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This festive season, we’re excited to celebrate the incredible talent in our community and the magic of Aaron Blaise’s new film, Snowbear. As a renowned animator and illustrator, Aaron brings stories to life with the same enchantment we feel during the holidays.

Our blog is here to inspire your holiday creativity and help you make this season a masterpiece.

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Snow Bear by Aaron Blaise

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The latest content from Wacom

Whether you’re a newcomer to digital art or a seasoned expert, a touch of creative inspiration is always welcome. Let’s plunge into the freshest updates from the Wacom Blog and explore the latest trends in the realm of digital art and design.

The best storyboarding classes on Skillshare

The best storyboarding classes on Skillshare

Have you always wished to learn storyboarding, but never knew where ...
Making the Most of Your Wacom with Pablo Muñoz Gómez, Tip 7: Mapping ExpressKeys to Custom Functions

Making the Most of Your Wacom with Pablo Muñoz Gómez, Tip 7: Mapping ExpressKeys to Custom Functions

Welcome to Making the most of your Wacom tablet, a 10-part series of ...
Explore Creativity Without Boundaries: Wacom Announces General Availability of Wacom Bridge with AWS  

Explore Creativity Without Boundaries: Wacom Announces General Availability of Wacom Bridge with AWS  

Exciting news! Wacom Bridge is now available for AWS users in the US, ...
Wacom’s Connected Ink presents: Ordinary Days of Creativity

Bringing Real Animals to Life in Animation With Aaron Blaise and Wacom

Oscar nominated animator Aaron Blaise shares how real-life animal behavior and movement inspire his animated characters. From his work on classics like The Lion King and Mulan to his passion project, Snow Bear, Blaise offers a rare glimpse into the creative process behind his stunning 2D animations.

Whether you’re an animator, artist, or fan, this session is packed with inspiration and expert insights to elevate your creative journey.

Wacom Movink pen display

Wacom’s lightest and thinnest pen display ever

Enjoy the freedom of working wherever you feel creatively inspired with Wacom Movink OLED pen display, our lightest and thinnest pen display yet. As thin as 4mm* and weighing just 420g, Wacom Movink pen display is 55% lighter than Wacom One 13 touch and 66% thinner. Connect it to your Mac or PC, and you’ll have all the processing power you need for your professional work.

*4mm is measured at the thinnest part.

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Wacom’s YouTube channel is your home for all of Wacom’s video content – tutorials, interviews, process videos, new product releases, product guides, technical support, and more, including recordings of live webinars and events like our annual Connected Ink event.

Check out this enlightening interview with Nobu Ide, Wacom’s CEO, at the recent Dokomi 2024 event!

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Explore Wacom content

Professionals in nearly every creative field — comics, 3D art, design, illustration, editing photos or video, 2D animation, and much more – use Wacom. But beginners, hobbyists, and everyone getting into digital creation have found that Wacom is the perfect creative partner, too. Check out all of the great stuff our creators have made with Wacom, or get tips, tricks, or tutorials for your next creative project.

The best storyboarding classes on Skillshare

The best storyboarding classes on Skillshare

Have you always wished to learn storyboarding, but never knew where to start? You’re in the right place! We brought together some great storyboarding ...
Making the Most of Your Wacom with Pablo Muñoz Gómez, Tip 7: Mapping ExpressKeys to Custom Functions

Making the Most of Your Wacom with Pablo Muñoz Gómez, Tip 7: Mapping ExpressKeys to Custom Functions

Welcome to Making the most of your Wacom tablet, a 10-part series of videos full of tips and tricks for how to maximize your productivity and creativity ...
Ordinary Days, Extraordinary Art: The Magic of Michelle Mee Nutter

Ordinary Days, Extraordinary Art: The Magic of Michelle Mee Nutter

In this charming video, Michelle invites us into her world of graphic novels and picture books, where the extraordinary emerges from the seemingly ...
What will be the top branding trends for 2025?

What will be the top branding trends for 2025?

Whether you’re a freelancer or working for an agency, it’s important to keep tabs on what’s trending in the world of branding. We compiled a list ...
Making the most of your Wacom, with Pablo Munoz Gomez – Tip 6: Creating Advanced Radial Menus

Making the most of your Wacom, with Pablo Munoz Gomez – Tip 6: Creating Advanced Radial Menus

Welcome to Making the most of your Wacom tablet, a 10-part series of videos full of tips and tricks for how to maximize your productivity and creativity ...
How Legendary Animator Aaron Blaise Created His New Short Film, Snow Bear

How Legendary Animator Aaron Blaise Created His New Short Film, Snow Bear

In this video, legendary animator Aaron Blaise walks through the inspiration and process behind the creation of his new short film, Snow Bear.
Making the most of your Wacom, with Pablo Munoz Gomez – Tip 5: How to use ‘Precision Mode’

Making the most of your Wacom, with Pablo Munoz Gomez – Tip 5: How to use ‘Precision Mode’

Welcome to Making the most of your Wacom tablet, a 10-part series of videos full of tips and tricks for how to maximize your productivity and creativity ...
Comparing Affinity vs. Adobe for designing a bookmark, with Vivienne Le

Comparing Affinity vs. Adobe for designing a bookmark, with Vivienne Le

Vivienne Le is a designer and artist based in Berlin, Germany. In this video and guest post, she designs a bookmark in both Adobe and Affinity software to ...
Connected Ink 2024: A Day in the Life of Independent Jewelry Designer Quincy Vadan

Connected Ink 2024: A Day in the Life of Independent Jewelry Designer Quincy Vadan

Quincy Vadan is an independent jewelry designer and the artist-owner of Vadan Jewelry. In this video, he goes through his entire process, in detail, for ...
Making the most of your Wacom, with Pablo Munoz Gomez – Tip 4: How to Create Custom Radial Menus

Making the most of your Wacom, with Pablo Munoz Gomez – Tip 4: How to Create Custom Radial Menus

Welcome to Making the most of your Wacom tablet, a 10-part series of videos full of tips and tricks for how to maximize your productivity and creativity ...
How Pernille Ørum uses Wacom Movink to stay productive while traveling around Africa

How Pernille Ørum uses Wacom Movink to stay productive while traveling around Africa

But what if we want to keep the inspiration going beyond the office? That was the question recently pondered by illustrator and visual development artist ...
Etherington Bros’ Comics Crash Course #5: Concept art

Etherington Bros’ Comics Crash Course #5: Concept art

Want to learn to draw comics? The Etherington Bros have created hundreds of free tutorials and resources. Here's a preview -- how to tell a story through ...
Wacom Cintiq Pro vs. Wacom Movink

HD vs 4K: The truth about screen resolution on drawing display tablets

There are many different drawing tablets and pen displays on the market these days, from many different brands. Each of them has different features, specifications, build quality, and price.

Something a lot of consumers are looking at is screen resolution. But what does screen resolution really mean? How important is it for artists? And why do different Wacom products have different resolution displays?

Movink with watercolor Rebelle

Wacom Bridge Now Available for Public Beta with NICE DCV 

Exciting news! Wacom Bridge is now available in public beta with NICE DCV. The public beta is available to current users of NICE DCV and Amazon AppStream 2.0.  

Wacom Bridge is a proprietary technology offering a like-local experience for creatives on remote systems. It ensures creators can work seamlessly from anywhere by allowing the use of local Wacom tablets as if they were directly connected to the host computer.

Exclusive Offer: Wacom Newsletter

Subscribe today and get 5% off displays or 10% off tablets.

Disclaimer: US Only. Not valid on Wacom Cintiq Pro 17, 22, or 27, stands for Cintiq Pro 17, 22, or 27, or Wacom One (2023) pen displays and tablets.

 

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💡 What is Wacom Bridge?⁣
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Don't you love how easy @tedslittledream makes it look?
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Creating magical vibes with @monsieur_arefin. ☕📔🫗
Sometimes it takes several tries to capture what you envision. And every try reveals something different and special. 
Stay tuned for part 3.
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When you do it all, you need a tool that can keep up. 🖌️🎬🎨📸🎥🎤
@nickhshaheen found a versatile way to work on the go with the #WacomMovink. The perfect tool for creatives who do it all.
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🌍 Hey, Wacom community! you already know @wacomeurope — and now we want to get to know You better!

Drop a comment below and tell us:
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Do you know what the #greasepencil tool is? Let's learn with @janice.journal ✍️🧋
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Add a dash of magic to everyday moments🫖⏱️🥃🥄🃏✨
Our friend @monsieur_arefin shows us that sometimes all we need is already around us. Look around and reimagine the ordinary.
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Today @aaronblaiseart takes us through the process of how he animated Snowbear. From story boards and rough animations to adding color and more. 🐻‍❄️
Head to Wacom's YouTube to watch the full video and get a glimpse of what it's like to animate an entire short film on your own! 
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