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> "Penang" gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:e7dc786c-6682-4a08-b990-2498f28c566b@a2g2000prm.googlegroups.com...

>> On Sep 5, 6:08 pm, Richard Heathfield wrote:

>>> [Followups set to comp.graphics.animation]
>>>
>>> Penang said:
>>>

>>>> Hello all !

>>>

>>>> My brother likes to draw. Ever since he was a little kid, he drew
>>>> fantastic images, and all I could do was stood there drooling ... No
>>>> matter how I tried, I just can't draw.

>>>
>>> That sounds very much like my son, now 17 - his drawing is amazing, and he
>>> is studying animation (among other things) at college. He says:
>>>
>>> "All the free 2D animation packages suck. Flash is expensive but very good
>>> - it takes some getting used to, but there are probably hundreds of online
>>> tutorials.
>>>
>>> "If your brother wants to get into 3D, look at Blender, 3DStudio Max,
>>> Cinema 4D, or Maya." (Apart from Blender, which is free, these are all
>>> pretty expensive.)
>>>
>>> He adds that drawing on a computer is way harder than drawing on paper!
>>>

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>> I fully understand the feeling of drawing using a mouse is like
>> drawing with a brick. That is why I am planning to include a digital
>> tablet, or a trackball, or whatever that can aid his drawing, in the
>> package that I'm giving him as his 13th birthday present.
>>
>> If there's any professional animator here I would like to know which
>> apparatus you prefer in your animation projects.
>>
>> Any recommendation, folks?
>>
>> Thank you !

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> Wacom's tablets are de facto standard in Japan.
> Visit to:
> http://www.wacom.com/index.html
>
> Comparing to a boxset of color markers, it's not so expensive.
> The tablet is pen pressure sensitive and it seems that many drawing
> software including Photoshop and GIMP (of Linux) have the capability.
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> It needs some getting used to, though. Because you must keep watching
> the monitor screen while you are moving the pen on the tablet.
>