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Published: 2009-01-21 03:52:14 +0000 UTC; Views: 2137; Favourites: 21; Downloads: 283
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So after months of saving up and talking myself into it, I finally invested in a 12wx Cintiq...and I LOVE it. I've only had it for a few hours now, but man it's been fun
Sketched out this guy, first griffin I've drawn in a while. Being able to draw directly on the screen is seriously awesome, it's totally like having a digital sketchpad.
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Griffin! My favorite animal between reality AND mythology and VERY nicely done! -fav-
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Yay griffins! Thank you, I'm glad you like it
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-griffin party- 8D you're welcome and of coarse!
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Looks great!
The Cintiq is LOVE isn't it? You're still lucky.. we have to pay the same amount of money in Euros here... 
only negative point I have to mention is the screen quality, colors and specially the light-level and sharpness could be a lot better for that price
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Yeah I suppose it could, I mean I compare the screen to my iPod Touch and that screen seems much sharper. But I'm not complaining too much, it's worth it to be able to draw more like a sketchbad, plus I'm always cold so it's like having a little heater in my lap
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It's not a big negative point for me 
Luckily it doesn't become as hot as the Intuos I had before.. 
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Hehe when the 21UX costs less then my whole computer, maybe I'll think about getting one 
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Oh you bastard!
How dare you buy a Cintiq before me!
I want one too! Now I must ask you, is it thoroughly worth the $999? I want to save up for one and I've been reading about them and I'm still not sure if I should. Lots of people say it's only worth the $$$ if you do art professionally (and in truth I'm wanting to break into that field sometime in my life).
I could, theoretically, go and buy one this very instant, but I'd have absolutly no money left.
Damn temptations... why must you tempt me so. That thing costs as much as my computer.
How long did that take you to do as opposed to how long it would have taken on a normal wacom?
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Hmm well keep in mind my total time on it so far is about 5 hours last night after I got it all installed and working, which wasn't too complicated, my laptop just has issues with multiple monitors, it's a known problem with the model 
I got it from Amazon because it's $960 there with free shipping and no sales tax, so if you do save up for one, that's the best price I found. Is it worth the money? So far it is! A lot of the reviews on Amazon complained about the fact that there are only two calibration points, but to be honest I think that would only matter if you were doing something that needed super precision like technical illustration. For the kind of stuff I do, animation and regular illustration, it seems to calibrate just fine. I can see in photoshop where the cursor is, even if the tip of my pen is set away from that a little bit; it's not exactly like drawing on paper, but it's pretty darn close! It felt totally natural to draw that way, and I've been using Intuous3 tablets for five years now, so I'm very used to working with that hand/eye disconnect. To have that gone was a little weird for a few minutes, but then it was awesome
I haven't used it enough yet to say if it's much faster than using my 6x11 tablet, I did that griffin in about 2-3 hours, which is probably faster than if I'd used the regular tablet, but I'm not sure. The big thing for me is precision of drawing; I felt like I was getting the drawing I wanted faster because of direct line of sight, just like when I used to draw everything on paper.
I'll keep you updated as I do more stuff with it
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Sounds good.
What kind of work do you do anyway?
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I'm a flash animator with a small company here in Columbus, we make online training courses. Glamorous, I know
Looking to move to CA this year though, so I'm getting ready to job hunt again. Fun times...
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Oh, neato!
I want a job like that. All I do is file purchase orders, fetch mail, and make copies. It pays good but it's so boring...
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Aww. Hehe that's what I did as a student employee at CCAD for two years, I worked in the mail room, so I feel your pain
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I'm a full time employee with health insurence!
Great job to have, especially now, but I wanna go to school. Even though my profile does say I'm an art student. I'm not in school right now. Can't afford it, although my parents have promised once we get our debt paid off (it's a family project we're working on) that they'll put me in school. My older brother went to to the Art Institute but he works at Burger King now. $65K education and he doesn't do anything with it. I went one semester to a local community college, that's all my one scholorship could pay for.
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Aww that sucks. Good luck with paying everything off! Debt is terrible to have, especially right now :/ That's sad that your bro isn't doing anything with his degree, it really is very hard to make your living as an artist, though fine artists have the worst time of anyone. What kind of art did he focus on?
I know you'll get back to school!
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He's got a BA in game art and design.
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Huh, a BA rather than BFA? Interesting. Yeah, game art and design is a great field if you can get into it, it's very competitive! You really have to bust ass and have a great portfolio to succeed, which unfortunately most art schools fail to ever tell you. They make it seem like if you go to their school, you're guaranteed a job. Not how it works :/
Your bro shouldn't give up, he should keep making work and learning on his own. Seriously. I know a guy I graduated with who's a great CG modeler, but he's in San Franciso and after a year he's still trying to get a job. He's getting closer and closer though, he keeps making stuff and improving, he's learned way more on his own than he did in school; the school is really just the starting point, the rest is all you
*gets off art soapbox* 
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I dunno the difference.
He could have a BFA, I dunno.
He doesn't even try to do anything. He lacks motivation to do much of anything. I haven't seen him render anything for months. Plus the area we live in isn't supportive of that kind of career. We're hoping to relocate when our debts paid off and my younger bro has graduated HS.
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Bachelor of Arts vs. Bachelor of Fine Arts
That's sad that he's lost motivation 
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We were looking at Texas for a while (the Austin area), but I think my parents want to go to portland. They've talked about it a lot.
And I'm sure they're looking for a very liberal place. One extreme to the other.
I don't think we'll be going back to California, though.
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Lol Portland is certainly that! It's supposed to be a very artistic city, there are a few animation studios there, but it also has that reputation for rain...
I need sun. Loooooots of sun
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Ah, I grew up with sun. I actually like the beaches here in AL better then CA. Not so hot and the sand is not so coarse. CA sand hurts your feet after a while. It's like a rug burn.
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lol I'd just be happy with a beach! Hard to come by in Ohio :/
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Ah, I suppose so.
If you ever get a chance to try to come to the gulf. The beaches are gorgeous. That's the extent to the beauty though. /:
Although when I first moved here I was astounded by how many trees there were.
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There's stuff I'll miss about Ohio, the trees being one ^_^ But mountains, I love mountains and we have none here. I'll have to visit the Gulf sometime
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You could go to Disney World!
I've been to Disneyland hundreds of times but never to Disney World. I wanna go.
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I've been to Disney World in Orlando twice, it was a lot of fun
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It's in Anehiem. I use to live a little over a mile from it.
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