[scotta]

I've been using a laptop and wacom at life drawing sessions for about a month. I've been using Painter 7 for about the same time. I've never posted here before, but I've been urged to start. Here's some stuff:

45 minute pose

25 minute pose

3 hr pose

[Benji Schupp]

Very cool! Painting digitally with a laptop! We sure ilve in an exciting time. Good stuff. Now that you have these nice sketches, you can always go in afterwards and render them a little more, if you liked (like the last pic).

[eyewoo]

Nice pictures...

What was your setup -- How much ram, what size tablet... Did you operate entirely on batteries... etc. etc. the details, plz

oh... and what was the reaction from other's at the session?
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[Gort]

wow - those are great! Yes - oblige us with your setup - please!
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[Dark Shadow Ikki]

yeahhh excellent painting!

[dontfallin]

taking all that crap into a life drawing class seems kind of uncalled for and a slight bit rude..... I were a model I'd be worried you also brought a web cam in too

[Mr.Manga]

yes very realistic, were you looking for any c&c ? the only one i got is the first womans private area seems to stop from the lower stomach and go straight down....i cant really critique anyone without being a hypocrite!
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[Drunken Monkey]

Oooh! The first one especially!

I am also curious about your setup. What laptop model? Is picking right colors on the screen a problem? Did you try using it for outside painting? If so hows that?

I wonder if this kind of thing is going to grow in to a trend.
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[scotta]

I have a Toshiba Satelite laptop, 2.5 GHz, 512 Mb RAM, 16 inch monitor. I'm really happy with it. It's a little bulky, but the size of the monitor more than makes up for it. I also use it for 3d work (Maya) and have never had a problem. The only real drawback when painting is I really need to plug in for power. The battery lasts well over a couple of hours during "casual use", but when painting I'm lucky if it lasts an hour. Not a problem so far, because there are lots of outlets at the sessions I attend. I have not done any outdoor painting yet, but I'm looking at a great sunset right now and thinking I should start.

I'm using a 4x5 intuos2 wacom. At first I was worried because it seemed so tiny compared to what I'm used to, but I've never found myself wishing it was bigger. I really like the portability of it.

The reaction of other artists has been really interesting. It generates a lot of curiousity - a surprising amount of people where I draw had never imagined that this kind of thing could be done with a computer. The number one comment has been, "So do you just print it out when you're done?" The concept of what happens in forums like this is completely foreign to a lot of them. Some of the older veteran artists actually said they had written off computers as a serious tool, but seeing some of what I was doing renewed their interest. People have started getting used to it, but it still attracts attention especially when someone comes in who hasn't seen it yet. Overall the reaction has been really positive and encouraging... and the models have shown the same curiousity and positive reaction.

Thanks for the comments... it's curious that everyone likes that first picture best (including me). That was my first serious attempt at using Painter. I've spent the last month trying to figure out exactly what it is I like about it, and how I can do it again. Here are a couple more attempts:

2 hr pose (from this morning)

45 minute pose

[egerie]

scotta : I think Fred Flick Stone started doing the same thing a week ago Let's start a revolution (and get sponsored by Toshiba) !