[Nfb-krafters-korner] Realistic object drawings.

[Valerie]

That's awesome! Let me know how it works out for you. I wish I had the chance to do more experimenting with that, but my professor moved to another college because they offered him a better position there. He was really awesome though, went above and beyond most of my other art teachers. He and my ceramics professor are on  the top of my list. :-)

> On May 16, 2016, at 8:00 AM, Dixie via Nfb-krafters-korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 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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> Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2016 8:49 PM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
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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. :-)
> 
> 
> 
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