Day 55: In Which Evil Computer Smites Me

From now on this old computer of mine will be known as "Evil Computer". On Evil Computer I can create a colourful drawing with several layers and save it quite well. When I go to open a saved colourful drawing with several layers, Evil Computer smites me. He slows down, crashes Photoshop, and refuses to let me open my colourful drawing with several layers!

I will be getting Good Computer shortly. I'm sure Evil Computer will try to thwart my efforts, but Good Computer will prevail.

I'm sorry, Evil Computer ate my fairy, so I only have a seahorse to show. I will show my fairy later. Seahorse was supposed to be in colour, but that is not something Evil Computer would allow. I hope you enjoy my seahorse, and not think me completely mad (though I may well be).

A Question Answered About My Materials

I wanted to answer a question that was left in my comments in a post so everyone could see. I hope I don't embarrass you by putting you on the spot, Amy, but I thought everyone should know the answer.

Amy Asked: "What materials do you use for your work?"

Right now, all my illustrations are done digitally in Photoshop. Often I'll draw things in pencil and scan them into my computer. For many of the recent animal drawings I looked at many references, but did them using the pen tool in Photoshop. If you don't use the pen tool in Photoshop, you don't know what you're missing!

It's becoming rarer now, but some people are still of the mindset that Digital means "easy", or completely computer generated. I was shocked when I heard that there are a few that think it doesn't take artistic talent to create computer generated images. The computer is a tool just like any other, and you do need talent to create good digital art.

Thank you for your question Amy! I would be happy to answer any other questions people have about my art, picture books, and everything in between and around these things. Feel free to email me at daniduckart[@]gmail.com. Remember to remove the brackets! So what's your question?


Edit: One thing that I forgot to mention is my all important Wacom pad. I have a Wacom Intuos 3. I got it just before the Intuos 4 came out. I love it, and I'm not sure how I ever did art on the computer without it.