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Introduce: I have a painting dream originally, after all, I this time’s teenager, who is not looking at two yuan to grow up. When I got my hands on a digital pad (something that lets you use a pen instead of a mouse for drawing on a computer), I found it was much more than just drawing. This allows me to be articulate and comfortable in academic/group sessions/online discussions on data structures and algorithms.

A few days ago, I saw an interesting picture in a group chat on wechat: “Three Delusions of Life”.

! [Photo credit: Internet. I used different search engines to search, but failed to find the original author. If you know the original author, please contact me. I will indicate the source] (https://gitee.com/piperliu/picture/raw/master/2020-11-4/1604496825633-a.png)

Photo source: Internet. I used different search engines to search, but did not find the original author. If you know the original author, please feel free to contact me, I will indicate the source

The above cartoon illustrates the three delusions of life in an interesting way:

  • Got a message from your phone?
  • Does she like me?
  • I can turn it around. Go!

I wonder if you have noticed a small detail: the leading role of the sea lion in the first box is not tapping on the keyboard, but painting with a pen.

! [Wacom PTH-460](https://gitee.com/piperliu/picture/raw/master/2020-11-4/1604497239120-image.png)

Wacom PTH-460

Ha ha ha, the designer of this three-frame comic is so interesting, he put his own life into the work. A comic book tablet should be at least an entry-level professional edition, and the Wacom PTH-460 (1888 yuan) above is a good example.

The inferior digital board, compared to the CTL-672/K2-F I bought last year (last year was a little more than 500 yuan into), is no control button on the left of the board.

With the digital pad, you can use a pen instead of a mouse to draw with a brush in software such as Photoshop (paid), SAI (paid), and Medibang (free). This way of painting is called plate painting. Board painting differs greatly from traditional painting: from touch to brushwork. In addition, board painting has great advantages in withdrawing, coloring, exporting, modifying and other operations, and is one of the preferred ways of modern design (I can’t draw… But I like to watch painting videos and related interpretations in the industry).

So why do I recommend everyone to spend hundreds of dollars on a digital board when it seems so irrelevant to non-designers like us?

Without the need for painting, I wouldn’t have thought of buying a digital board, or even knew of its existence. But I just love looking around + impulse buying…

Wacom CTL-672/K2-F this time last year (not to advertise Wacom, wacom is so famous… But a lot of domestic boards do great too! Cheap customer service is ok, we can shop around a lot ~), after starting, painting did not learn, but found that this thing in meetings, lectures can play an extremely powerful role…

! [THE IEEE 754 video I recorded with Wacom is still unfinished…] (https://gitee.com/piperliu/picture/raw/master/2020-11-4/1604499498031-small-clip.gif)

The IEEE 754 video I recorded with Wacom is still uncut…

As shown above, I doodled on the board in PowerPoint (yes, with a digital pad, your drawing space is everything in a computer).

For group meetings or online meetings, when algorithms are explained or I want to give examples, I will write directly on the PPT shown (on the projection or in the online meeting software). It’s even easier and more convenient than writing on paper in person.

! [2020.10.28 I told friends thesis of blackboard writing notes] (https://gitee.com/piperliu/picture/raw/master/2020-11-4/1604499791349-image.png)

I tell my friend the blackboard notes of the paper

As mentioned above, when I’m talking to friends online, I usually create a white PowerPoint and then:

  • When it comes to something you want to specify, use ‘Ctrl + Alt + A’ to take A screenshot, and then directly into PowerPoint ‘Ctrl + V’ to paste the image (as shown in the formula above) **
  • Then, ** concretely draw/write on a digital pad (red handwriting in the image above) **

Finally, LET me show you the configuration of my group meeting in the dormitory ~

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Photo taken at Weijin Road Campus of Tianjin University

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Mark all devices except laptops

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What’s up? Are you into it? Ha ha ha, if you feel no difference of a few hundred yuan, I recommend you to search the digital board on the shopping platform, and follow the public account Piper Egg nest, reply to wechat add my wechat, communicate with me, join the (amateur) designer/programmer base camp Ho Ho ho ~

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