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Melody wrote:
Anybody have a Cintiq? Do you like it?
I don’t have one but I’ve tried one. After 13 years of working with on tablet it felt awkward and like my hand was always in the way (which is funny because I don’t feel this way when doing traditional art!!). It also got really physically hot. Some people swear by them though!
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Jennifer wrote:Melody wrote:Anybody have a Cintiq? Do you like it?
I don’t have one but I’ve tried one. After 13 years of working with on tablet it felt awkward and like my hand was always in the way (which is funny because I don’t feel this way when doing traditional art!!). It also got really physically hot. Some people swear by them though!They get HOT?
– glad I asked! The only reason I really want one is to spare my poor neck! I want to be able to work looking down, as if I’m working on a drawing desk.
Yeah, come to think of it,it is nice not to to have your hand in the picture isn’t it?Melody wrote:Jennifer wrote:Melody wrote:Anybody have a Cintiq? Do you like it?
I don’t have one but I’ve tried one. After 13 years of working with on tablet it felt awkward and like my hand was always in the way (which is funny because I don’t feel this way when doing traditional art!!). It also got really physically hot. Some people swear by them though!They get HOT?
– glad I asked! The only reason I really want one is to spare my poor neck! I want to be able to work looking down, as if I’m working on a drawing desk.
Yeah, come to think of it,it is nice not to to have your hand in the picture isn’t it?Yes… I’ve heard that people will take thin gloves and cut out the index finger and thumb (the in-tact glove on the rest of the hand to shield it from the temperature) to be able to use them for long periods comfortably.
I don’t know if this is ALL cintiqs or not. I’ve read that the small 12″ ones don’t get as hot as the large ones.
I also understand that you need quite a few cords to set up and as such it’s not very portable.Here’s a post on Concept Art by artists that describe their experiences: http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=158797
Could you get a reasonably good LCD flat screen monitor and set it up on a bevel, at a lower level so that you look down at it? Not directly down but a lot less than the 90° that you would have to with a normal screen? You could modify a desk or just build a lower shelf to set the screen on so that you can look down. Is that a silly idea? Like an old fashioned arcade game screen, set down and at an angle.
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My art: featherdust.comQuote:Yes… I’ve heard that people will take thin gloves and cut out the index finger and thumb (the in-tact glove on the rest of the hand to shield it from the temperature) to be able to use them for long periods comfortably.
I don’t know if this is ALL cintiqs or not. I’ve read that the small 12″ ones don’t get as hot as the large ones.
I also understand that you need quite a few cords to set up and as such it’s not very portable.Here’s a post on Concept Art by artists that describe their experiences: http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=158797
Could you get a reasonably good LCD flat screen monitor and set it up on a bevel, at a lower level so that you look down at it? Not directly down but a lot less than the 90° that you would have to with a normal screen? You could modify a desk or just build a lower shelf to set the screen on so that you can look down. Is that a silly idea? Like an old fashioned arcade game screen, set down and at an angle.
YES! I tried exactly that! I used boxes and duct tape and made myself a desk with a desk-level monitor, but there wasn’t a good way to have both tablet and monitor in the right place .The monitor still couldn’t be right under my nose where I wanted it, because I needed a place for the tablet and keyboard. I still had to break my neck to see the monitor. (This may be mostly an eyeglasses problem! Maybe it would be cheaper to get special computer-focus glasses…)
I am getting along now with my laptop screen angled back and using a wacom tablet with that, but, cintiqs seem so cooool… Not that I do enough computer art to justify the expense!
I wonder if the latest model of Cintiq has dealt with all the problems that people talk about on that blog?eaglefeather831 wrote:I want to be skinny. Seriously. lol
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