Ahhh, buyer's remorse. It's such a familiar friend....I'm notorious for returning things after I buy them (nowhere near as bad as my mother, however, let the record show). But I'm getting ahead of myself....
See, the way we design is generally that Chad will draw something up in pencil and then we will scan it, put it through Illustrator LiveTrace and spend an hour fixing the lines. Lately we've been working on some BIG projects that the idea of doing this process to, was less than appealing. Enter the WACOM INKLING!!!!
This pen (in case you're not familiar) is supposed to record your lines as you draw them on a regular piece of paper... essentially creating vectors in one simple step! Genius! I had seen this little bit o' magic pen about a year ago on the WACOM website and wanted it then. However, I don't just throw money around for the business, so I held off. Chad, the ever spontaneous half, decided we were going to bite the bullet and purchase this little wonder about a month ago. It came in snazzy packaging, looking all sleek and glorious. Plugged it in and started drawing.
Lately we've been working on some superhero baby images for our Etsy Shop (check them out in a couple of weeks right back here) and we figured they would be the perfect first image to test out our timesaving little miracle worker. So he traced very carefully and we plugged that bad boy in....I'll just let the pictures do the talking.
First is the picture that he drew of baby Flash (I know, he's good)....
Second is what the Inkling captured.
I know what you're thinking...WHAT THE?!?! Yeah, our feelings exactly. Not only was pretty much every line so far off base, it also didn't create a single smooth line and there were about a million anchor points. I figured we would have to touch up some lines here and there...but come on. Live Trace does a better job than this! I understand that this tool is supposed to be a "starting point" for design work and record sketches..but the fact that it couldn't even record a single smooth line was just to much for me. I'm done with it....unless WACOM fixes it, I'm Live Tracing till the cows come home.
Essentially, SweetBirch Designs will sum up our WACOM Inkling experience with an expert graphic that we designed.
Sorry WACOM, so not impressed!
Anyone else tried this thing? Better results than us? Comment Below!
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