How Great is Wacom Inkling?

Question. Can Wacon Inkling capture my doodle here? For $199, better to capture it or scan it?

Wish I can have one for testing & review it.

UPDATE:
We got Wacom Inkling! Our review here

Back Sketching

For years, mouse, stylus, multitouch & tablet successfully keep my hand away from traditional sketching tool: pencil & paper.
So I decide to start a hand exercise.
Got a sketchbook & Faber Castell Pitt graphite pure, sketching everyday in the office.





Though it's not that bad, my parents think that my strokes look stiff. "Too digital, dear."
I don't know what exactly does it mean, but I guess I have to keep exercising more & more.

Motion Graphic with Watercolor Mood

Remember when I posted about Photo-Watercolorizing project a month ago? So here it is. All of the elements were done with manual traditional & digital painting (with Wacom). Thanks to my wife, Dita, for her amazing food-photography :D

Watercolor From College

Watercolor paintings back in the college days in Bandung. Though they are all in tiny size, it's still printable on postcard size. Collect them, put in white simple frames then you can decorate your wall with it.

400 x 425 pixel 72 dpi

700 x 600 pixel 72 dpi

600 x 500 dpi 72 dpi

600 x 780 pixel 72 dpi

500 x 482 pixel 72 dpi

600 x 344 pixel 72 dpi

450 x 513 pixel 72 dpi

500 x 657 pixel 72 dpi

500 x 366 pixel 72 dpi

600 x 773 pixel 72 dpi

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Digital & Analog Painting

My 6 years old daughter painting with Windsor & Newton paints on aquarelle paper.
While I'm painting on iPad with Nomadbrush, on Auryn Ink app, SketchBook Pro app & ArtRage app.
Another dimension of painting!

Review: The Nomadbrush here.

Camera: Canon 5D Mark II with 50mm ƒ1.4.
Software: FinalCut Pro with Magic Bullet Looks effects.

Geeky Kids

We always tell our kids that we have to create our own toys. Buying toys is okay only for special occasions, eg. birthday.


They show me these toys today: a laptop & a cell-phone. It's just a plain of paper with some doodles. It looks simple but it means a lot for us as their parents. Creativity & imagination can do a lot better than merely buying toys.

Off To The Ocean With Cardboard Boat

We always get hysterical when we see big giant unused cardboard. Fantasy & imagination goes wild. Are going to make a castle? A railroad? A racing car? How about... a boat?



Oh we need to decorate the boat! So we can sail the colorful journey in the ocean!
Oh are we going to see any shark? Flying fish? The Yellow Submarine?

The Nomadbrush

Finally, after a month of waiting, now the Nomadbrush is in our hand!
Let's answer the first question: IS IT GOOD?



Trying with several paint app: ArtRage, Auryn Ink, SketchBook Pro & Brushes. Bottom line: it's a different experience. It gives me a 'floating' sensation, compare to pointing-finger that always pressed to the iPad screen. And I still need my finger for some task like choosing the color, brush or save the file. Takes time getting used to paint with this digital brush.



So is it good?
As an amateur painter myself, I do enjoy painting with Nomadbrush. Although the result is different - the painting experiences are also differ from one app to another - the feel is almost the same compare with traditional brushes. My favorite app is Auryn Ink.
Yes. It does feel good.


Auryn Ink


ArtRage & AurynInk

Another question: HOW IS IT COMPARE TO ANALOG MEDIUM?

Don't expect that this Nomadbrush will bring the same traditional brush experience to your iPad.
Both are different. Both are good. With the traditional painting medium, you can feel the texture of the paper, the wetness of the water, the swinging brush for thick-thin stroke.
With iPad & Nomadbrush, those sensations are gone. Flat, cold, virtual. But it's another new sensation & dimension. Each app has uniqueness & user-interface. Each app has different approach for painting. And this Nomadbrush takes you beyond than finger-painting.

Put this brush in your hand & you'll know.

Link http://nomadbrush.com


Created with Auryn Ink


Created with SketchBook Pro

Photo-Watercolorizing

I'm doing an intro for cooking TV program. The idea is a restaurant menu with watercolor-style food pictures - by using Dita's food photography. Click for some details.

Currently, I'm still watercolorizing (is it a right term?) the photos in Photoshop. Haven't reach the motion composition step yet.
(updating... )

Reblogging The 1985 Graphic Journal

Last night, I was reading my old graphic diary (when I was a teenager in mid 80s) and thinking to put it on the blog with actual time, date & year.

Proceed to enter the time machine here.