Drawing Tablet Question...

[pw99ign]

So, I remembered that my sister had bought a drawing tablet a few years ago. Its a Wacom 6x8 Graphire

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[ex_gobi]

Kari swears by them, she'd be the best person to ask. I dunno if she has an LJ though.

[ex_gobi]

D'oh! Nevermind, of course she does, I'm just a dumbass. (And she hasn't posted recently. I have the memory of a goldfish.)

[badideascomic]

I recently acquired a Wacom and am in love with it. I've been experimenting with it, and have found that to reduce wobbly lines, I draw at a 200 pixels per inch, and 100-200% magnification. Then, when reduced down to oh, 40% or so, the lines look a lot smoother. This is all in Photoshop, btw.

There probably is a much easier way to do it, as I tend to discover the hardest way to do things. ;)

Kari would be good to ask, as well as Sammy. He does jaw dropping stuff on his Wacom.

BTW, thanks for that thing you sent. I haven't had the chance to check it out, what with the holidays and all. Still, very cool. :)

[pw99ign]

"you get that THING I sentcha?" :D

Good. I'm glad you got it. I sent it out a little late, sorry. If you have any trouble getting it in there, send me an email or pm.

[samuraislider]

I always start a picture out zoomed so the entire frame just touchs the edges of my screen. I draw a loose sketch then, with soft lines; very whispy looking.

Afterwards I go in, and make quick sketch strokes. Anything too sketchy looking gets erased out later (like lines that go off, or stick off my character).

I have NEVER drawn aslow line that didn't look jaggy. I avoid. Quick and precise. That takes practice.

I doubt it's the tablet. But every tablet must be grown into. They are all diffferent. I just bought a new one, and it's a whole new monster compared to the one Kari gave me.