Bamboo, The Divine Graphics Tablet

Here it is, my first graphics tablet. I really didn't know what to expect, and I admit I had many doubts.

How was I going to draw if I had to write on the tablet, and look at the screen?

Could I use it for something other than drawing?

What the heck is a graphics tablet?

Instead of researching it, I was just given one. (Hoorah!)

Trying It Out

It cam out of the box, and it looked like a very fancy, shiny, new piece of technology. That's exactly what it is. Somehow, this tablet manages to recognize down to a single gram of pressure, and senses the pen when you hold it about 2 cm above the tablet. I can control the cursor by moving the pen.

Here's the weird part... The pen, has NO BATERIES.

How in the world???

I haven't figured it out yet, but I'm sure I will.

Drawing

Drawing with a graphics tablet is hard. Really, really hard. But it can be done. Just don't expect to rock at it right out of the box. I made that mistake.

Here's my first drawing attempt.

Yuck. Just plain Yuck.

So I looked it up, and apparently graphics tablets are very hard to draw with. That wasn't very helpful, I had already figured that out, But it also said that tablets are very good for coloring.

Coloring Steps (According to this person)

1)Draw a rock your socks off drawing

2)Scan it, and open an image editing program like photoshop.

3)Pick a color.

4)Make magic.

Okay everyone, I have yet to try this, but I will, and I'll try to remember to post it. Until then, check out my other Technology adventures.