Wacom Bamboo Splash

Oh, I also got my Bamboo Splash in the mail exactly on the date it was supposed to arrive :D

I wasn't expecting to become an instant artist, but I wasn't expecting how much it would actually take to get used to drawing with it. I like it for doing lines, but I'm not so sure I want it for more than that. I shade and color better with the track pad. I feel like I have more control that way too. I wish it was a mouse and pen set instead of just that weird thing where it if you hover the pen close to the screen it'll move the mouse to it's approximate location. I'd rather just tell it where to start with my cursor so that I know it'll be exact.

After more use I'll probably get better. Another problem I've run into is me not really liking any of my drawing programs. What I want is literally a nicer version of MS paint. CS4 is way too much for what I do. Even the programs that came with it are too much. I just want to make lines on one layer (or a few) and the color below them on another layer. I don't want to have to group each line together or it to be considered one. I didn't have them touching on the same layer for the hell of it, they're supposed to connect -_-

But woe is me and my 1st world problems. I'll figure it out. I also have SAI but I'm not quite a fan of that either (because I drew my lines on a higher up layer and tried to color them on the lower layer with a different tool and it fucking covered my lines up on the above layer).

I'm learning. I'm get there.

XoXo,
S

Binders

I posted already today. A pictureless post. I figured I'd share something about myself with you, and by that, I mean my binders. I'm only showing 3 (the others are in my high school box, which I don't want to get out right now, and aren't as decorative).

One is from last year around the time everyone started school (But I'm graduated d: ). It's all Dresden Dolls/Amanda Palmer lyrics.
Since this one is really busy, I'll break it down a bit for anyone interested in what it says.

Can you see the means without the end-Astronaught; WKAP
Gravity Plays favorites- Gravity; the Dresden Dolls
Giddy as a gang banger- Mandy Goes to Med School; Yes Virgina
No one cares if your back is bleeding- Bad Habit; The Dresden Dolls
I'm not gonna live my life on one side of an Ampersand- Ampersand; WKAP
It isn't worth my time- Guitar Hero; WKAP
If wellness is this, what in hells name is sickness- Runs in the Family; WKAP
I can not run from my family-- Runs in the Family; WKAP
If you want a straight line, this would be a good time- Gravity; The Dresden Dolls
I've got some issues to work through- Girl Anachronism; The Dresden Dolls
We're taking you to Hollywood- Night Reconnaissance; No Virgina (purple line)
I think I'll wait another year- Another Year; WKAP
I've seen better days but I don't care- Oasis; WKAP
Just Sing- Sing; Yes Virginia
The world is happy without you- Dear Jenny; No Virginia
Sad but true the truth will turn your smile to a frown- Dear Jenny; No Virginia

I only drew on one side. The other just says "As wicked as you are, you're beautiful to me", has blue hearts all over and stickers from the price gun with Brandon's name one it... Also, In the corner is says "Fall 2008-Summer2008"

Next is only a 1/2 inch binder. It was an impulse buy, since I was going through changes in my life. They're more simplistic in words, bigger in design

The world is pretty upside down- Dear Jenny; No Virginia
There is this thing that's like talking except you don't talk- Sing; Yes Virginia
In the corner, I burned the plastic off and carved the ruinic symbol for protection (I think... it's been a while)

Along the spine I put more runes. I'm not totally sure anymore, but I think they all represent protection and various positive things.

Since that binder was so thin I had to get a new one already because the pages were starting to tear out from me over-filling it.

I only just started decorating it. I'm not sure how well it's actually going, but this is only the back. I have the whole front to work with if I'm unhappy about it.

"Luck has nothing to do with it"
I made this the day after... well, the bad shit I was talking about in another post that I still don't feel like spewing across the internet to strangers. It's not really related to the incident, it's just what came out.

I'll keep you posted on my binders I guess. I get about one or two a year, depending on how much crap/inspiration I go through and how quickly it gets filled.

XoXo