When I sketch something out in full in pencil, I'm 90% wholly satisfied with it. It may take me a day or so of minor line readjustments, but I always end up happy with my sketches. Plus, since I've been practicing more, I'm a much faster and more accurate sketcher and have the time and patience I need to add smaller detail. The whole experience has been fun and relaxing.
Hopefully, once I receive my graphics tablet, I will feel the same about painting.
I'm sure a lot of you have been wondering this, so I'll voice it... "What the heck IS a graphics tablet?!?!" Basically, it's a pad that lets you draw directly onto the computer screen as though it were a sheet of paper in your sketchbook! You can draw and paint with it as though it were traditional (non-digital) art without all the mess and expense. It responds to pressure like a paintbrush or pencil (the one I'm getting has over 1000 pressure sensors) so you can darken or lighten without having to change the opacity setting. And you don't have to fight with the inaccuracy of a mouse or trackpad.
Considering how I will admit it good I am when I'm just pencil sketching, I'm fully excited to see what the graphics tablet opens up for me. I will be able to sketch my underlaying art right THERE instead of having to draw, scan, and so forth... It will help save my attention span, because I won't be drawing it twice -- once on paper, once on the screen.
It's over $100, but I think that's a small price to pay for the betterment of my art, which, having grown moderately confident, I am excited to further pursue. The day I get my first commission request will be the day I cry for the first time in like 8 years...
Er... Guess that's all. XD Wish me luck in ordering my tablet and patience in waiting for it to arrive!
Oh! And I should have some new sketches up tomorrow if my scanner cooperates...
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