It’s 2012, and I figured, well, if the world is going to end, then I’m going to get myself a new Cintiq.

Yes, well that’s as good an excuse as any right?

cintiq 24 vs cintiq 21 box size (with cat for scale comparison)

cintiq 24hd box vs me

I do like my older 21in model, really I do. Every Wacom product I have ever owned has been a great piece of kit, and the 21 was worth every cent.

The new 24HD is an upgrade, not as huge as going from an Intuous to a Cintiq, but still an interesting one nontheless. It is massive and heavy, and looks a bit like a panel that should be on a spaceship rather than an illustrator’s desk.

cintiq 24 on desk with 23in LED monitor behind, propped up so I can see it

It seems quite comfortable so far. I managed to set it up to hang off the table but I had to prop some stuff on the base to keep the height up a little (the arms only seem to lock up when adjusted to their maximum height, presumably for transport purposes or if you want to use the Cintiq as a stand-up monitor). Wacom should consider adding a functionality to allow people to lock the arms into place at the angle they desire.

propped up screen with books on base

Thanks to Dave at Hile Design for including me in their latest interviewee. Please visit their blog for the whole interview. While you’re at it, check out their work - Dave Hile is a former illustrator himself, and now runs his own design and advertising firm.

I will be away from 24 Nov – 6 Dec on a trip back to Asia to visit relatives and friends in Singapore and Hong Kong. I am also attending the Business of Design Week conference in Hong Kong.

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fall fare

An oldie but a goodie. It’s Fall!

So… I took the plunge and got myself a Cintiq. It’s expensive, huge, and hopefully the savior of my wrist. So far it’s been great to draw on. Here’s the setup as it is now. I think this is the best configuration I can get with my current studio.  Click the photo to see the various parts on the table. The weird thing on the jar is my Huey pro calibrator which calibrates both monitors.

Another view of the table.

Yes, this mother is huge.

This was the original setup, which didn’t work quite so well for me and gave me a backache.

So since I now have a Twitter account I’m just posting the link everywhere. I’m still not sure about it, but we’ll see:

http://twitter.com/sygnin

Got a new computer and installed CS3 on it. Tested out Illustrator and Photoshop. Spent couple of days getting everything back up and running. Still not too sure about all the new stuff, but I think it’s been configured to do what I need it to do. Wacom pressure sensitivity still drops in Photoshop; relaunching stills fixes it. Not sure why. By the by the girl was supposed to be in a chair, but I didn’t feel like rendering that out. Looks like a teacup to me!

Mucho thanks to the guys at Whored Canvas for doing an interview with me! Check out the other artists they’ve featured while you’re there.

I added some new plugin for making feeds. I have no idea what it does. Any explanations would be helpful. See, thing is, I don’t use feeds myself, I don’t know how they work, apart from that they show you new posts from the blogs you like. Somehow.