New Gear

As we're slowly approaching the end of the year, I wanted to talk for a bit about what your support has been going towards, apart from the rather mundane topic of living expenses. When I bought my previous PC, I wasn't doing so well financially, meaning I had to settle for the cheapest option, a machine which cost me less than $200 at the time. Now I don't want to dunk on it too much as it performed its functions, but it was always slow and clumsy and things didn't exactly get better over time. Especially when handling larger files such as comic pages, it was a constant struggle to get everything done. Heck, lately even sending out e-mails became a test of patience. So since yesterday, thanks to the funds you guys have provided, I fnally upgraded to a more powerful machine, and at the same time I've upgraded my drawing tablet to a Cintiq 16 as well! There I have to say that I've always been impressed by my Intuos 4, which served me faithfully for 12 years. Before that I was using a crappy off-brand $50 tablet, and before that I was doing digital colouring by mouse (something I don't recommend to anyone). You can tell how much of a relief the Intuos was by how much my colour output started to increase in 2010. But I have to admit that its use for someone who's used to having the paper underneath his hand when he's drawing, was always a bit counterintuitive. Hopefully the screen display of the Cintiq should fix that. So I hope you have some patience with me during the following weekend, as I now need to get everything set up and in working order, and import all my programs, files and settings. If you send me an e-mail or PM in the following couple of days, response might be a bit slow. And I suppose that after that the tablet will take some time to getting used to as well, but the best way to do that is to keep on working. Once more I would like to thank all of you who have supported me, at any amount. Your contributions have made this possible, and I hope that I will continue to earn your trust!