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The iPad. A tool that has been around for a while now, yet still able to come up with new uses each day. The iPad, to me, is an extension of my rendering. I practice on it. I sketch on it. I doodle on it. And sometimes I do fully finished artwork on it.
But the question comes to mind, do you need an iPad? Is it necessary in this technology filled world of ours? What are the pros and the cons of working in the digital medium?
This week we take a look at all the positives, and negatives, or working with a tablet. And you’ll see it’s not always greener on the other side.
The iPad is a Tool
Understand that the iPad is a tool. Just like any tool. It does not have magic powers. it will not make you amazing.
I want you to think back to when you started drawing. With pencil in hand and paper in front of you, the world was yours. Creativity was yours. It was just a matter of time before you created the most amazing piece of art the world had ever seen.
But then you saw a painting. Done with acrylics. And suddenly you wanted to work in that medium. You felt that paper and pencil was inferior to working in the liquid medium of acrylic. With acrylics you could capture the emotion of the piece. It would be amazing!
Until you saw that fabulous digital painting online. That was the best of the best.
You see where this is going. Everything is a tool. It’s you that makes it awesome!
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Loved the podcast on the iPad. I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab2 7.0 version. I have been wondering about the iPad. I have not used my tablet for apps yet. I do think that they are available. Some questions I had about the iPad are, do you pay a monthly subscriber fee. I am locked into a 2-yr contract with Verizon on my tablet. One con that I have (and is probably why I don’t use the apps) is that the sunlight almost makes it impossible for me to do any work on the device, the glare is really frustrating. I use mine for primarily taking pictures, emails, a map/driving directions device, and I watch tutorials on it when not near my computer. I purchased an external battery to use in the car or out in the open.
Learning curves for new devices is a real problem for me. i.e. I have Art Rage, Photoshop Elements, (just got Photoshop CC), I have Illustrator and took one class, am taking another now) and I own and use machine embroidery software to digitize my own embroidery. All of these have learning curves. I sometimes feel overwhelmed, and frustrated because I get stuck when trying to complete a project. That said, there is a good side, the programs I just mentioned all have a common thread and many times I learn from one program something I need to know in the other one, so I keep at the classes.
The downside is I feel I don’t “know enough” about any one of them.
Perhaps some of it is my age, but I feel that this is what is keeping me young, by staying with them and trying to advance.
Thanks for the information. It definitely helps me to have a “human” connection with all the digital learning that I am going through.