
So I got finally got a Cintiq. I was monitoring the pricing on
Futureshop for the last 6 months. It was 2100 in December, then went up
to 2500 in January and just this month was 2800. (Futureshop is
Canada's version of Best Buy) . I attribute it to the depreciation of
the Canadian dollar in recent months. On the one hand products are
increasing in price and on the other, most of my paychecks are from the
US so more money for me when i exchange. Well, instead of waiting for
it to rise even further I found a place that was still selling it for
just under 24oo CAD and got one. It's really pretty awesome if you've
done painting or whatnot in the past. Takes a bit of adjustment but
it's so much more awesome than using a mouse or regular tablet. I hope
to do a lot more digital paintings, although I think most of my
finished pencil stuff will still be on paper. I think it works better
for more finished pencil stuff to be done on paper first and then
brought into the computer for color. Although I may change my mind on
this when I get more comfortable with the Cintiq.
Anywho, here is an early color painting test for documentation heh.