Quickdraw McGraw and Baba Louie

**handrawn** · 08 July 2010, 10:39 AM

Originally Posted by Albacore;370960...

I am hopeless using a tablet...

so was I when I started - I think its common, unless maybe, you have one of those fancy screen tablet that Zeb uses to such great effect

if I can stretch my earlier analogy - its not actually necessary to look at the tablet whilst you are drawing, any more than it is to look at the ground whilst you walk[or ride bike] - as long as you can see where the line is going all is fine, you just need to get used to it

well it works for me - needed a few months practice, I'll admit

**bcire68** · 08 July 2010, 12:39 PM

I have to agree with you on that one, Steve. Last night when I was working on this drawing, I used my TV as a monitor and sat on the sofa with the tablet on the arm of the sofa. The only time I looked at my tablet was to press the set function keys on it.

Also thank you very much for the cartooning tips. That is a very interesting way of thinking about things. I will have to digest that and play around with it. It will also help me to analyze the cartoons that I'm working on a bit more. Damn, work is boring today...I wanna go draw.

**ontos** · 08 July 2010, 03:45 PM

Your cartoon drawings look great. I have a question on the tablets, I bought a Wacom, Bamboo Fun tablet a couple of years ago and haven't really used it. I guess you might say I'm afraid of it

Is it a good tablet for using with Xara? What kind of tablet do you use?

**bcire68** · 08 July 2010, 07:05 PM

Hi Merv,

I have a Wacom Intuos 4 medium tablet. This is the very first tablet that I have ever used. I've had it since tuesday.

I think that with the new pressure sensitivity enhancements in XDP6, I think that using a tablet with Xara products is great. I've really enjoied using the tablet so far. There is no harm in tryit it out, espically if you already have a tablet.