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Digital sketching in the plane ๐Ÿ˜‰โœˆ๏ธ
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View on my hands, while drawing on the display screen of a Lenovo Thinkpad Yoga 370, with a Wacom Bamboo stylus. The sketch are: 3 unfinished expression, a drawing of Pepper and another in progress. The interactive screen in the seat of the plane show a flight from France to Reunion , an Island near Madagascar.
@chengdulittlea oh yes, 11h! Litteral pain to the butt, but i'm now arrived on Reunion island. Ready for Pepper and Carrots signing session and conferences ( but tourism too ๐Ÿ˜Ž)
๐Ÿ˜ฎ wow I wish one day I can be like that
@chengdulittlea Unfortunately, the wifi option was a paying one , locked behind a portal of the company. I already landed, pick a car and went to my rent, took a big nap, and posted this.
Now it's night, and i feel like in the morning ๐Ÿ˜†
@chengdulittlea FYI with many airlines if you simply connect to the network, and then turn on a VPN on your computer it'll bypass their paywall and give you free internet.

Maybe something to try on the way home. ;)
@masukomi @chengdulittlea oh, interesting. For sure i'll give it a try with a simple free vpn, for the fun to bypass something ๐Ÿค“
@jan Lenovo Thinkpad Yoga 370, with a Wacom Bamboo stylus. Fedora KDE X11, with tiny modifications and settings tweaks to get a better mobile painting experience. I'll share a guide and review on my blog once i'll be back my trip. ๐Ÿ˜
@jan Excited to see that. A good drawing screen on a mobile Linux device would get me to buy a new device. I'm also looking at a Fydetab duo for the same functions.
Tiens รงa fonctionne un stylet Wacom sur un PC tablette ?
J'ai reรงu un nouveau pc tablette pro avec un รฉcran tactile (marque HP), si j'achรจte un stylet de tablette graphique je pourrais l'utiliser dessus ? :o
@zeroday hello, le touchscreen ne veut pas forcement dire un digitizer de tablette, et il y a differentes technologies, dont des cacas, et des tech bien mais montรฉ avec les fesses (lag/bruit dans les coordonnรฉes). J'en parlerai bientรดt dans un article de blog.
mmmh, d'accord
Hรขte de lire cet article dans ce cas !
Bon voyage ร  la Rรฉunion ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ช ! #Team974 #IleIntense #Enjoy ๐Ÿ๏ธ
doesnโ€™t your wrist cramp up?

My carpal tunnel would not let me draw in a space that small ๐Ÿฅฒ
@mariyadelano oh no for your carpal tunnel. For me, it was ok, but i have not tested more than 2h. Also, i was lucky: the seat on my right was empty.
oooh if the seat on the right was empty that makes a lot more sense. I feel like Iโ€™d hit the other person in the face with my elbow otherwise ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

โ€œGotta get that line just right!โ€

โ€œOne more swooping motionโ€ฆ.โ€

*BAM*

โ€œOh my god I am so sorry I was just trying to fix the curve of this single eyelashโ€
@mariyadelano ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ
gotta suffer for art, what else can I say ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

On a serious note - you draw much more consistently than I do, do you have any tips for avoiding pain?

Because honestly Iโ€™d be drawing for hours every day if my carpal tunnel didnโ€™t flare up so often ๐Ÿ˜–
@mariyadelano No idea for a good advice , sorry : i'm on the very lucky type oh hand that can handle the pen/stylus for ~10h per day without any pain.
Before the release of a new episode, I often go up in time budget, and in this case my hand muscle hurts and get tired. When i can't keep the rythme, I just do bath it in cold water, and apply various cream for sport before sleep. It helps. Sometime cream for tired feet too ๐Ÿ˜† I had to do that last week for ep38, but i already recovered fully.
do you stretch or do any warm-ups before drawing?

when i've looked for advice before a lot of it boiled down to posture, stretching, and warming up

I wonder if you do that consciously or naturally. Or maybe you simply have better genetics than me ๐Ÿ˜…
@mariyadelano oh, i can't really praise my genes for many reasons, but on this topic I'm lucky. I don't stretch or do special routine. I usually have the "crepes" effect, i sketch and the first one is always bad, rigid, not in sync. Knowing it will be bad anyway helps me to just get into it without to much anticipation or expectations. It's certainly a warm-up necessary step. I try to get it done at breakfast, (but i'm bad at routine, more like chaos) so i feel ready for the day.
do you think about your posture much? I notice in the airplane picture you're holding the tablet with the other hand and keeping it at a good angle

Do you try to keep your back straight?
@mariyadelano I probably adapt all of that unconsciously. Regarding to drawing, i'm never perfectionnist about condition: seat, light, paper... It's always a "now or never" and "deal with the situation" feeling. It helps on signing session, or plein air drawing.
Oh yes for lifting the display at an angle. It helped me on the plane, maybe because not a lot of room to bend my neck above the device. I'll try to DIY litlle legs I can fold on this device ๐Ÿ˜
I think I need to pay more attention to how much I'm bending my neck ๐Ÿ‘€

I am a bit envious that you don't have to think of these things much, but we've all got our own unique health problems ๐Ÿ˜…

Appreciate you answering all of my questions here!
Bienvenue ร  la Rรฉunion ! ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ช
@kallaria merci! C'est trop jolie ici ๐Ÿคฉ j'ai hate de sortir la boite d'aquarelle
oh shit! I just recognized your icon.

I read the Esperanto version of Pepper and Carrot!
T'es arrivรฉ ?
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That' very Cool! how much did it take to finish? also who took the picture? both of your hands are busy with the tablet and pen so how did you take it?
@herobrine7gamer hey, it was a less than 1h session, and i asked my wife to take the picture for me ๐Ÿฅฐ
Cool! I wish I could draw this quick. I usually take a few hours just draw anything, then it doesn't turns out very great. Do you have any tips on drawing faster?
@herobrine7gamer The 'fast' aspect comes by itself on the way, with repetion, imo. I used to take twice or more time on it. It's ok, as long as you enjoy the drawing session, knows where was the challenges and what you did to overcome them.
Well, that's what my art teacher used to say. But at least I improved so much along the way. I used to draw for days. I still remember spending an entire weekend on one drawing. That drawing is still my favorite. but still, I am not completely satisfied with my skills. Do you have any drawing tutorials? I really like your style and so I want to learn about how you draw.
รงa donne envie ce genre de pรฉriphรฉrique.
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