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hey how's it going guys this is Dave 2D
and welcome to episode 6 of my laptop
setup a series where I feature the
laptop setups that you guys submit to me
and then showcase whatever it is that
you do with your gear and this week's
episode is on illustrators so people who
create digital art with their equipment
and first up we have a submission from
Javy he's a children's book illustrator
he has a pretty minimal setup the laptop
he uses is the MSI ge60 and this is from
2013 he has a Microsoft 3500 wireless
mouse he uses a wcom inist 4 Tablet and
in case you don't know what that is it's
basically a tablet that you can draw on
and then The Strokes will appear in a
drawing program he also uses a Lumia 930
Windows phone and he has a paper
sketchbook for drawing stuff so javi's
portfolio is really extensive and I'm a
big fan of this kind of artart it's
really alive even though you're just
looking at a still image I can totally
see why he's into drawing stuff that's
kind of geared towards kids because it
just it's just a very happy kind of
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artwork if you guys are interested in
seeing more of his work there's a link
to his portfolio below and he also has a
YouTube channel where he teaches people
how to draw like this so that's pretty
cool next up we have a submission from
Jay so he's a first year student in
Australia he studies concept art and his
career goal is to design environments
and vehicles in the game industry his
setup is really unique he uses a Wacom
syntic Companion now I've seen these
around but I've never actually used one
personally they're essentially
full-blown Windows PCS built into a
professional drawing tablet and this
one's running a hell i7 with 16 gigs of
RAM it's surprisingly well speced for
what this machine is it's kind of like
the surface products from Microsoft but
this is like an older generation type of
product and it's definitely more gear
geared towards artists specifically so
there's certain features about it like
particularly the pen that are just
really focused for artwork the pen that
he uses isn't the stock pen it's an
upgrade it's a wcom classic pen and I
don't know what the blue thing is but
it's awesome so he connects to the Apple
magic keyboard when he needs to type he
also has a set of Copic markers and I
think these are like the industry
standard for professional markers he has
a sketchbook for drawing things and he
has a bag from Targus to hold everything
so Jay's portfolio is a little dated
because he's busy with school but he's
got some cool stuff in there he's got
some environmental pieces he's got a lot
of futuristic looking stuff I love this
kind of art and he's got some cool
spaceships and mechs there's a lot of 3D
stuff going on in there too and he also
has a lot of concept pieces so some of
these are more fleshed out but some of
them are legitimately raw concept pieces
if you guys have seen early concept art
for games like stuff from blizzard they
look a lot like this the early pieces
are designed to set a mood or to develop
a look or a feel for a project they're
not super detailed or anything and yeah
this is really cool so there's a link to
Jay's portfolio in the video description
as well now at the end of his submission
Jay included a little note he wrote my
setup has always given me a bit of guilt
I paid for it all by working at a
supermarket but due to my drawing and
painting skills I feel somewhat Unworthy
of all the high-end art gear however I
am dead set on my career path and
hopefully one day you'll be playing
games with my designs listen dude don't
feel guilty about what you're doing you
basically found something you're passion
about found you found something that you
love and you're chasing it that's what
life is about so regardless of how much
money you're spending on it what you're
doing is great so the last submission is
from Gerardo he's using an Asus gl551
laptop a Razer Naga Mouse and that's a
mouse with 19 programmable buttons and
the phone that he uses is a OnePlus 2
for headphones he uses the Sennheiser
cx300s Mark I and he has a first gen
iPad Air and he draws on it using a wcom
into his creative 2 pen and like all the
cool kids in this episode he has a
Sketchbook that he uses when he goes old
school his is made by moleskin and
lastly the bag that he uses to transport
all of this is a messenger bag from Peak
design now Gerardo uses an app on the
iPad called procreate to draw but it's
not an iPad Pro so it doesn't have a
pressure sensitive screen for drawing it
relies on the pressure sensitivity of
The Wack on pen to simulate that but
even without a pressure sensitive tablet
he's able to create some really neat
drawings if you guys are interested in
seeing more of a stu there's a link to
his portfolio in the video description
below and there's also a link down there
if you guys are interested in submitting
your own content for future episodes of
my laptop setup but that basically wraps
up this episode hope you guys enjoyed it
thumbs if you liked it subs if you loved
it it's been nice I'll see you guys next
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