Genius at Work

There it is, one of my idols at work (being the other one Gary Larsson). Scott Adams drawing Dilbert. When I see a drawing or cartoon, in this case, I'm always curious about the techniques and procedures. Especially since I like to retouch everything by computer since my comic strip is on-line only. I found this amazing video of Adams drawing his Dilbert strip and I was stunned by the piece of wacom he is using. Only $1,999.00!!! Well, he deserves it. So, he's not using ink and paper anymore, it's cool. That would reduce the time I spend on every cartoon about...75%. I just find so curious he first makes a rough draft and then draws on top of that one, maybe that's how he used to work on paper, old habits die hard...I might give a try to the Bamboo tablet my wife bought...Since I am left handed it's kind of hard for me to work on ink, and I learned to use the mouse with my right hand, so using the tablet with my left hand prooved kind of akward on my previous experiences...but then again I wasn't using a wacom brand tablet, so maybe it is a question of hardware. I'll give it a try and I'll post the results. In the meantime, behold the master in the Process of Creation.
p.s. here's the video with a better quality.