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From rocks to hammers... from cavemen to carpenters.... the tools we use to get a job done have changed over time. In the old days of cartooning I used paper… pencils… erasers (lots of erasers)… ink pens… and whiteout (lots of whiteout). I would measure out my cartoon borders with a ruler and start sketching and erasing…sketching and erasing. Once I thought the sketch resembled something recognizable I would then ink the cartoon and erase the pencil marks… and ink again using different size ink pens for added details. WHEN I made mistakes… it was time for whiteout. I used a lot of whiteout. That was my process for cartooning. I kept all my drawing tools in a Ziplock bag and my cartoons in a clipboard. I could throw all that in my backpack and run out the door. 20 years ago...fun stuff :)
In the past few years, I started to research drawing tablets that I could hook up to a computer to work on cartoons. The thought of being hooked to a computer to digitally update the old ‘toons was not really exciting, but it would get the job done. I finally accepted my tethered fate... when a breakthrough in tech happened… Apple released the iPad Pro and my first thought was, “What idiot would buy one of those?!” I have used iPads for years and spent tons of money on styluses…which never worked quite right. So why spend all the money on a bigger version of something that doesn't really work for art? Well, Apple had an answer for that... and came out with the Apple Pencil.
I was still unimpressed. I really doubted it would work like they said it would...and I didn’t give the Apple set up another thought... that is until a coworker had an Apple Pencil and let me try it out... I used the Apple Pencil… once… one time... and then immediately drove to the Apple Store and bought the iPad Pro and the Apple Pencil. So to answer my own question... “What idiot would by an iPad Pro?”... the answer is me. The iPad screen size allows me to draw within the same cartoon dimensions from all those years ago. Drawing my cartoons feels the same as it did in the past (except now there is an undo button instead of tons of whiteout). From rock to hammer... from caveman to carpenter....from paper to iPad.
20 years ago I would I would grab all my cartoons and equipment, throw it into my backpack and go... and now today... I do the same thing. Fun stuff :)
