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Doing Digital Art When You Can't Use Your Hand?

Posted by timothy on from the down-all-the-days dept.

Sludge writes "A good friend of mine who is a digital artist was recently involved in a house fire in which he suffered third degree burns to his 'art hand' which have made him unable to handle a mouse or a stylus for the coming months. If you or anyone near you has lost the ability to do something you love due to a physical injury, you know how painful and frustrating it can be. I need help discovering alternative software and input devices he can use while he recovers the ability to use his hand. The programs he uses most are 3dsmax, Z-Brush and Photoshop and he is used to working with a Wacom stylus. What expressive art tools are available that deemphasize precision work with your coordinated hand?"

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  1. I just use my by geekoid · · Score: 4, Funny

    penis. what? your's isn't prehensile?

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    1. Re:I just use my by unitron · · Score: 2, Funny

      Londo Mollari? Is that you?

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  2. Re:Mice by aardwolf64 · · Score: 3, Funny

    For example, when I do really really detailed graphical work in GIMP

    He can't use his hand, you insensitive clod!

  3. Re:Maybe not the solution you're looking for. by s4ltyd0g · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.

  4. Re:Mice by LambdaWolf · · Score: 4, Funny

    For example, when I do really really detailed graphical work in GIMP

    He can't use his hand, you insensitive clod!

    Man, I love F/OSS and I'm grateful for it, but I have to admit that the common opinion that it can't market itself properly really does ring true sometimes. The name "GIMP" is the epitome of this. Here's how I always imagined the meeting went:

    Project Coder: Good news, we're ready to ship the new F/OSS replacement for Photoshop.
    Project Leader: Great! Did you decide on a name?
    Project Coder: We're calling it "CRIP", the Computing Resource for Images and Pictures.
    Project Leader: Hmm... that's pretty good; I like how it's offensive to the disabled... but do you think you could add some overtones of gay S&M?

    First impressions count, people.

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  5. Re:What About the Other Hand? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Pfft! Fuck that noise! Just start slapping your dick against the keyboard, dude.

  6. Re:How about one of these: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    What? You gave actual technical solutions. That seems out of character here, judging from most of the posts.

    Bravo.

  7. Re:Umm... by L4t3r4lu5 · · Score: 2, Funny

    So she is the one who keeps propagating the lies that you can only email screenshots as bitmaps embedded in Word documents!

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