Amalgamation Mindscape

  Recently, I picked up a new drawing tablet while shopping at Bookmans, a retro exchange shop, looking through the electronics section. It had a pretty cheap price point, so I picked it up and tested to see if it was good. I will be giving my review of the Wacom Bamboo Capture Pen (CTH470), a one-hundred-dollar drawing tablet, that I bought for twenty dollars. The Wacom drawing tablet is one of the best-feeling tablets I have used yet for its low price point. As one of its selling points, Wacom advertises this tablet as having a pen-on-paper feel when used. They did deliver with this statement, feeling natural and even sounding as if I were drawing on a sheet of paper. The other pro to this tablet is that the pen does not require batteries and is activated when near the tablet’s surface. This alleviates the issue of not having charged batteries or risking breaking a pen that twists apart.  Now, interested in how the tablet responds to the drawing application that I use on a ...

  Using hashtags can expand your reach to a new audience online. They can also be used to filter out posts, an alternative to filtering specific posts one might be searching for. Many art communities also make hashtags where their followers can send fan art and participate in challenges. There are a myriad of ways that hashtags can be used to connect users with similar interests or find an audience for said content. Using hashtags should also be very limited when making posts. Sure, one might think that a large number of hashtags will help reach many different communities and bring in new viewers. Instead, this could have the opposite effect, deterring users from the post. As Hannah Macready states, “Limit the number of hashtags you use. More isn’t always better. It actually looks spammy.” It’s even more important that you only use hashtags that relate to ones post, or it could be seen as an interjection to an unrelated community.  The number of hashtags that should be ...