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How to Use Digital Drawing on Your Nintendo DS R4 Cards

The Nintendo DS r4 card is currently one of the most well loved handheld gaming devices. The plethora of addicting and intriguing games available for it, and its ease of accessibility (like most Nintendo products) has made it a commercial success.

You have probably seen at least a few people carrying their DS’s around with them, often tapping away on the nifty touchpad. You may even own one yourself, and know exactly how fantastic these small handhelds are! But, did you know that you can do far more than just play games on a DS, such as turn it into a digital drawing tablet? With a DS, the right software, and a small tinkering (nothing too hard), you can make your own masterpieces using the touchpad!

First off, you will need to buy a Nintendo DS, and a flash cart. Flash cartridges are used by many homebrew developers, and they allow the user to load files from a PC onto a Nintendo DS. The R4 Revolution card is one of the most well loved flash cards that works with the DS. It costs about , and is available online.

Once you have installed the flash card (it fits just like a normal DS cartridge), and figured out how to navigate the in-game menu, you are set to get the software for artwork. Go to download the latest version of the program ‘Colors.’ Made by Jens Andersson, it is a powerful application that allows users to draw on their DS. Once you have downloaded the program, extract the necessary files from archive using Winzip or Winrar, and then follow the Read-Me instructions on how to place the files on your Flashcard.

For the R4, all you need to do is copy the Colors.nds file to your card root directory (just copy and paste). Then, place your cartridge into your DS, turn it on, and browse for the Colors program file. Open it, and you can start making virtual masterpieces on your DS! If you have a compatible wireless connection, you can even email images you make from your DS. Otherwise, you will need to hook the flash card (or SD card) up to your computer to extract the images. They are automatically saved in the wonderful .PNG format, and can be found in the Colors directory on your card.

The program Colors features a myriad of useful tools, including pressure sensitivity, replay/undo, hard and circular brush, 2-stage zoom. It’s quite a powerful application, and allows for some very detailed images, as seen in the online Colors gallery (see link below). It’s certainly a handy application to have on your R4 DS!

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The Art & Design of Graphics Tablets

Graphics Tablets or what can also be known as graphic pads or tables are a modernized version of the painter’s canvas. Primarily used in the arts and design world the graphics tablets allow the artist/designer to control design input through a pen, stylus or puck. Unlike a traditional mouse the user has meticulous control over the lines and images you can directly draw onto the pad, which in turn are re-produced into the graphics software which supports the tablets such as Autocad, Maya or 3DS Max.
The common myth is the larger the pad the greater the pad, not so. Larger pads tend to be cumbersome requiring more arm movement, more sensitivity and a beast on desk space. So the more experienced tablet user generally sways to smaller tablets.

Tabets typically come in 4” – 10” in size and range in models, some for professional use while others for hobbyists. The tablet lets you have the utmost control through its stylus or puck with pressure sensitivity that allows the user to control line strength/size, color, tone, texture or patterns. Modern tablet manufacturers include Wacom, IOgear, Genius and HP.

Also known as drawing tablets, graphic pads or digitizing tables, graphic tablets are a stand-in input device which is often used in lieu of or in juxtaposition with a trackball, through a mouse or other pointing devices. The tablets have two parts, a flat surface which is used for drawing and a pen, or puck which is so programmed as to work on the tablet surface. Graphic tablets offer a variety of features. Before making your mind, the first question you may question for is about its size. Larger graphic tablets are not always better. The most common size suitable for home users and hobbyists is 4? by 5? or 6? by 8?. But, designers, artists and technical illustrators who work on CAD may prefer or require a larger surface area. But large graphic tablets are expensive and require more movement of your arms. While, various home users who use graphic tablets often choose smaller sizes in order to minimize their arm motion.

Since its inception the most common format for graphic tablets are 4×5, 6×8 and 9×12 with a ratio of 4:3 for traditional computer monitors. But as the time passed the proliferation of widescreen monitors appeared in the mid-2000s. Since then various companies have now started producing wide-format manifold monitors. The next feature which is often looked for in a graphic tablet is its interface. The role of the interface is how a tablet is connected to your computer. These days the most common interface being used is USB. But the older computers which do not contain USB interface can look for serial port tablets. A graphic tablet which has a USB interface takes its power from the computer while a serial tablet requires a separate power connection, so be sure your computer can accommodate a medium-sized transformer. But if you want a wireless solution for your graphic tablet to connect to your computer choose a Bluetooth option. Your graphic tablet also uses a pen or stylus which comes bundled with the device. So make sure it is comfortable and natural in your hand. Check if your pen needs a battery. Different stylus’s offer different features like some pens contain inbuilt switches, buttons or erasers. These buttons can in return often be programmed according to the needs of the user. Graphic tablets are also pressure sensitive and have a pressure level of 256, 512 or 1024. Through pressure sensitiveness transparency, thickness and color can be controlled.

Buying tips: Graphics Tablet
• Make up your mind in deciding the primary purpose on why you want to buy a graphic tablet whether you need it for your home or you want to use it in designing or artistic jobs like CAD or technical illustrations etc.
• Depending on the model you can choose the size of the graphic tablet.
• Before buying a serial port tablet ensure your PC has one, which does not conflict with other devices.
• Make sure your stylus includes a battery or you will have to buy it separately.

live.pirillo.com – Can I use a stylus to control your mouse cursor? Sure you can, all you need is a USB port.
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www.bedoworks.com (final drawing) This tablet PC drawing took over a year and a half to make using Alias Sketchbook Pro on an HP TC4200 Tablet PC. * To address a common misconception, please note that this drawing was made over the course of one and a half years, which does not mean that I spent 24 hours a day for a year and a half drawing it. I have estimated my actual drawing time to be around 400 hours. You can read my comments on why it took so long.
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Digital Cartooning. Drawing cartoons in Adobe Flash

Cartooning in Adobe Flash Part 1
Dan Gibson here. Some of you may know me as the cartoonist that draws Gibbleguts.com cartoons.

It’s been many moons since I’ve drawn a cartoon using a pen and ink on paper. These days I draw my comics right on to my PC with a Wacom digital drawing tablet and Adobe Flash.  

It’s no surprise that so many present day cartoonists have made the go to paperless cartooning, and with excellent reason. The following are just a few of the numerous advantages to drawing cartoons in Adobe Flash.

1: You’ll save money
Once you make the initial investment of buying Adobe Flash and a Wacom tablet, you are pretty much into cost-free cartooning thereafter.  Sure you can spend a wad on the best hardware and software, but you really don’t have to. You can really get set up with a minimal cash outlay. I got started with a small 4×6 Wacom tablet that I bought at a local electronics store for under 100 dollars, and an older version of Flash on Ebay for approximately the same. Even though the initial cost was a couple hundred dollars, compared to the money I had spent on art supplies and equipment , drawing cartoons in Flash is a real bargain.

2: Control:
Drawing comics in Flash gives you total control of the composition of your artwork. Backdrops, characters and props can be grouped and drawn on separate layers. This gives you the ability to resize, go or edit elements of your comic independently of each other. If you make a mistake, you can easily right it without affecting the other elements of the cartoon. I can still remember the distress of making a error, or the heartbreak of knocking over an ink bottle on a finished cartoon.

Here is another huge advantage… Because Flash is a vector based drawing environment, you can scale your cartoon artwork ‘up’ without any loss of quality. This is really helpful if later, for example, you require a larger image to print on a T shirt.

3: Speed:
For me, the largest advantage of drawing cartoons digitally in Flash, is the speed and efficiency factor. In the olden days of drawing on paper, the hassle of prep and clean up often deterred me from whim cartooning. With the time restraints of everyday life, it was often hard to squeeze in a quick cartoon between school, work, chores ect. You had to disassemble your pens and rinse them, cut Bristol board, draw lines for lettering guides, trace rough sketches, ink your cartoons, erase pencil lines, white out screw ups…yada yada yada. With paperless cartooning, all that drudgery is removed.  Not only do you save time, but you’ll also make more money. For example: I had an order for over a hundred panel cartoons, and had 4 weeks to complete the job. I was able to polish off the project within 17 days thanks to my trusty Wacom tablet and Flash. Ka-Ching!!

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