Digital Drawing Dan Stuart DMS110

Traditional vs. Modern Medium is always changing New technology provides new ways of creating art Drawing is now commonly done on touchscreen devices

Examples: Wacom Cintiq 27QHD Graphics Tablet Apple iPad Pro & iPencil

History 1967- E. A. Johnson creates idea of touchscreen Finger creates change in electrostatic field on coordinate grid 1983- HP-150 computer Hard to use Used infrared detectors Cost $3000 1994- First Touchscreen Phone IBM Simon Personal Communicator Featured calling, email, fax, calculator, notes First “smartphone”

How does a touch screen work? Capacitor – finger/stylus creates an electric connection (capacitance) between sensors and glass screen Palm rejecting technology – ensures there are no stray marks on the screen

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Benefits of Digital Drawing Eliminates need to scan paper onto computer, or recreate drawing digitally Allows artist to create different lighting environments Faster way to turn ideas into production ready designs Saves paper Drawing on paper will never become obsolete

Sources http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2015/04/touchscreen-inventors.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Simon https://techcrunch.com/2016/02/24/the-benefits-of-digital-drawing/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touchscreen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZtVnfV81AU