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The Wacom Community blog is a dynamic showcase of the artists, designers, editors, and creators who inspire us every day with their creativity — like Kirk Wallace, aka Bone Haus, who created this illustration. Learn more about his process here.

It’s also your go-to source for tips and tricks from industry experts, whether you’re a beginner or an experienced professional. We hope it’ll provide the inspiration you need to take your creative journey to the next level.

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Bone Haus with Wacom Movink

  Illustration by Kirk Wallace @bonehaus | www.bone.haus

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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.

How to use Wacom pen pressure for photo retouching in Adobe Photoshop, with Colin Smith

How to use Wacom pen pressure for photo retouching in Adobe Photoshop, with Colin Smith

In this tutorial Colin Smith, the creator of PhotoshopCAFE, shows you why pen pressure is so essential for editing photos with his Wacom Intuos Pro.
July 30, 2024: How to create a visual autobiography in Adobe Photoshop

July 30, 2024: How to create a visual autobiography in Adobe Photoshop

Clare Szydlowski will be presenting a free workshop, How to create a visual autobiography in Adobe Photoshop, as part of Creativity Camp on July 30th at ...
July 25, 2024: How to design interesting shapes and objects with Kirk Wallace

July 25, 2024: How to design interesting shapes and objects with Kirk Wallace

Illustrator Kirk Wallace will be presenting a free workshop, Stylizing Shapes: Distilling Everyday Objects into Exciting Bits of Joy as part of Creativity ...
How to create custom Instagram highlight icons, with Joli Noelle David

How to create custom Instagram highlight icons, with Joli Noelle David

Joli Noelle David walks through her process for designing custom Instagram highlight icons using the Wacom One and Adobe Illustrator software.
July 23, 2024: How to create suspenseful manga pages with Gigi Murakami

July 23, 2024: How to create suspenseful manga pages with Gigi Murakami

Manga creator Gigi Murakami will be presenting a free workshop, How to create a suspenseful manga page as part of Creativity Camp on July 23rd, 2024, live ...
July 18, 2024: How to craft compelling character designs with Jocelyn Short

July 18, 2024: How to craft compelling character designs with Jocelyn Short

Concept artist Jocelyn Short will be presenting a free online workshop, Crafting Compelling Character Designs, as part of Wacom Creativity Camp on July 18th!
July 16, 2024: Storytelling through visual media: from photography to film

July 16, 2024: Storytelling through visual media: from photography to film

Photographer and filmmaker Sky Bergman will be presenting Storytelling through visual media: from photography to film as part of Creativity Camp on July ...
July 11, 2024: Go camping with Lukey McGarry

July 11, 2024: Go camping with Lukey McGarry

Cartoonist and animator Luke McGarry will be presenting a free digital illustration workshop as part of Creativity Camp on July 11th, 2024, at 4:30pm PDT, ...
Your First Day in ZBrush, with School of Motion

Your First Day in ZBrush, with School of Motion

Getting started in this ZBrush software can be a little daunting, so School of Motion and Ana Pereira are here to help you explore your first day with ZBrush.
July 9, 2024: How to draw a manga page from scratch in Clip Studio Paint, with Whyt Manga

July 9, 2024: How to draw a manga page from scratch in Clip Studio Paint, with Whyt Manga

Manga creator Odunze Oguguo, known as Whyt Manga, will be presenting How to Draw a Manga Page from Scratch in in Clip Studio Paint as part of Creativity ...
Etherington Bros’ Comics Crash Course #1: How to draw heads

Etherington Bros’ Comics Crash Course #1: How to draw heads

Want to learn to draw comics? The Etherington Bros have created hundreds of free tutorials and resources. Here's a preview -- how to draw heads.
How to draw a dragon, with Monika Zagrobelna

How to draw a dragon, with Monika Zagrobelna

In this tutorial Monika Zagrobelna shows you how to draw a magnificent dragon from start to finish — complete with wings and scales.
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?

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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.

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One of the most important steps in animation is BLOCKING! 
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