Okay, last year I had to buy a new Wacom graphics tablet because mine had already died after years and years of servitude. So I got a Graphire 4. It's AMAZING, everything works perfectly.
That is until a few months ago. See the Graphire pen has this rubber grip. It's really a good thing cause it makes the pens easier to hold. Problem with them is, they start to "melt" and tear. Yep, mine looks like it was nuked in the oven for a couple of minutes. It also tears pretty easily.
Now how such a great and big company like Wacom makes such a big boo boo, I dunno. I've scoured the internet looking for a replacement pen but alas, only Intuos pens have them ad they certainly won't fit a Graphire 4 pen. So I emailed Grandtech, Wacom distributor for Malaysia.
"Sorry, Wacom does not sell replacement rubber grip for any of the Wacom pens. You would have to purchase a whole new Grip Pen."
That's it. One measly line! I've got a perfectly working pen (albeit, one that doesn't look good cause of the rubber grip) and they want me to buy a new pen? So what am I gonna do with the one that I already have, chuck it into the trash can? Tsk tsk, I hope Wacom does something about this. I'm not the only one with this problem so obviously this is a manufacturing fault.
If anyone has any problems with the rubber grips, I suggest you all email Wacom about it so they open their eyes and do something about this yucky problem!
4.26.2008
Wacom's Graphire 4 Rubber Grip Problems
4.09.2008
Link, Legendary Hero -Commission
A commission I did of Link from Twilight Princess. Ah, I had fun playing the game. At least I finished it before my wii got busted :P
Modified - I touched-up some parts of his shield
Art Commissions - Price List
Send your commission requests to hadibi@yahoo.com :)
Digital Black & White Sketches
1 Character - US$79
Additional Character - US$49
Additional Background - Depends on details
Digital Colored Illustrations
1 Character - US$149
Additional Character - US$99
Additional Background - Depends on details
Payment
- Within Malaysia = Maybank tranfer
- Outside Malaysia = Paypal
Notes
- Artworks are 300dpi, A4 size, JPEG format.
- I will work on your commission once payment has been received.
- No obscene themes.
- The pricing above are not for artworks for commercial use. If you'd like to commission me for commercial purposes, please e-mail me for a quote (hadibi@yahoo.com)
4.08.2008
There's No Free in Freelancer
"But you've got all the free time in the world!"
A friend of mine said that to me a year ago. Now at that time, I did agree with him. If he said that to me now, I would've punched him in the face!
A year ago, I quit my job because I thought I was working way too many hours and I was literally becoming a zombie. See I have dreams. Dreams of making it big. Doing my own movie. Get my own merchandise line. Be my own boss. So after having enough of living like a lifeless corpse, I said goodbye to my former employers with a happy grin and went my merry way, back to my home town.
For 6 months, I didn't do ANYthing at all. Now that I had all this freedom, I didn't know what to do with it! Where had all my enthusiasm gone? What happened to all my ideas and plans for world domination? That betch, Procrastination had her claws all over me.
Luckily, I overcame that weakness. Now I have this little freelance business and BOY was I way off the mark with working hours. I have to do everything myself! From advertising, cleaning the office/room (OK, I confess, I have someone to help me do that HAHA), talk to clients, keep the site updated, etc. I think I worked more hours than when I had a 9 to 5 job.
Everything is going ok now. I will be making my business a little bit bigger soon. And guess what, that means more hours of planning, making it work and executing the plan. Y'know what though? I wouldn't want to trade any of this if it means I'm living my dreams :)
With that I'll leave you with a portrait of Randy Pausch and a link about managing time in freelancing.
Randy Pausch, is a great man. His "Last Lecture" made
me think how I should be living my life. To the fullest :)
3.29.2008
Kingdom Hearts 2: Tribute to Friends Scene 3 Preview
Here's Scene 3. I'm looking for people who are interested in helping me finish this animation If you're interested, read this post.
KH2:TtF Scene 3 Preview by ~gndagnor on deviantART
