Admin Post: Community Check-In for November

[goss]

Wow, I can't believe it's the last day of the month already! We'd love to have you check in and chat with us. How have things been with you?

Did you take part in any fandom activities in November, or have you been working on any personal art projects? Are you currently trying to meet a deadline? Feel free to share upcoming challenges that have got you excited, any frustrations you've been experiencing, possible goals for the next month, and so on.

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Also, just a reminder that the Prompt Generator challenge is still on (even though it seems like everyone - myself included - needed this entire month as a break) and is supposed to end tomorrow. What do you guys think, should we extend the challenge? Or perhaps instead focus on organising the group art project for December? Let us know your thoughts in the comments. :)

Comments

[dylan_mx]

Yay for painting!

About tablets, I personally own a Wacom (Intuos Draw Medium, because that's what they had in the store xD and the price was 70€) but I've heard Huion tablets are great too and slightly cheaper.

The most important thing is check the resolution (higher is better) and the size of the drawing area. About the size it depends on how you feel better, some people say it's better to have a big one, other say a smaller one is better ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I'd say read online recs/see youtube demos and go with your instinct.

Before my current tablet I had a Bamboo One and it was very good (it lasted 5 years only because I dropped my pen and it stopped working :( )

As far as advice I'd say get a program you're comfortable with (you don't need photoshop to get amazing art) and learn keyboard shortcuts: it makes it way easier and faster to switch between tools!

Also it takes a while to get used to using a tablet so don't get discouraged if your first drawings are all wobbly and weird :)

[dhampyresa]

Thank you for the advice! I would never have thought about keyboard shortcuts.