I actually sketch it on paper, scan, ink it in Illustrator and color it in Painter.
What’s wrong with pencil and paper?
There’s nothing wrong with pencil and paper. I still do quite a few sketches in my sketchbook. Sometimes I use a Wacom for about half of my sketches.
I prefer to have the Wacom generally for 4 reasons;
1) Better quality
2) Less time to finish
3) Undos
4) Is a better financial investment than constantly having to buy supplies
And for the obvious question of "How is a $200 Wacom tablet a better financial investment over paper and pencil?" To put it simply, over time the Wacom will pay for itself. Before I got a Wacom, I would draft the image in my sketchbook. Pencil and ink the image on bristol board, scan it in and color it with my mouse. In the year I’ve had my Wacom, I’ve completed about 50 – 60 images of various sizes. Based on the usual supplies I got before my Wacom the same 50 – 60 Images would have cost me roughly $130 and wouldn’t have had nearly the same quality as my current images. On top of that, most of the images I’ve done on the Wacom were bordom sketches either done on paper in my sketchbook or in photoshop or sketchbook pro. My avatar was one of the bordom sketches I did in Photoshop while I was in class. Before the Wacom I really had to plan on completing an image. So it’s really an investment to upgrade my artwork.
