As of yesterday, the new portable "sketchbook" Cintiq 12WX (which I blogged about last week) is now available for purchase in the U.S. And if that wasn't good enough, the price is significantly lower than first expected: Only $999.00 plus shipping. You can find out more and place an order here....
Thanks to the Drawn! blog, I've just learned that Wacom, Inc. is manufacturing a smaller, portable version of the Cintiq. To that I say "Yipee!", "Awesome!", and "Woo hoo!" Earlier this year my studio went all-digital. I traded in my traditional drawing board for a Cintiq, which lets me draw and paint directly onto the computer screen. It's greatly simplified my...
Since then I've met and married my lovely wife (Jennie) and had a baby girl (Anna). I now live in the incredible shrinking house. Bedroom #2 became Anna's room, so I had to toss out some of my junk and move the rest into my studio, which was a tight fit. Then Jennie started a part-time job working from home, so I bought her a desk and wedged it into the studio as well. The house is feeling awfully tight. The upside is that it has forced us to live "lean and mean" and get rid of a lot of junk we didn't really need.
The studio is L-shaped, which makes it difficult to stand back and get a good picture. These pics were all taken with my iPhone (which has no flash) so they aren't real crisp, but they should do:
This article is primarliy aimed at two groups of freelancers: Californians who have been experiencing massive power outages, and Minnesotans who live in my blackout-proned neighborhood.
In recent months I've had three major power outages lasting several hours each, plus a few minor ones. Twice, in order to meet deadlines, I've had to pack up my computer, drive across town, and set up a temporary studio at my mother-in-law's house. She was very sweet for letting me impose on her, but it was an enormous hassle nonetheless. (Untangling a rat's nest of computer cables in the dark is not what I would call fun.)
After the third outage in two months, I'd had enough.
