Wacky for Wacom

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I'm going to take the plunge and get a Wacom. It has been many months since I decided I wanted this powerful piece of creative technology. Thankfully my birthday is coming up next week and my dreams are to come to fruition!

Originally I thought I might be able to just do my art traditionally again and just scan it in to a program like Adobe Illustrator. That just didn't happen!

I'm completely connected to immediate gratification. Look how digital photography made me mend my broken heart and pick up the glass again. I no longer have to wait days to see my images. Thanks to digital darkrooms, I don't need to work minimum wage in a photolab just to ensure control over my work.

Click, view, click...

I'm in love with the effects I can create in Adobe Lightroom, and the ability to make any adjustments imaginable in Adobe Photoshop. At times I end up with three or four different versions of the same image because I could not choose between the possibilities.

Click, save, click...

I'm excited about what the Wacom is capable of. My workflow should drastically improve in speed as well as creativity.

No more braced aching wrist late in the night. No more screaming and shaking my fist at the monitor because my mouse crudely screwed up another edit. No more repetative angry backing up by typing "Ctrl" +"Alt" + "Z".

There will only be the wonderful ease of my anticipated new best friend.

Stroke, smile, stroke...