Graphics Tablet: On to Illustrator

So I tried using Illustrator instead of Photoshop to draw, and its 100% better. This will be the tool from now on! Still rough bits but this was a quick redo to check how it works etc.

 

The jaggedness isnt as pronounced and the lines look smoother, so definitely a bonus to using Illustrator over PS.

Graphics Tablet: Second Attempt

#2, getting used to using it a bit more, tried a quicker sketch of another picture. Is it more of a case of then re-doing my lines after the original ‘pencilled’ ones are done to fix the jaggedness?

Graphics Tablet – The Beginning

So this is the first freehand sketch from my new Graphics Tablet: Wacom Intuos Draw. It’s going to take a bit of getting used to, but seems like its going to be fun in the process! Gotta work on that line art for sure, any tips?

A Collection of Corporate Digital Artworks

Insomnia 43 (i43)

So me and my friend Steve recently visited i43 as press for Gamebanana, and made a ‘Spakumentary’ video of our exploits there! Please watch and let us know what you think!

Physical Music + Digital downloads

The inspiration for this post came from a friend of mine (on facebook, of all places). He stated that he was ‘suprised’ to see that a band had a Vinyl release of thier record, that included a code that you can use to download the same album onto a computer, and recieve it in digital MP3 format aswell. Vinyl does seem to have been making a comeback in recent times, reducing further the amount of CD sales, already heavily affected by the digitalisation of music.

Bill Daly, the owner of Crooked Beat, is part of the trend.

“Since 2007, vinyl has grown to where it is now, 99 percent of our sales,” Daly noted.  “In 2007, when they started introducing new vinyl releases, a free MP3 download card with it, that is when the sales started surging.”(VOA News, 2011)

This just begs one question, is this a good thing? Admittedly it could be affecting piracy, as people are buying the vinyl record as a fashion statement, and aren’t happy with just the digital copy anymore. I’d love to hear you’r views on the topic, so please feel free to comment!