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Topic: Tablet or mouse
Posted By: AngelOTG
Subject: Tablet or mouse
Date Posted: 20 June 2012 at 2:02am
What do you push pixels with? Tablet or a mouse?


Replies:
Posted By: Sergiotron
Date Posted: 20 June 2012 at 4:20am
Tablet (Wacom Intuos4, to be exact), and I love it!

Posted By: dumbo
Date Posted: 20 June 2012 at 9:23am
Tablet... bottom line...

I use the Wacom Bamboo (touch and pen).

$100 when I got it from Best Buy (2 years now).

Posted By: cure
Date Posted: 20 June 2012 at 12:29pm
3 votes for tablet (Intuos 4).

I'll sometimes use a mouse once it's down to fine-tuning, but just as often I use a stylus. A mouse just can't touch the natural movement and comfort of a stylus+tablet.

Posted By: ||||
Date Posted: 20 June 2012 at 12:34pm
Mouse for pixeling/ spriting. I use a bamboo tablet for digital painting though.

Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 21 June 2012 at 6:50am
Originally posted by Sergiotron

Tablet (Wacom Intuos4, to be exact), and I love it!


ditto!
*I do sometimes use a bamboo too which makes little difference for pixel work from the high end Intous4. So long as the settings are set for pixelling I think there is little difference with any stylus/tablet so a cheap one is better than none...pixelling with a mouse is just too wierd for me, I can't do it.


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Posted By: limner
Date Posted: 04 July 2012 at 10:04am
I simply use a mouse

Posted By: Kravvon Nar'roth
Date Posted: 04 July 2012 at 10:16am
Both. I usually use my Wacom Bamboo tablet for blocking and rough shading, then use the mouse for detail and precision work.

Posted By: wishuponapixel
Date Posted: 04 July 2012 at 11:46am
I use my Intous4 for sketching then everything else is done with a mouse.

Posted By: Friend
Date Posted: 05 July 2012 at 1:04pm
trackpad :'(  

Posted By: akadan
Date Posted: 05 July 2012 at 7:25pm
mouse:(
and I have no idea Tablet should do pixel work?

Posted By: Frost
Date Posted: 17 July 2012 at 8:29pm
Tablet for sketching and blocking out general shapes and values. Mouse for precision work (e.g. actual pixeling).

Posted By: Nikonani
Date Posted: 19 July 2012 at 11:23am
Trackpad for now -_- still saving up for an Intuos tablet.

Posted By: stonesketch
Date Posted: 30 July 2012 at 5:59pm
Intuos 3 tablet! Had it for a few years now and it still works like it's brand new. Best piece of hardware I ever bought

Posted By: LachieD
Date Posted: 31 July 2012 at 2:30pm
I got a Bamboo tablet some week ago, and I'm quite disappointed with what I can draw with it it. Not sure what I expected, but something at least coming near to the sensation and control I get from actual drawing with a pencil would be nice. For now mouse is more reliable. I only wanted to draw "simple" lineart. ATM that is impossible for me.

Any tips for drawing with tablet, or just practice?

Posted By: LachieD
Date Posted: 31 July 2012 at 2:48pm
And if I researched more I would prolly buy Wacom Inkling. *sigh*

Posted By: Ichitoko
Date Posted: 31 July 2012 at 3:13pm
I use my tablet, a Wacom Bamboo Fun, for really rough sketches. And for everything else, I use a mouse. C:

Posted By: r1k
Date Posted: 31 July 2012 at 5:05pm
whats a mouse?

Posted By: Long
Date Posted: 01 August 2012 at 1:38am
I use my trusty mouse from start to finish, tried using a tablet a while ago, just couldnt get used to it/didn't feel comfortable with it.

Posted By: stonesketch
Date Posted: 01 August 2012 at 8:29am
Originally posted by LachieD

I got a Bamboo tablet some week ago, and I'm quite disappointed with what I can draw with it it. Not sure what I expected, but something at least coming near to the sensation and control I get from actual drawing with a pencil would be nice. For now mouse is more reliable. I only wanted to draw "simple" lineart. ATM that is impossible for me.

Any tips for drawing with tablet, or just practice?


It might help to put a sheet of paper over your tablet for awhile if the smooth surface is giving you problems, I've heard of some people doing that. The Bamboo is also less pressure-sensitive than the other Wacoms above it (Intuos, Cintiq), but I've never used a Bamboo to compare how much of a difference it makes.

The paper idea could work, try it out :) Also try adjusting the tablet's settings again. It does take some getting use to overall. It took me about a month or so to get the same level of control to paint with a tablet as I would with a brush.



Posted By: silverskys
Date Posted: 01 August 2012 at 7:48pm
I use to use a mouse when I started on pixel art, but I've started using my tablet. (Genius mousepen-definitely wouldn't recommend it xD)

Posted By: Nikon
Date Posted: 11 August 2012 at 1:30pm
I've been without a pc for about 3 yrs, and have recently bought a new one. Up until now I've been doing all my pixel art on an I pad(not the most traditional route to be sure). But I've found it to be very quick and organic. So much so that I am struggling with a mouse ..sigh.

Posted By: thelaziestcaptain
Date Posted: 21 August 2012 at 6:15am
Tablet! It's all I've ever known...

Posted By: Dyl
Date Posted: 24 August 2012 at 10:56pm
Originally posted by Friend

trackpad :'(  



Same here :(


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