I'm no artist, in fact I totally suck at everything artistic, but in my area of software development I sometimes need to throw together rough placeholder artwork to be used as textures on 3D models, or to describe an idea to a proper artist rather than use words.
Using a mouse makes me even more useless - trying to lasso an area of pixels accurately for instance. So I was wondering if a cheap tablet/stylus might be worth a go. I don't need billions of levels of pressure as I have fists of ham, just a way to precisely control what I'm doing.
Has anyone else tried this, and can advise me? I know nothing about such devices - do they act as a 2nd mouse, how do I know where the pen cursor is when I'm not drawing, etc?
Thanks for any input (excuse the pun).
Looking at the cheap end, this came up on Amazon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Trust-Ultra-.../dp/B003MG11AM
Using a mouse makes me even more useless - trying to lasso an area of pixels accurately for instance. So I was wondering if a cheap tablet/stylus might be worth a go. I don't need billions of levels of pressure as I have fists of ham, just a way to precisely control what I'm doing.
Has anyone else tried this, and can advise me? I know nothing about such devices - do they act as a 2nd mouse, how do I know where the pen cursor is when I'm not drawing, etc?
Thanks for any input (excuse the pun).
Looking at the cheap end, this came up on Amazon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Trust-Ultra-.../dp/B003MG11AM
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