This site is focused on Wacom tablets, but as a graphic designer, I'm interested in art as well of course. I'm constantly looking for inspiration online and in life so I thought it would be nice to show art that can be created using Wacom or other tablets. Hopefully you'll be inspired too!
The theme today, which was unintentional, is "romantic"? Er, that's the best I can think of to describe it.
Click on each artist's name to see more of their work.
Recommended software for beginners
Depending on how you plan to use your Wacom tablet, you might not need professional or expensive software. Some of the more basic Wacom models come with some software already, but the Bamboo Touch doesn’t include any software.
Here’s a list of my top design software choices for beginners with product features.
Click here if you are interested in buying Corel Painter 12.The level of realism achieved in Corel’s Painter 12 is simply astounding. You can choose how wet your watercolour brush is and what direction the wind is blowing against your paint strokes.I first started using Corel Painter about seven years ago, when the program was in its eighth version. I loved it. It was unlike any other art-focused software I'd tried. It gave me the freedom to mix all sorts of media I didn't have the money to buy or the space to use, and it generally did a pretty good job of mimicking how the materials work in real life.
When it comes to tools for integrating freehand art into the digital workflow, Wacom remains the leader. Its tools aren't perfect--and certainly aren't cheap--but it's hard to find any more respected. And when it comes to drawing, nothing yet beats pen (or pencil) and paper for fluidity and portability. Wacom attempts to combine the best of both worlds with its Inkling, a pen and receiver combo that tracks your penstrokes for up to 50 sketches and uploads them to a computer for use with applications like Photoshop or Illustrator.
As an artist, I’ve always wanted some sort of one-to-one input when working in Photoshop or zBrush. I’ve used several of the traditional input tablets, but I’ve never been fully satisfied. I still ended up drawing on paper and scanning the results. It’s just more natural.
Input tablets have been constantly improving in the decades they’ve been around. But the technology remains imperfect. The pressure-sensitive pad sits on the desk, separate from the screen, which takes away some of that natural feel you get from drawing with a pen, especially when trying to add tiny details to your work.
So I jumped at the chance to test the Cintiq, a tablet that tries to do away with that annoying physical disconnect by allowing you to draw directly on the surface of an LCD screen.
