Pixel question (tablet) .
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Printed Date: 10 September 2025 at 8:51pm
Topic: Pixel question (tablet) .
Posted By: Fredde
Subject: Pixel question (tablet) .
Date Posted: 30 July 2005 at 9:48am
| Hello, I've been thinking about having/buying a tablet to pixle with. Is it really necessary to have one if you want to be a good/better pixler? |
Replies:
Posted By: sedgemonkey
Date Posted: 30 July 2005 at 11:41am
| I think tablets are great for digital painting or vector drawing, but it's not so useful for pixelling since pressure and strokes are not necessary. |
Posted By: Citizen_Insane
Date Posted: 04 August 2005 at 2:20pm
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I seem to be a bit more efficient with a tablet, when pixeling.. Even when you don't do anything that requires a pressure sensitive stroke, it's a lot more accurate and comfortable to me than using a mouse. But, yeah, it takes some getting used to at first.. |
Posted By: Vidd
Date Posted: 04 August 2005 at 3:50pm
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I own a wacom and whereas it's priceless when animating or drawing in
general, when working at a small scale, tablets lose some of their
value. I prefer to use my mouse for my pixel-art but maybe because it's an optic, wireless one; I couldn't see the same level of control and smoothness with an old-style mouse so a tablet might be better in that case. |
Posted By: Citizen_Insane
Date Posted: 04 August 2005 at 6:09pm
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I have an optic mouse, too.. I actually use them both, but I use my tablet more than anything. The mouse that comes with the tablet is terrible, by the way.. |
Posted By: nvision
Date Posted: 05 August 2005 at 10:24am
| I think my tablet is invaluable for pixelling...it gaves me much more precise control, and it has increased the speed of my work by a great deal. At one time, my cat decided to chew on my usb cable, and for the week that I was waiting to get a new tablet, and working with an optical mouse, I noticed I got far less work done, and with a slight drop in quality accompanying it.... |
Posted By: Moonstrider
Date Posted: 08 August 2005 at 5:23pm
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I prefer my tablet over my mouse when pixeling too. I prefer it over the mouse for everything other than FPS games. It is simply much faster for me. |
Posted By: Citizen_Insane
Date Posted: 08 August 2005 at 5:33pm
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I would use it for EVERYTHING else, just I don't know what to do with it when I need to type.. I put it in my mouth sometimes, or I'll leave it in my hand, but it just creates way too many typos. |
Posted By: Niss
Date Posted: 09 August 2005 at 2:44am
| I guess it depends on how much you're used to drawing. Personally I highly recommend a tablet. My shape creating, speed and accuracy are much better with it. |
Posted By: Zoomrix
Date Posted: 09 August 2005 at 1:10pm
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Since it's my birthday today I just got my first tablet. It's a intuos3 4x5 tablet. So far - I LOVE it! I'm trying out some pixel art stuff right now. It's great. Anyone that doesn't have a tablet but loves to draw can take it up one level and draw dynamically! ------------- http://zoomrix.com - My Portfolio |
Posted By: Citizen_Insane
Date Posted: 09 August 2005 at 2:05pm
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isn't it great? the first day is the hardest.. after that, yikes.. I'd hate it if anything |
only it takes a LITTLE bit of getting used to.