Tutorial: Wacom Tablet
Hey folks! I know it’s been awhile, but I’ve been working my tail off over at El Cuervo, maintaining updates there. idrawdigital will still have tutorials on creating comics and digital illustration, and posting links to webcomics and illustration ideas for your enjoyment. This week, I’ve compiled a series of links to some great WACOM tablet tutorials out there. Click on the images to access the links!
Drawing and Graphic Art
This tutorial shows you how to use your WACOM tablet to create a mysterious, noir looking image. Focuses on brushes and controls.
Inking in Illustrator, Coloring in Photoshop
This two-part tutorial shows you how to digitally ink and color in Illustrator and Photoshop using a WACOM tablet. Very efficient.
How to set-up your Tablet on a Mac
Here’s a step-by-step approach to establishing the functions of your WACOM tablet.
Pressure Sensitivity in Illustrator
Here’s a handy video tutorial that discusses pressure sensitivity with the WACOM tablet.
Photoshop and Painter with the WACOM
This handy long-scroll image tutorial show you the differences between PS and Painter and how it relates to the use of your WACOM tablet.
Drawing a series of Characters (Mafia Death)
Here’s an in-depth tutorial on the process of drawing characters for your comic, and some video tutorials within the main tutorial showing you how to use your WACOM tablet more efficiently to do all of this digitally (inking and coloring)
Conclusion
Enjoy these tutorials, and don’t be afraid to play around with the settings of your WACOM tablet to get the best results possible. You may even develop some new styles by pure accident! Each program has it’s own brush settings you can use to get even more control and style while you draw/ink/color.
September 2nd, 2010 at 1:48 pm
Wow, these are great and very useful, thanks alot!
October 14th, 2010 at 8:54 pm
Nice, but the Illustrator Pressure video has a wrong link
July 15th, 2011 at 5:39 pm
SINCERELY, THIS IS THE BEST SITE OF DRAWIG/PAINTING TUTORIALS I FOUND IN THE INTERNET(and i know several sites and videos of great design artists), GOD JOB, KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK.
July 15th, 2011 at 6:37 pm
Hey, the first tutorial image link is down “tutorial: wacom tablet”
January 21st, 2012 at 2:58 pm
WOW! Thank you for caring to share your expert knowledge and providing so many great tutorials. I am 100% Disabled Army Vet, I have use of my upper body (to a degree- thankfully). I have a Muse Tablet from Vistablet (can’t afford the high tech stuff), but it does great for what I want to do and that is to learn to draw and express things. It is therapeutic and gives me a feeling of accomplishment. I am not very talented, yet I want to work as hard as I can to be so. This tutorial still applies to similar functions on the Muse Tablet. I just would love to share my art once I have some skill developed by following your tutorials and studying as much as I can. My sweet wife and VA provides me home care as I am mostly bed bound. I am so happy to have found your site…YOU ROCK!
Best Wishes to all that aspire to achieve things in spite of Disabilities. It is tough to adjust, believe that you will find a niche…it is just a new way to live. Never give up, always dream!