Aventius

I've just managed to get hold of a Bamboo Fun (small) tablet from Wacom, which I bought mainly for its cheapness :) It's proving tricky to tame at the moment, partly because I naturally hold a pencil in a very odd way and the Bamboo doesn't like it when I hold the stylus like that... In a few days time I should be able to start using it properly, and perhaps come up with some half-decent deviations. I'm also alarmingly happy that it came with some good free software, namely ArtRage2 (great fun!) and Photoshop Elements (though I already have Photoshop so that's annoying).

I write to inform the world of an incredible discovery (which I suppose you will all doubtless know already :) )  There was a time when there wasn't much alternative to extortionately-priced digital painting software like Photoshop which the exception of Gimp, but I never really liked that... :( Well now there is - a free one that's internet based so you don't have to download it.  It's called Sumo Paint and while it does lack several of Photoshop's features, I'm really enjoying using it (if only because I'm having trouble with Photoshop :)) So if you've not got Photoshop, I strongly advise you to look at it; and even if you have I would st

I've been following several people's Devious profiles on DeviantArt for quite a while now, particularly the Edge Chronicles community.  I had been reluctant to make a page, particularly as everyone seems so unbelievably good at art (and some are quite a bit older than I am :) ) but today I just decided to make a page anyway. This is also a pretty bad time to make a page as I'm going to Hungary for a week next week, but I'm hoping a DeviantArt account force me to do more art more often :).  Or at least my feeble attempts at art... :)