Art on the iRex

Jürgen Hubert · 08-16-2009, 02:27 PM

As I am a hobby artist, one of my initial motivations for buying the iRex was to use it as a digital sketchboard. After installing Xournal, initial results do seem to be promising. It's not really suitable for creating finished art, but it is a huge help when coming up with basic perspective and composition for a more finished work - and these are the things I need to practice the most if I want to make progress as an artist.

In this thread, I want to explore the possibilities of using the iRex as a digital sketchboard, and also post the occasional piece of work at various degrees of completion. Here is my first sketch:

Warriah · 08-16-2009, 05:13 PM

You are a really, really patient man.

tjdean256 · 08-16-2009, 09:16 PM

Cool

Have you tried the layer feature in Xournal?

Jürgen Hubert · 08-16-2009, 10:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Warriah

You are a really, really patient man.

Not really - I don't think that sketch took me more than 15 minutes to make.

Quote:

Originally Posted by tjdean256

Cool

Have you tried the layer feature in Xournal?

No, because I didn't really see the point for the kind of drawings I want to do. Layers are great when you want to do precision work, but for a sketch it doesn't matter much if you put the occasional line wrong.

Jürgen Hubert · 09-07-2009, 02:19 PM

Since the drawing itself looked somewhat bare, I colorized it with Painter X:

There might be some potential to this technique...

Floeee · 09-07-2009, 04:54 PM

hrhr thats real cool stuff

i thought about to do the same, until my DR arrived

Floeee · 09-16-2009, 10:40 AM

is your input lag also higher with xournal than with the normal scribbling function in pdf?
because its really impossible to scribble something in xournal

Jürgen Hubert · 09-16-2009, 10:43 AM

The lag is noticeable, but I haven't really made time comparisons yet with the normal scribblings to determine if it is slower.

08-16-2009, 02:27 PM	#1
Jürgen Hubert Enthusiast Posts: 34 Karma: 548 Join Date: Jul 2009 Device: iRex 1000S	Art on the iRex As I am a hobby artist, one of my initial motivations for buying the iRex was to use it as a digital sketchboard. After installing Xournal, initial results do seem to be promising. It's not really suitable for creating finished art, but it is a huge help when coming up with basic perspective and composition for a more finished work - and these are the things I need to practice the most if I want to make progress as an artist. In this thread, I want to explore the possibilities of using the iRex as a digital sketchboard, and also post the occasional piece of work at various degrees of completion. Here is my first sketch:

09-07-2009, 02:19 PM	#5
Jürgen Hubert Enthusiast Posts: 34 Karma: 548 Join Date: Jul 2009 Device: iRex 1000S	Since the drawing itself looked somewhat bare, I colorized it with Painter X: There might be some potential to this technique... Attached Thumbnails

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08-16-2009, 05:13 PM	#2
Warriah Enthusiast Posts: 26 Karma: 36 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Italy Device: Irex DR-1000S	You are a really, really patient man.

08-16-2009, 09:16 PM	#3
tjdean256 Zealot Posts: 138 Karma: 70 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Louisiana Device: irex dr1000s; Pocket edge	Cool Have you tried the layer feature in Xournal?

09-07-2009, 04:54 PM	#6
Floeee Groupie Posts: 179 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Vienna Device: iRex DR1000s returned / Sony PRS-505 returned / Asus eee PC t91	hrhr thats real cool stuff i thought about to do the same, until my DR arrived

09-16-2009, 10:40 AM	#7
Floeee Groupie Posts: 179 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Vienna Device: iRex DR1000s returned / Sony PRS-505 returned / Asus eee PC t91	is your input lag also higher with xournal than with the normal scribbling function in pdf? because its really impossible to scribble something in xournal

09-16-2009, 10:43 AM	#8
Jürgen Hubert Enthusiast Posts: 34 Karma: 548 Join Date: Jul 2009 Device: iRex 1000S	The lag is noticeable, but I haven't really made time comparisons yet with the normal scribblings to determine if it is slower.