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Published: 2014-08-16 12:13:35 +0000 UTC; Views: 915; Favourites: 4; Downloads: 0
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So, this is the setup I got for working on art projects! (Not as flashy as the old one, but still good!)It's pretty meagre, but it gets the job done. Future upgrades will probably involve a complete overhaul of the hardware, a Cintiq, an actual desktop computer, a better monitor... but for now, this works.
Also, reason the wacoms up on a wooden stand like that, is I get derpy on my paintings cus of the "Pen down, look up" deal with most tablets. It helps a bunch, and I'd recommend it for those without Cintiqs.
Feel free to ask any questions.
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im lovin it too, has an extra perk: laptop still works when the power goes out!
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that's always a bonus
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I realise I have the exact same sno-globe that you have there
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Wasnt intentionally. I just found it at an Overflow shop one day and bought it
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Haaa, funny thing about that: I bought it from Australia as well :v
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ohhh... well thats just freaky
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Yuuus, one of quite a few as a matter of fact :3
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Well not me personally. T'was a gift for my 21st birthday
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Cool. ...and you had bought one of them?
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i bought two of em, rest were presents
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oh cool, I would like to have a dragon statue at home
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You need a faster pc like a digitalstorm.
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You offering to buy one?
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Not for you but maybe for myself in the future some are only $700 while other systems are 1$14,000
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my setup is a little more vertical than yours. my monitors are stacked. everything on one desk. printer, computer and scanning bed.
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Well, everythings on the one desk here too. Although technically its a trestle table.... close enough
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LOL mine is a laptop top with 2.1 sound and an old pc next to it for music (and 90's games since they are too [ "are you talking to me?" ]new for dos box but too old for windows 7/2010's pcs)
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Ooooh kay, would it have been quicker to just take a pic and post it up, rather than typing out a description that only gives a vague idea?
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Maaayyybe ^.=.^;
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Rawr to you too little guy xD ! Hahaha Zombie protection policy . Is it really metal though ? Hmmm them miniposters on the left . i might just do that too starting now xD
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Yus it is, not sharpened tho.Β Aaand them posters, just took a visit to KMart and printed out photos of dragon pics. Easy enough to do.
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A drawing glove?
i now have the mental image that every time you sit down to draw is like a 1920's gent going out for a drive with his leather driving gloves with there associated pomp and ceremony
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Bit... less... formal than that. Thing is I'm a lefty, so my hands smearing up and down the tablet when I draw. Problem is it makes my hand all sticky, so I gotta wear a glove to stop it sticking to the wacom and messing up my strokes
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Nice place to work. I hope I can have one like you. Mine has no decoration just full of wires and dust. The wall's also completely white.
The computer I use is only Surface Pro and a normal cheap mouse. It's still good that I have another monitor like yours. :3
I agree the the stand for the Wacom. I cannot draw when I can't see what I drew. = ="
I think if it makes your job done, it's perfect already.
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Ah haaaa- this is the station at its tidiest, most of the time the cables are aaaaall over the place
And that stand is so useful, I cant understand why a lot of artists dont do it!
As for getting the job done... weeeeell, it does, in the same way that a Volkswagen Beetle will get you to work in the morning. You'd stiiiiill drop it in a heartbeat if you were offered a Ferrari.
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looks good , i would love a intuos but they are so expensive , so i make do with my Wacom Bamboo for the moment 
my pc and monitor do all the other hard workΒ
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You mapped an applet for Photoshop CC, you mean like an actual hotkey applet?
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sorry bit confusing , I mapped the keyboard with the Logitech software and then made a LCD applet for Photoshop and the topaz labs applications it cycles the image size , resolution etc Β ,Β
the topaz labs applet shows me various settings such as the percentages and the de noise or Detail profile i am usingΒ
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Oh cool! Yah that is actually pretty useful!
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An intuos is mostly not better that a bamboo (or intuos pro vs intuos, as it's called now). It's got more keys, shure, but you got PS CC. I have to use a mediocre 6gb ram, i3dualcore (ivy bridge), 1gb Nvidia geforce gt 620m AND to top it all off, I have Photoshop Elements 11 - which sucks. But it works. I recommend for everybody working traditionally once in a while, it helps. Doing fine art and such. And well, if you've got the other hardware you mentioned, then you won't have to worry about shortcuts xD What makes an artist good is mostly his skill and not his setup. (And I only have one 15" screen, Laptop, you know - sucks too xD)
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absolutely agree i still like the traditional aswell always thought the intous pro was a better setup well you learn something new all the time.
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Β Some say it's more comfortable, but everything's a matter of habituation. For photography, a bamboo should suffice. And oops, didn't see you were a photographer! So if you work traditionally, that's an entirely different thing. But working off-digital is really interesting sometimes, there are effects out there PS probably couldn't handle.
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