[quick sketching with the pen tablet] Just some playing around with the pen tablet. Illustrator is good for inking, but really, before that stage it seems like Photoshop is the right tool for sketching. So I did a quick test in 3 steps. Some really rough outlines, then filled them in a bit more, and then a little more refinement. This was also an exercise in trying to figure out how to create animated GIFs which turns out to be very easy. The little squiggle on the left side was a test to see if it's pressure sensitive: it is! This is still very primative, but it's a first cut. Also, this was done at home on the laptop computer (after spending some time to get that to work). images/Drawings/Sketches/pad.gif