Grave_Enigma

You won't regret going to a larger size if you are able. I got an intuos 4x5 several years ago and just found an ebay deal on a 12x12 intuos over Christmas. The 12x12 is hooked up to dual monitors (24" widescreen & 17") at the office, but Wacom software allows mapping the surface area to any or all parts of your viewing area. Both are serial tablets, so I've been keeping my eyes peeled for a newer usb...

Last week I saw a great deal on intuos 3's. Academic Superstore had refurbished 9x12s for $299 and 6x8s for $199 (still in stock). My wife is dead set on building a house we can't afford, so the tablet will have to wait Someone else can clean out the last of the stock before I break down... please.

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Hey I'd be willing to draw your toon for a slice of that pie... just say when!

Whoops my bad, you can draw...

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I intended to set you up last night in that Lost mission, but hadn't transferred enough to GE yet. Don't feel obligated to draw him; frankly taking your drawing for 200,000 influence would make me feel dirty

Well put Juggs, as an artist considering commissions in the near future it's nice to know an experienced artist's perspective.

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The base will be strictly about functionality

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I was hoping the see lots of framed art by Dark Jedi and Graver in the base... or at least a few of TA's Metallica posters

I still have a Liberty stash around 3 million influence, so anyone nearing level 12 please hit me @Grave Enigma and you'll have enough to slot all your DOs... if the bank burns dry I can exemplar Bill-Dozer to make more

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OMG I am almost level 15 and I think I love you! I had only enough to slot my Rock Armor, on the brite side I am one heck of a meatshield with taunt now.

If there is anything you need I can give you mucho influence on Heroside Virtue or infamy on Villainside Justice.

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I only play heroes and, aside from Freedom server, have at least 2 million everywhere (altitis stashes). Playing on teams with good people is payment enough.

Deviants' are blocked here at work but I did check out your collection Saturday night. Some great stuff you have there.

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The base will be strictly about functionality

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I was hoping the see lots of framed art by Dark Jedi and Graver in the base... or at least a few of TA's Metallica posters

I still have a Liberty stash around 3 million influence, so anyone nearing level 12 please hit me @Grave Enigma and you'll have enough to slot all your DOs... if the bank burns dry I can exemplar Bill-Dozer to make more

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Yeah, but he forgot to skip the tutorial so it took forever for those little legs of his to get to us. He also brought Syrusb, Memphis Bill and ValkaryieRising with him.

edit: Oh, and Pep Rally joined us for a bit too.

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I'd love to start another Grave Enigma... I haven't played him since he hit 50. Not sure how soon I'd have playing time to join you guys but that would be loads of fun to play alongside such fabled heroes

This looks great already. I can't wait to see it colored.

This is the closest I've seen anyone come to coxing TA into putting away his coveted Nemis Staff. Nice effort Sassy

Great work blending the colors, they work very well together. As nice as it looks on her, I think Purple Twilight needs to re-think her outfit. She's getting hypothermia

Congrat's on the new tablet! Is it the Intuos 3?

The perspective is amazing!
I love it.

That's very well done, and a nice likeness too

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I would not trust him with my kids.



...If I had kids.

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LOL. In the immortal words of Mike Tyson: "I gonna eat yer child'ern"
Gideon doesn't look as hungry as Iron Mike, so I think your babies are safe

You did a fine job on the costume. Did you photoshop it after the render, or paint on the texture map to link in Poser?
The hair is shadowed perfectly. You had me fooled, dynamic Poser hair couldn't have been placed any better.
You're off to a great start.

I agree with Billz, the hairstyle and color are more stylish in the first one.
Nice Poser work

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Congrats man! That's awesome, I considered a refurbed 12x12, but I wanted an Intuos 3. Great Buy! I don't think it'll be too much!

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Thanks Alex.

Yea, the newer models look like a great investment for those who can afford them > USB / Higher Res / fingertip controlled zooming & panning / slick design. Most of them ebay above retail prices though. The best price I've seen a 4x5 intuos 3 was $130 after (Circuit City) Rebate in early December. I watch Fatwallet.com forums enough to give a heads up next time it's on.

My Google searches revealed pens aren't compatible between intuos 1 & newer, so I really had to stick with a first generation tablet and got really lucky. It's important to google any model number before bidding. FYI - if tablet numbers end in "-A" it's Apple only.

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Size does matter. Even with just wrist drawing, my hands are too large for just the 4x5 tablets. I could try a 6x8, but that might still feel too small. It's too bad that the larger tablets are so incredibly expensive. I'd have to buy a much larger desk too if I ever got a larger tablet. My desk is also too
small.

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I'll be finding out next week if size really does matter.

After watching Ebay since Thursday last week, I grabbed an intuos airbrush ($22 shipped) and last night landed a 12x12 intuos without pen/power cable ($27 shipped - "buy-it-now" item). Combining the two purchases with a trip to Radio Shack, we'll have two stations in the house.

Now my 3 year old can stop using her "I-wanna-paint" spell on me every time I pull up to my 4x5 intuos... and hopefully one of my three kids will become a better artist than me

I'll soon let you know if 12" is too much...

I was going to say that pose is awesome, or that you've done a great job with the pencils, but everyone else beat me to it :/
Nice work.

I really like the Clawblade drawing. He does look a little pissed that you quit playing him though :P

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the drawing looks pertty spiff.

As for the background details... SW corner of the Hollows (close to Skyway entrance) there's all sorts of CoT monoliths and such out in the open.

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Are the monoliths the four legged stone structures? Those might look cool in this cavern, thanks for the idea.

I did grab a screenshot of green crystals from the hollows, but the size of them may make it difficult to add one to the forground (which is how I'd like its lighting cast). I'm expecting this to get cropped considerably.

Minor update on Kat's progress.
I've expanded the background and figured out my lighting sources. Not sure about adding another coloring/lighting source with blue endurance crystals, that might make the painting too busy.

Kat III

Sorry, I work so slow. Finding time to work on it is hard enough, but on top of that I'm a Painter noob

Thanks for the encouragement. I made a fresh Claws/Regen to get good reference screenshots. Gryffin is enough fun I may wind up leveling her.
The pose is supposed to loosely resemble the level 6 AoE power (spin?).

That is outstanding!

I like his expression. Nice work.

I’m finally dusting off my Intuos tablet with Painter 7, and our illustrious Feral Kat seemed like the purrrfect subject.

Feral Kat WIP

She still needs all highlights/shadows applied and I’m wrestling with background ideas. The leading candidate for a setting is a CoT mission with blue &/or red crystals casting backlighting on her, (*)Mage about to get gutted. The hard part would be accepting a CoT mission on some poor alt so I can go get mission screenshots.

Always open to suggestions.

Very nice work.
Not sure why I think "White Zombie" at first glance; must be in the eyes.