[Nfb-krafters-korner] Realistic object drawings.

[Dixie]

You said" my professor had me use something called a wacum tablet paired
with a Bluetooth pen. I put my plastic paper on top of a rubber mat, and
both were on top of the tablet. My professor connected a monitor to the
tablet, and with the use of Photoshop, I was able to draw, feel my picture,
and he could see it on the screen."

Very cool!  My husband has both the Wacum tablet and Photoshop.

This will be a great way for me to draw something I am trying to describe to
him.

Thanks for the great idea!


Dixie
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Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Realistic object drawings.

One more thing I forgot to mention: a while ago, I saw something on Facebook
that spoke of a tablet for the blind. It said that you might be able to draw
and lines would become raised  somehow, and you would also be able to use it
to read a page's worth of braille. I think that would be neat. The closest
I've ever gotten to doing something like that was when my professor had me
use something called a wacum tablet paired with a Bluetooth pen. I put my
plastic paper on top of a rubber mat, and both were on top of the tablet. My
professor connected a monitor to the tablet, and with the use of Photoshop,
I was able to draw, feel my picture, and he could see it on the screen.
Theoretically, we could add digital effects to the picture, and I could then
take it to my disabled student services office, where they would have their
pictures in a flash machine print out the completed image. I never got that
far though because we ran out of time. I want to make art more accessible to
the blind in general, but especially blind children, and other students like
me who are the only blind art major in a School setting. I don't know as
much as I wish to, but I am grateful that my DSS office has so many
resources for me. They have the equipment I mentioned before as well as a
3-D printer, and they have printed out some images for me to feel. It has
been quite helpful for my art history class where there are countless
pictures to memorize.
I am very much looking forward to the summer, to get into crafting and
creating mode. I won't have school commitments, so I can hopefully get to
know some of you on this list, share knowledge and learn from you all, draw,
work on ceramics, and learn knitting and crochet as much as I want. :-)