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| honeys humans |
dogarthope everyone is well, its going to take me ages to catch up with whats been going on!i've been a stranger on the forum again for a while because i'm spending so much time on the pc painting! i bought my first graphics tablet a month or 2 ago and bundled with it was some amazing painting software and its very addictive! i've almost finished honey now (click for bigger): 
this is my parents ESS in cornwall in a slightly different style (yes its fur really is that long and curly lol): 
and this is a friend of my mum who then asked if i'd paint her black lab with the strangest coloured eyes i think i've seen: 
(hope you don't mind me posting images this way annie - i'm hosting them myself so it shouldn't take up any server space as far as i can work out) best wishes to you all 
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| Dave A |
Hi I like the pictures especially the one of Honey as it looks like my oldest lady "Fern ". I sometimes use a tablet for graphics at work and i have to say you have done a great job and yes it is addictive.
Dave A |
| guy |
Mike glad to see you here again.
I have a wacom pad I use for CAD - not tried 'painting' with it - do you start with a photo and work that in a 'painterly' or do you go from scratch. PS - just had to buy a new pen for it as a certain no names mentioned animal crunched the last one into unusable pieces |
| Annie as admin |
No problem putting paintings on here, feel free. They're lovely 
Annie |
| honeys humans |
thanks annie, guy and dave 
re graphics tablet guy, mine's a wacom as well - i was told they were pretty good when i was looking for one and this is just the cheapest basic little wacum 'bamboo' i hope the replacement pens aren't too pricey! the software bundled with it is called Art Rage. it allows you to open a reference photo next to your canvas, which is great for sampling colours to your palette or looking at a certain area in detail, it has a really friendly user interface and the brushes/tools etc are very realistic in the way they behave. best thing is there's no clearing up afterwards! below is a screenshot (unfinished) i have a jack russel to do next followed by a 'ginger collie' (its how the owner describes it anyway lol, i've not seen a photo yet).
best wishes |
| Victoria |
Wow, Mike...the paintings are fantastic!!!! How clever!! |
| Annie as admin |
So are these done on the computer rather than using messy paints? |
| honeys humans |
thanks victoria
yes annie, i'm using one of these to paint with: http://www.wacom-shop.net/cgi-bin...?gclid=CJOrhqSS55MCFQyvQwodEDy3zA - they really are fun
best wishes |
| Annie as admin |
Do you need anything other than teh tablet, or is everything included that you need to start 'painting' |
| honeys humans |
this is the one i bought from pc world annie - everything you need is in the box for getting started, it should come with the Art Rage software included  http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/...&sku=209728&category_oid= i did search for cheaper prices at the time, but there was not a huge saving to be had and i couldn't wait for postie to bring it
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| Naomi |
wow Mike, they're lovely!!!
Well done Naomi
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| honeys humans |
thanks naomi i'm busy painting a little hitler now (jack russel) and just received a request for a basset hound which i'm looking forward to - they have interesting faces and are real characters.
best wishes mike |
| Naomi |
So does the finished article end up on canvas? or in a frame? and about how much do they cost?
Sorry I am so nosey lol Naomi |
| Annie as admin |
Do you need an artistic flair or background? |
| honeys humans |
so far naomi i've had the portraits printed at photobox.co.uk on a matt stock, canvas prints are quite expensive and don't necessarily look any better for the extra expense.
i've been painting them for fun so far but anyone interested in a portrait can PM me to discuss a price which would include a % to brittany rescue
annie, i think you would get on very well with the graphics tablet and software: http://www.ambientdesign.com/artrage.html thats bundled with it. best wishes mike |
| guy |
the best price i found for a wacom Intuos 3 was from these guys http://www.digitalphotosolutions.co.uk/ better than Ebay! |
| honeys humans |
finished the little ankle biter today, his name is lenin - hence the red background
(click for bigger) this graphics tablets just too addictive - i'll end with RSI at this rate
best wishes |
| Annie as admin |
Link is dead Guy, will try later, maybe they're doing a revamp like us
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| guy |
try this one http://www.dpsb.co.uk/ same people but the 'business' site. |
| honeys humans |
DPS Price inc. VAT: £34.99 + handling charge: £5.00 + VAT makes it more expensive than PC World i believe maths was never my strong point though lol
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| guy |
what an A5 Intuos 3 for that much ??  gosh I was done - the replacement pen was almost twice that.
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| honeys humans |
 i was talking about the wacom 'bamboo' baby graphics tablet guy, which comes bundled with the free Art Rage painting software
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| guy |
posting this from ads on page - as they sometimes don't repeat
http://www.shop.4edu.co.uk/stores....do?pubID=7789&familyID=72427 |
| Annie as admin |
You can't buy the ones marked educational unless you give them a teaching registration number. I tried as they are a lot cheaper!
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