Designed for rough concepting and creative brainstorming, Inkling bridges the gap between paper sketching and digital drawing by giving users at the front end of the creative process a way to rough-out ideas with real ink on paper and capture their concepts digitally so that they can be later refined on their computer.

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The ballpoint pen uses Wacom's pressure sensing technology (1024 levels of sensitivity) to detect how hard the pen is being pressed to the paper while sketching.

ENGADGET: Wacom Inkling smart pen does drawing the old-fashioned way -- sort of (video)

For example, artists, illustrators, or story boarders who appreciate the convenience, speed and spontaneity of loosely sketching their ideas on paper could profit from the capabilities of Wacom's Inkling digital sketch pen.

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Sneden wrote the core of it during the war, sketching on scraps of paper and scribbling in the margins of a New Testament, then hiding his work in the soles of his shoes and the seams of his clothing.

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In the few minutes we spent writing and drawing, we found we didn't have to apply much more pressure than we would if we were sketching on a pad of paper.

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Turning briefly to sip my Patron XO, I turned back and saw that within 47 seconds John had created our bottle, sketching it out on a piece of paper.

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Mr. Mathews and his designers lay onionskin tracing paper over the maps and brainstorm lifts, slopes and base areas, sketching ideas with pencils.

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