Pretty interesting, Pilou! Is the software available to download or is that more of a research only project?

- Michael

I suppose that is integrated inside this ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRx06N1EsaE

Hi Pilou,

> I suppose that is integrated inside this ;)

Are you sure about that? That second video appears to be all 2D sketching only - note no view rotation happening in that second video.

The 3D sketching looks really interesting, but with a system like that there is quite a bit of automated guessing that it is doing to try and figure out how to make the right shape, and you probably have to learn how the system works pretty well because there will be many kinds of situations where it might guess incorrectly...

- Michael

You sure find the cool new tools everywhere Pilou.

The direct modeling and Spaceclaim also seem pretty interesting.

I do want to eventually start learning Sculptris, but after playing with it it seems like a wacom tablet would be necessary make the process more fluid.

Is a small wacom tablet big enough? Should I invest in a medium tablet? I'm not in a hurry to purchase since I don't have much time, but I am curious.

@Michael
< That second video appears to be all 2D sketching only
Maybe not for the 3D aspect but for the cut and simplify curves

@Jeff
if you are not a pro for a low price
a Wacom bamboo is sufficient for any 3D Prog for 3D like Zbrush, Sculptris(free), 3Dcoat etc... and for 2D like Artrage, Mypaint (free) etc...
and for Moi of course Moi ;)

Hi Jeff - a large tablet is not necessarily automatically better for all uses - it can be just up to personal preference and also depending on whether you are going to be tracing things or not. The larger tablets can let you slide an existing physical drawing under the surface so that you can trace over it with the pen. But you are probably not too likely to be doing that if you're going to be focusing on 3D sculpting work.

- Michael

Thanks guys for your insight. I appreciate the education.

Cost is not a big concern, but I don't want to waste money. If its small enough I might pop the tablet in my bag to play around with it on the plane while I'm on business trips. Working with MOI on my 13.3" screen is a little confining, but Sculptris would probably be OK.

I think I'll buy the Intuos4 small.

I prefer smaller tablets. The less distance I have to move my pen to get across the screen the better.

I don't think you gain any detail or control with a large tablet. Personal preference I guess.

I wopuld think it may be how you like to draw... Some people like to draw with sweeping motions from the elbow pivot... Some from the wrist.. It's hard to pivot your elbow with detail on a 4X8.

I finally watched the second video. I actually played with Alias Sketchbook a little bit last year during beta when they were developing the AutoCAD plugin. The plugin is cool because you can use it colorize/stylize your technical drawings and I believe there is also a Sketchbook to AutoCAD vector converter so you can take sketches into AutoCAD pretty easily. I was hoping for a replacement for Autodesk Impression... sadly Sketchbook doesn't quite fit the bill, that and I needed a tablet to really make any efficient use of Alias Sketch... It's only 2D, but very cool in the hands of a pro. BTW-there is a sketchbook for iPad/iPhone it's cheap, but works quite well.