I had high hopes for the Wacom Inkling, of course I was dubious that it would accurately convert my drawings into a digital form just by using a sensor and special pen but the demo and marketing of the product looked so damn good and Wacom have a great reputation for their graphic tablets. Before I begin I will say that I read all the tips on how to use the inkling, tried different settings and even different types of paper.
As you can see above, the results speak for themselves. Okay, it doesn’t look aweful but there are many descrapancies between the original drawing and the inkling version mainly in the form of lines being in the wrong position. As I draw comics, the accuracy of the lines is pretty crucial, so really even minor differences can be quite bad.
But it gets worse: Read more
For the last seven months I have been creating comics and publishing them on my tumblr blog – mindvomit.co.uk. In my first month I received around 240 unique visitors and in my last month (November 2011) I received 58,828, a 24411% increase in traffic! However, this was mainly due my Narwhal – The Baddest Mother F*cker in the Ocean post that was unusually popular, generating 56,015 unique visits. If we take an average month like October – the percentage increase in traffic is 174%, which I think is still pretty good. Read more
Of late I’ve been posting a weekly comic to my tumblr blog. I’m fairly new to tumblr and have been trying to get to grips with various tactics to help the success of posts in gaining tumblr likes and reblogs etc so I thought I would share my learning thus far: Read more
It’s always nice to welcome people onto the site with a lovingly crafted greeting. Above will be incorporated into my new design. It’s a little bit of an overkill but with some masking out of certain areas I have found it works okay and gives the initial impact of the site the unique and individualistic feel that I want.
So I’m 90% happy with this logo, I think I could play with the colour combinations on it all day and I’m still caught between various titles – “web design and multimedia portfolio”, “visual brain expulsions”, the list is endless so for now i’m just leaving it at like this:
All I need to do now is design the rest of the website!
The last couple of week’s I’ve found that regular access to a computer is an essential requirement of designing and creating a portfolio website and as such, my progress has gradually diminished.
Also, I have found that I have developed more of an interest in illustration and patterns than the portfolio website, so I now just want to get it done and dusted so I can move onto more enjoyable projects. Read more
Although these aren’t perfect yet, I think this is probably the way to go. Illustrator makes it really easy to convert the drawings I scanned, into patterns and custom brushes that can then be applied to any vector shape – it’s so much fun!
I wasn’t originally thinking minimal but then this is usually a decent way to go – developing an idea that may contain a lot of logic and reasoning behind it but eventually materialises into a simplish presentation. In short – a simple presentation of a complex idea. Read more
Damn you stupid A5 pad – why do you hinder me in such way with your limited width yet appropriate height, misleading me into creating drawings that serve no purpose other than discontentment and trickery! Yes, you may be convenient and sit well on the side of the sofa so I may use the papery sheets that you hold within, if an inspirational moment reveals itself, but you are useless for this web design and it’s time I gained a larger pad. I hate you stupid pad.
Drawings – close to being THE ONE, but too narrow so therefore useless. Read more
