My brother-in-law is an artist. I mean... A real one Until recently he was using the classic stuff like pencils, inks, charcoal, paints... But not so long ago he received an offer to create illustrations for a new book and he took it. For some reason he decided that he needs an extra challenge and instead of doing the illustrations the usual way, he purchased a Wacom Bamboo tablet... He did not ask me for an advice and the question why did he choose the Bamboo is beyond me. Maybe because he thought he will be able to take it with his notebook and be mobile. Well... Bad idea...

Actually not asking me was even worse idea as I would tell him to make sure that the tablet he wants to buy works with the Linux he is using on his notebook. So he basically made two bad decisions. As he soon realized that not only the brand new tabled he purchased is not supported under Linux but also that the Bamboo is not a mature tablet but a cheap toy.

So I have a Bamboo now... And it does not mean that I will start creating new stuff as the Bamboo really is nothing but a cheap toy. It is way too small to be used for painting and way too small for doing manips. Basically I just have it plugged into my secondary PC that runs Linux and time to time I try to make it work there so I can give it back to him.

Also I did update my Yahoo Group a little as these days and with my online archives closed down I thought I could put few of my favorite works there that are too 'hot' to be shown here...

So that is about it...

Cheers,
MB