A Professional Artist uses a Xencelabs Tablet with Photoshop, Illustrator and Artrage

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This is part 2 of an in-depth review of the Xencelabs Medium Bundle which consists of a Pen Tablet, 2 Pens, a Quick Keys control, carry wallet and pen case, wifi dongle, and more. In this video I use Photoshop and Illustrator with the tablet to create a T-Shirt design.

For more information you can visit their website:
https://www.xencelabs.com

The t-shirts can be ordered here:
Colour version: https://dastactic-2.creator-spring.com/listing/new-budgie-smuggler
Tonal version: https://dastactic-2.creator-spring.com/listing/get-budgie-smuggler

Here is the contents of the video:

00:00 Introduction
00:18 Missed some Items
01:40 Angled Wires
03:05 Different usage for graphic designers and illustrators
03:55 Summary of Tablet Setup and Windows Ink
04:25 Artrage and Windows Ink is a big problem
05:25 Color corners is surprisingly helpful
06:43 Illustrator setup was a breeze
07:06 Tablet issue with small initial straight line
07:36 Photoshop setup is difficult
08:42 Tweaks for Clip Studio
11:33 Photoshop defaults
12:33 Windows Ink is not fun
13:41 Essential setup for Photoshop
16:57 Setting up Artrage
19:37 Photoshop pen pressure controlled from Xencelabs
21:44 Budgie Smuggler explanation and brief
24:22 Reference and concept pencil in Photoshop
28:45 Illustrator and vector art
31:36 Illustrator document setup for merch
34:42 Astute Graphics plugins are awesome
35:40 A quick look at another Illustrator project
36:12 Illustrator is mainly Mouse rather than Tablet
36:40 Dynamic Sketch plugin
39:40 Brush Width tool
42:10 Starting the vector illustration
42:45 Dynamic Sketch with Shift to trim lines
47:45 Basic line art done
48:50 Color version
50:25 Initial artwork done
52:50 Thoughts about the Xencelabs Tablet Bundle
54:23 Tweaks a day later
55:22 Color version final art
56:45 Tonal version

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