Eh, too tired to crop.

What? There’s more than one mood!

Note: Somehow this turned into a lazily-written tech review, so feel free to eject now. Bottom line: tried out a new toy, and liked the drawing-related features, but not much else. As we all know, I’ve been fully brainwashed by Apple, but that doesn’t mean I can’t give kudos when a devoted copycat like Samsung manages to one-up them on something. First, the bad: Compared to the iPad, the Galaxy Note 10.

Boy am I beat. The only thing I drew today was yet another sketch of people waiting for the bus. And I obviously had perspective on my mind as well (but no grid).

Matt Kohr’s perspective tutorial at CtrlPaint.com (available for $10 in his store) came along at the right time. As I continue to ponder a re-imagined comic strip, I know I want to make my environments less flat and more cinematic, and that’s all about drawing in perspective. What makes this tutorial stand out is that it focuses on sketching, rather than careful measuring and 100% accuracy. Kohr demonstrates how to quickly create a perspective grid (and even includes some simple but ingenious Photoshop templates), and then use that grid to draw simple shapes and objects in perspective.