Last weekend the digitaldecoy convention 2006 took place, sixty members of the digitaldecoy forum (meanwhile digitalartforum) took part at this event. I was one of them. It was an incredible event … to meet just some artists is a rare pleasure for me, therefore, meeteing sixty of them and all of them unbelievable nice was just marvelous.
There was that much artistic energy floating around the space, that much inspiration, that much shoulders, you could take a look beyond, that I couldn’t help but draw a good portion of the time. Haven’t drawn that much for more than half a year, have to scan and post all the pages soon.
Beside all the drawing, we also could try some WACOM products, e.g. an A3 tablet, but combined with a 17” screen was way too big for me (it would take a long time for me to manage that big size). Also got the chance to try a Cintiq 21UX this piece of hardware is just gorgeous … maybe sometime I’ll have the money to afford it.
Another really incredible tool, I could give a try, was the Omni Device. It was just amazing to feel the surface of the model, while working on (or actually drilling some holes into) it. Another toy on my wish list.
But one of the heights of the weekend was definitely drawing on a picture in collaboration with souly. It was a great experience to draw along with her, inspiring one another and watch the empty pages become a dreamy scene. It was fun. It was definitely one of this thingies from my 60 until 60 list (that I have soon to set up again).
It was a gorgeous event, I gained much of motivation and inspiration, met many nice people, I knew from earlier conventions or just from reading their posts. It was fun, but way too short and I just cannot await and am looking forward to see everyone of them again … maybe at the ArtJam at the end of the year, but definitely at the first “daf convention”.
So this was the last digitaldecoy convention, this time for sure.
By the way, Shu, sorry for ripping your post title …
Here you can find the shirt design, and because on the shirt the ‘C’ inside the speech bubble is missing, it’s giving a cool name for the title.
