awesome workshop why should I read basic for me is advance skill only!”

In my opinion I don’t think so, and that idea is a suck and jerk idea, or maybe my thought is too old but the basic is the best if you can’t do basic you can’t do it in long term. Because the basic skill even easies skill it will show how the different of skill of artist also.

In my case some time I read how too draw for children book looking for the basic idea like scale or roughly sketch.

Lastly, before you become a great artist, you must know the basic like shape, scale and a lot of things.

edit-- 2008 12 11
here some video how to draw from you tube
how to draw eyes: [link]
how to draw face: [link]
how to compare male and femal face: [link]
draw and paint batman: [link]

traditional speed paint
joker: [link]
starwar: [link]
anime draw: [link]
manga drawing tool; [link]

and some of how to draw star wars

You can draw star wars with mattbusch

episode1 [link]
episode2 [link]
episode3 [link]
episode4 inking [link]
episode5 painting [link]
episode6 painting [link]
episode7 [link]
episode8 cool sketch book [link]
episode9 [link]
episode10 [link]
episode11 [link]
episode12 [link]
episode13 comic book [link]


he is really good draw starwars and awesome with pencil color skill

and so a lot. you no need to paint or draw it on PC, Just pencil and paper that enought to create awesome art work. whne you draw please do not turn or rotate you paper, just make it stand stable and replace paper movement with your arm and your hand.