So, let's keep this short and snappy. I just dropped $100 on a Wacom Intuos tablet, the kind that responds to touch as well as a stylus. Figured it'd be nice if I ever decided to finger paint on it, haha. Here's what it looks like. Just grabbed a quick image off google to make things simple.
The Intuos comes with a built in pen nib remover and 3 other nibs, included drivers and editing software, etc., but a wireless adapter, which I find kind of useless, is sold separately. Someone in a classroom might find it useful, but even then, you'd probably need the next model up with the scroll wheel. The cheaper model is the same except it doesn't respond to finger touch, meaning you'd have to scroll manually. I'm actually wishing I bought that one so I wouldn't be scrolling all wonky like all over my work space just because I scrubbed the pad with the heel of my hand. Other than that, it's a decent product. Seems to be pressure sensitive, although the drivers are acting strange with Win 7. Could just be my crappy computer.
I've done two portraits with it so far, trying to warm up to it, and I'm working on a cartoony piece as we speak. I've posted the completed pieces to twitter, hoping to boost up NG's presence there.
http://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/edm364/stubble-practice
http://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/edm364/german-shepherd-in-the-grass
Let's see how NG treats the vanilla Twitter embed with media here:
#transgender#selfportraithttps://t.co/kpXJ9iOBgY
— EDM364 (@shesalittleodd)
#GermanShepherd#Grass#PetPortraithttps://t.co/i8dVpTPeJV#GSD#digitalpainting#mydog#newgrounds
in the
— EDM364 (@shesalittleodd)
One word. Ew. Aaaaand now, onto that HTML embed test from Ranker.com.
Looks like it just treated it as a link. Maybe it'll change when it posts. We'll see!
And that's about it for today's news. Catch ya later!
~EDM
UPDATE: So, we've concluded NG treats HTML from most sites a-la poo. Edited in images.
Note to self, never embed anything from Twitter or Ranker.com again. Soundcloud and YouTube seem to work fine though!