The way I got used to using drawing tablets 100% of the time was by damaging my wrist using a mouse. The pen started as a low strain way of using computers during recovery and I never looked back
Solitaire and Minesweeper are also good picks for games to practise your eye-hand coordination. Those games were specifically added to Windows to help people who had never used a mouse come to grips with it, and they work well for a pressure pad too.
Same with InkBall which was specifically added in Windows to help people get used to touch screens when Windows first had wide spread support of those screens.
Good tips. My two cents: align your tablet placement with your display, meaning keep it in front of the monitor and not to the side. Also be consistent with your tablet and keyboard placement, always set things the same way, it helps to build eye to hand coordination.
Seconded. Height and angle as well as position all make a difference; adding angle does a lot to improve your ability to draw lines in any direction. I recently upgraded my tablet setup from a laptop stand to a larger format from Saiji, a brand I found on Amazon. Their XL desk is basically an ideal adjustable drawing surface, able to rise high enough to work on the floor sitting, and the book holder slot works to hold references, a smaller external display or 360 laptop. I use it on the floor but these setups can also be positioned to work on a couch or with a traditional desk.
I disagree. Ergonomically, its best to align the tablet with your shoulder and the screen with your eyes. It gives you more space to put a controller or keyboard under your other hand as well.
Also have plenty of space, some tablets can be small and not need a lot of space by themselves, but the more space *you* have, the better. Learn to use your whole arm to draw, elbows and even shoulders it helps to build line confidence (clean linework, no chicken scratch), don't only depend on your wrist for fluidity, and don't forget to pause, rest and stretch from time to time. And as a general tip for beginners remember, shapes are not the same as figures. You should start by practicing figures over shapes. Make an habit of thinking in 3D.
J3SS Here! remember, NO MATTER Where you think you are in your art, Improvement is mileage + consistency. Keep on practicing -but remember to Always take breaks to not burn out!!! you all got this :3
A long time ago I had a major burn out with digital art because it overwhelmed me, but now I think I'm ready to start learning to draw again. Your kind encouragement and motivation has really given me hope again. I will definitely be watching more of your videos because I'd love to draw in the manga art style!
I'd like to assure everyone reading this and having doubts- YOU can do this. As with everything, it just takes daily practice. I bought the Deco Mini7 online for my 11-year old son as a Christmas present(for an African kid- in a small town/village, it's a pretty big deal and I'm so happy for him) and he couldn't use it comfortably, so I showed him how to trace drawings with Krita, and I instructed him to trace every day(the same advice I gave him to inspire him into drawing- to draw daily, and to get to where he is now - pls take note). He took that advice better than I thought- drawing and tracing every day, and using it like in the video- for like an hour or more, in total, per day- and it only took him 2 weeks of daily practice (along with his normal pen/paper drawing). Now, he's used to it and he can use it pretty comfortably. I'm so proud of him! That's my son. I'm not a total failure after all. 😉
Youre a good dad, my dad never bothered with my interest, it;s nice to hear about parents who cares. im in a pretty similar place myself, small town but in south east asiai nstead, so this story you shared hits me hard. hope your son has a wonderful art journey
I have a Wacom Intuos S, which is great, but really small. In traditional I'd feel more comfortable since i use bigger canvas and I'm watching directly at my hand drawing, so when I jumped into digital drawing I felt so frustrated cause I couldn't get anything drawn decent. Even now, drawing a straight line, a circle that connects, or just connecting lines is really hard for me, so this was the video I needed. Thank you!
i have the wacom one . bruh i think i cant do this lol its so hard i thought i might try digital art lol but its too damn hard like isnt their any way to disable hovering ? 😥. its giving me headache cuz of that. i cant even know where my placement is going like its too tough ugh .. why am i so bad 😪
My nephew recommended OSU so seeing it here in this video I decided to give it a try. Definitely helpful for getting comfortable with moving across the whole range of the tablet, with timing. And it's just lowkey fun. Once you get the hang of it.I went from 72% to 90% on one after 4 or so tries so seeing that improvement really helped encourage me to keep going.
Something that helps me is warming up before drawing. Doing different shapes and lines while not focusing on the tablet but on the screen makes me get used to it!
the best thing to improve hand/eye coordination on screenless tablets is enabling your os cursor, your brush shape is lagging (depending on strength of your device) but os cursor is not. immediately after doing it I could draw circles.
@@ShotgunSandwichENT in ps (and other apps) brush shape has a delay because of processing, but your normal os cursor does not. Once you enable it (can't remember where) your os cursor is shown on TOP of your brush shape. This makes your hand eye coordination 1000x better. Does this explains it better?
My first tablet was a screenless huion h430p . Im a bit struggled with because of sensitivity thing and learning csp was hard. Lineart was so thick etc... it took some time but i get used it. Still sketching not so nice compared to screen tablet other than it was okay i loved it
i just got that tablet as a new year gift, never used any tablets before, i opened PS and tried drawing my brain was fried!!! hahaahah hopefully ill get used to it as well
Out of the 6 videos of how to use drawing tablets I've watched, yours is the MOST EFFECTIVE. One of the reasons is it tells me to play a game to learn how to use the tablet. Thanks.
I got my first Wacom in 2006, took me a few days to figure it out. I used to play Atari when it came out, the joy stick cordination from that console reminded me of the hand eye movements I needed. I now have a newer one and I still prefer the no screen version. It sits on my lap. When I used to play the joysticks did the same lap way.
"Your hardware/software doesn't make you a better or worse artist" - but it does.😭 I spent about 10 years drawing/painting in Photoshop and it still felt awkward (you know, like walking with your feet tied together - you could sort of get used to it, but not enjoy it). Then I switched to Clip Studio Paint and that's when I finally started to enjoy digital drawing/painting - it makes a HUGE difference when the program you use doesn't impede your workflow. So my advice would be: if something feels painfully awkward, don't just try getting used to it but also try changing things.
Learning to use a pen tablet comes with a learning curve but there is something magical to it when things start to look the way you intended. And maybe we should consider pen tablets better suited for digital painting and not necessarily for super crisp line art? I think Sinix and Daniel Ibanez use pen tablets, maybe also Ahmed Aldoori and Trent Kaniuga, if I remember correctly. And they all are amazing. Honestly when I got an IPad and Procreate I was a bit underwhelmed, I guess I just prefer my 24 inch display, CSP and a cheap Huion pen tablet.
Thanks, this really helped. I have a really a small tablet (6×4 inches) so it's really hard using it, since it's my first time using something other than paper to draw
If your tablet and screen have different proportions (eg a 16:9 monitor and a 4:3 tablet) it's a good idea to make sure Force Proportions (sometimes called Constrain Proportions) is turned on so your tablet matches the monitor. It leaves with a bit of dead space on the tablet, but means your motions directly scale to the monitor instead of being out of sync. Without it you end up having to draw an oval to make a circle on screen, which will not only slow you down but will make you develop bad habits and muscle memory for drawing.
Used to draw a lot when i was younger. Decided to get back to it with digital art recently. This is helpful still struggle with drawing 2D with my tablet but 3D is fine i can sculpt in blender and zbrush.
I've found that I need my pen travel to be identical to the travel distance on the screen, otherwise I end up drawing the wrong distances in my sketchbooks... Thank-you for the tips and help!
Great tips! Wish i knew them back when i first bought my Huion Inspiroy H640P. Now I use a Kamvas 13 for everything, lol. Thing is, getting used to the tablet really is just practice. Just like anything. The more you use it, the more used you become to it. Keep at it, fellas!
i got one of these tablets and it was so frustrating that i couldn’t even make a straight line, and i thought it was just because i was really bad, i really needed this!
All these tips sound like they will really help! I have been having a lot of issues with my display tablets and one ended up completely being messed up since day 1. Thought it was a driver issue but it ended up being the tablet itself and the updated drivers actually made it worse. Can't return it either bc warranty time limits. Needless to say, it made me wanna pull my hair out. I hear so many artists talk about how their wrists, back, neck, etc hurt from being hunched over (or shrimpin' as they call it on Twitch) and it causing them a lot of health issues over time. (Please remember to stretch and take breaks, artists!) I just ordered myself a new tablet so this video will REALLY help me get used to it. Thank you so much for making this and I will definitely share this with my fellow artists
Thanks bud. You helped me for real. I had another art "teacher" I was listening to and integrating your lessons with his advice worked wonderfully well
i've had the same tablet for 8 years and i still cannot get used to it. it makes digital art so frustrating when everything is so easy on paper. Once scan in my artwork and start drawing, my whole coordination is completely thrown off. how the HELL can i fix this.
My first tablet was a Wacom Bamboo, and DAMN did it feel awkward to use at first. But truth be told, it's a real "suck it up" scenario if what you're doing requires being able to use it.
I've bought a secondhand drawing tablet a while ago, and I've been a little uncertain as to whether or not it was worth it, and whether or not I should've invested into a touchscreen. This vid is exactly what I needed to hear. Thank you.
years ago i bought a cheap veikk tablet to play osu only and nothing else because mouse felt awkward to use, it was both fun and pain learning the tablet as it took me weeks to even get decent at it and really paid off. now just a week ago I got into art and drawing on tablet came as natural when doing gesture drawings
Way back I used the predecessors of these. Where the stylus has to make contact with the pad to register the location. I don't draw digitally, mostly data analysis. but when carpal tunnel started to loom again (right when I was starting to explore digital drawing), I thought "great, I know what'll work" and got a cheap one to try it out And I gotta say.... I cannot fathom why there is no way to set the damned things to "click with X amount of pressure" and "only track position when making contact". These are points you never come across before buying graphic tablets and they relegated mine immediately (well, after a night of expletive filled searching) to the function of "small serving tray". With those very basic options they would be a perfect mouse replacement, without they are only a bigger burden. And y'all just go "welllllllll it isn't the best but you DO get used to it".
The game-changer for me, was an insight of attempting the "One Minute Sketch" exercize (draw an entire human figure or character on a random pose from memory in just 1minute, then as the time ends, immediately pick the next blank paper for the next new drawing), but not in the natural medium (where I was already good at), but on the digital medium with the graphic palette. That allowed me to be able to STAND drawing characters in the graphic palette, and eventually draw well enough; but even to this day, I still prefer drawing on paper, it's like at least 50% more confortable. Because nowadays it would be RELEVANT that I go back to draw digitally, I'll looking forward to exercises (and tools inside the software) that will help me get more natural stroking. By the way, that particular exercise I've mentioned, is related to 2D Traditional Animation; it was described in a book Animation: From Script to Screen, from an ex-Disney animator, Shamus Culhane. I believe that exercise was an adaption from other Drawing exercises associated with another book: The Natural Way of Drawing (Kim Nicolaides); and if I'm not wrong, the origin of such practices remount to the classic artistic teachings of past centuries since the Renaissance.
I'm transitioning from traditional to digital art and this video is what i was looking for but i never expected that Osu is one way to get used to it. If you can see me yelling at my hand when i tried using a drawing tablet "Draw better you hand" Thanks for the video man
Yeah, I highly agree on your tablet point, you don't need an expensive first tablet, but you really don't want anything too small. My first tablet was Wacom One which was so small that even if you are perfectly stable it would still be jittery.
@@ashayapurv7427 I guess it's fine for starters but it's really not a good enough tablet, if you decide to get more serious in the end you might as well invest in something better
@@kurushimee i have two option either wacom one or xp G960 which has a much bigger working space than wacom, price difference between them isn’t much either. so should i go for xp pen?
Thank you for this because I only have a trackpad for my computer and mainly use my iPad for digital art but got a trackpad for my computer as sometimes certain software for art I’ll need to learn are computer exclusive and trackpads are cheaper I find then art monitors for computers and I see no need to buy two drawing tablets when procreate is already the superior application for most drawing needs. Adjusting using a trackpad is so hard but I’m slowly learning as it’s a cheaper alternative for people who already have an iPad for drawing but still occasionally switch to computer use.
if you're interested, JP has a really great discord -You're not alone! There are plenty people there willing to help out and give some advice if you ever get stuck
I've been using a tablet for about a month and a half now and the improvement is wild. It takes a second, but the best thing to do is to just draw a full illustration. Even if you're having a hard time, try and pump one out and don't just let yourself do unfinished drawings. For me I was having a hard time with lineart, so the first illustration I did was a line less drawing of Persephone for Lore Olympus. A month later I realized that I was having not trouble with lineart at all. You don't realized how connected some things are to each other, and every second that you're drawing in it, you're skills in other areas are going to improve as well.
Great Video! Playing an hour and a half of OSU! definitely helped. I am used to a 22in screen tablet and an iPad. Decided to pick up one of these since I saw one was on sale and figured a small portable tablet could be useful if my next graphic design job doesn't a provide a pen display while working in the office. Was also curious if I could genuinely recommend them to family and friends. Before playing OSU!, I could barely sketch out a decent-looking fountain pen in 20 minutes. Now I can roughly sketch out anything at about the same speed as paper or a screen tablet. Grant it, I am not nearly as accurate yet and shapes are still a bit wonky, but it is still a much quicker improvement then I was expecting for just an hour and a half of training.
i been depressed for a whole week bc my display tablet broke and i couldn't effort another one so i got a normal one and i couldn't work with it 😭😭😭im so thankful tyssssssm
I love how you keep pressing about not overworking your brain cause I keep overworking mine ;-; It just make me really stressful but I love the tips! I'm gonna start using it to play games first teehee
You forgot the most important tip: Orientation! With your tablet between you and your monitor, look at the monitor while making vertical lines on the tablet. Then, don't adjust your drawing hand if the lines aren't perfectly vertical, instead, twist the tablet left or right until what your hand thinks is vertical is what you see onscreen.
In all these years using the drawing tablet, I turn back to the basics to learn, i've started with the initial dynamic bible lessons, the ones with great exercises to line precision, confidence and eye-hand coordenation. take a look :)
If you're using a non display tablet, and your stylus tends to feel slippery, and you don't have a screen protector, a paper(a normal printer paper works) is a workable replacement.
as somone who always had my tablet lined up to my screen i can say that you should try different position/placement because when your tablet is centered and parallel to the screen your arm end up in a weird position and angle that 1. is pretty uncomfortable (to me) 2. reduce the range of motion of your arm therefore everything is more difficult The way i adjusted the position of the tablet to be "perfect" was to sit in front and center of my screen, extend my arm straight and place the middle of the tablet under it. i don't know if i explain that correctly but that how i did find the perfect position/placement for my tablet... the worst part about it is that i was convinced (idk why) that i HAVE to have to tablet centered, i guess it's from back when i started using one but for real, try different position for your tablet as it can really affect your experience... it sure affected mine and made me give up on digital drawing many time ...
I like this setup much better, than any other because ergonomically is just the best. You don't bend your neck and your arms and back in the right position.
Been trying digital art on tablet and I can't seem to point out my problem of why I can't seem to draw well until now. My arm is not used to using tablet so I search for a possible solution that would help and your video is the first thing I clicked
Just when I was about to give up on my pen tablet and save up for a screen tablet! I think I'll give it one more try! 2 years later I can't just quit on it
@@LilleyComix97 have a tips? I buy veikk s640 a pentab without screen, it's so hard to use drawing in the pad and look at the screen, It was so difficult that I couldn't even draw straight like line art and could only sketch
@@alexanderchristian1310 I can only say lots of practice and patience goes a long way! I have a few videos of me working behind the scenes some with me in them! Go ahead and look at my behind the scenes playlist if you're curious
after watching this i bought a hs611, and thankyou so much for the info.. i upgraded to digital drawings and still learning if you see this comment, i thank you so much..😀
I have a brand new Xpen pad, it's been in storage for 5 years, I tried to use it, gave up. Just save your money and buy a display. a Kamvas 22 is $400 and works great, I love it.
I’m not struggling with using the tablet it’s more that I can’t quite seem to draw anything I like. My traditional art looks better whereas my digital art looks off and not my style 💀
Something else that is very helpful is to use the canvas rotation inside the program. Like in Photoshop if you press the R key it brings up the rotation interface so you can rotate the drawing to a comfortable angle. Many programs (like PS) have line smoothing/stabilization built-in , but I like to use a stabilization program called Hej! Stylus. (For Mac; a similar stabilization program for Windows is Lazy Nezumi).
Is it worth it though? Few weeks of huge frustration can kill the joy from drawing and the brain will make association: drawing = frustration if it's not enjoyable. After almost a year of using screenless (which I bought simply becasue I had no money for a tablet with screen) I still can't get used to it.
I draw and write with my paper positioned diagonally/horizontally, so I position my tablet the same way. I didn't have this kind of problem while drawing a mouse, but that was only because my brain recognized the activity was me operating with a mouse. My brain recognized the drawing tablet and pen as pen and paper because of muscle memory of drawing/sketching. It's a good thing my drawing tablet is kinda small so it doesn't take up a lot of space and struggle if I reposition it often. It's more comfortable now but I still have to practice straight lines and drawing with less wrist movements.
Thank you for this video. I just got a Wacom today and was this close to putting it up on ebay 😆coz it's frustrating to use. I'll try your tips first and give it some time.
The first time for me was like I've been doing it forever, no learning curve. thinking about stepping up to one with a display but I love my Intous small enough that I don't really need a mouse.
I remember having this kind of tablet, the tough thing to get get used to is using it is my eyes is looking at the monitor while my hands is on the tablet , which is the reason i bought a touch screen tablet to draw (ipad) because i look directly where my hand is moving on the screen.
My Chromebook doesnt show any cursor when i am using my pen tab, and it was really hard cause I don't know where my pen is pointing to, so yeah. I hope there's any app that may help😀
To align my tablet (with my hand/arm position, not the screen) I close my eyes and draw vertical and horizontal lines. After opening my eyes again and looking at the lines, i can see if the tablet should be rotated a little. After getting it right. I mark the angle of my tablet on my desk with a (real :o) pencil.
I recently bought a drawing tablet (xp pen deco 01 V2) its my first one and it was hard at first but I think I've gotten better on where I place my pen. Its just the shortcuts and buttons are what still keeps me holding back xD I'm entirely new to use laptops, so it took a bit for me to adjust the shortcut keys to the tablet. Tbh, I really wanted a screen Drawing tablet, but I don't have a pc, only a low end laptop from like 2018, oh well. I'll get used to using the tablet I bought 😅
The tablet you use in the video is the tablet I currently use and is actually my first drawing tablet. So my problem is more drawing good circles, and since this is my first drawing tablet I kinda got used to positions of the cursor.
As a pen tablet user, I didn't realise how there were people who actually struggled/felt really weird drawing with a tablet like this... Perhaps I've used mine so much it has become 2nd nature lol
The software I used when I got that exact same drawing tablet glitched sometimes and made the pencil cursor invisible, so my drawings would always look REALLY bad
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How to get used to a Screen Drawing Tablet + avoid damaging your wrist in the process: th-cam.com/video/zuWf9f4qrA4/w-d-xo.html
The way I got used to using drawing tablets 100% of the time was by damaging my wrist using a mouse. The pen started as a low strain way of using computers during recovery and I never looked back
Thanks. Shalom. Hehe.
@@harrytsang1501Inverted mouses are awesome for feel, looks, and buttons. I have an RGB one from Delux.
Solitaire and Minesweeper are also good picks for games to practise your eye-hand coordination.
Those games were specifically added to Windows to help people who had never used a mouse come to grips with it, and they work well for a pressure pad too.
That’s fascinating!
Same with InkBall which was specifically added in Windows to help people get used to touch screens when Windows first had wide spread support of those screens.
wonder if the Jigsaw Puzzle in classic MacOS served the same purpose back in the day ...
Good tips. My two cents: align your tablet placement with your display, meaning keep it in front of the monitor and not to the side. Also be consistent with your tablet and keyboard placement, always set things the same way, it helps to build eye to hand coordination.
Seconded. Height and angle as well as position all make a difference; adding angle does a lot to improve your ability to draw lines in any direction. I recently upgraded my tablet setup from a laptop stand to a larger format from Saiji, a brand I found on Amazon. Their XL desk is basically an ideal adjustable drawing surface, able to rise high enough to work on the floor sitting, and the book holder slot works to hold references, a smaller external display or 360 laptop. I use it on the floor but these setups can also be positioned to work on a couch or with a traditional desk.
I disagree. Ergonomically, its best to align the tablet with your shoulder and the screen with your eyes. It gives you more space to put a controller or keyboard under your other hand as well.
Thank you for kind tips 🧡
How if its a PC?
Also have plenty of space, some tablets can be small and not need a lot of space by themselves, but the more space *you* have, the better.
Learn to use your whole arm to draw, elbows and even shoulders it helps to build line confidence (clean linework, no chicken scratch), don't only depend on your wrist for fluidity, and don't forget to pause, rest and stretch from time to time.
And as a general tip for beginners remember, shapes are not the same as figures. You should start by practicing figures over shapes. Make an habit of thinking in 3D.
I recently bought a tablet, and the learning curve has been quite overwhelming. So, thank you for making this! :]
How are you doing now?
@@furosukki1301 It's gotten much easier! These suggestions are absolutely worth your time.
When you started how well were you able to draw???
I bought one and thought I would miraculously get good at drawing lolll
@@koris_0000 real
J3SS Here!
remember, NO MATTER Where you think you are in your art, Improvement is mileage + consistency.
Keep on practicing -but remember to Always take breaks to not burn out!!!
you all got this :3
A long time ago I had a major burn out with digital art because it overwhelmed me, but now I think I'm ready to start learning to draw again. Your kind encouragement and motivation has really given me hope again. I will definitely be watching more of your videos because I'd love to draw in the manga art style!
literally did not expect this to become a problem since im already good with a pencil
I'd like to assure everyone reading this and having doubts- YOU can do this. As with everything, it just takes daily practice.
I bought the Deco Mini7 online for my 11-year old son as a Christmas present(for an African kid- in a small town/village, it's a pretty big deal and I'm so happy for him) and he couldn't use it comfortably, so I showed him how to trace drawings with Krita, and I instructed him to trace every day(the same advice I gave him to inspire him into drawing- to draw daily, and to get to where he is now - pls take note).
He took that advice better than I thought- drawing and tracing every day, and using it like in the video- for like an hour or more, in total, per day- and it only took him 2 weeks of daily practice (along with his normal pen/paper drawing).
Now, he's used to it and he can use it pretty comfortably. I'm so proud of him! That's my son. I'm not a total failure after all. 😉
Youre a good dad, my dad never bothered with my interest, it;s nice to hear about parents who cares. im in a pretty similar place myself, small town but in south east asiai nstead, so this story you shared hits me hard. hope your son has a wonderful art journey
I have a Wacom Intuos S, which is great, but really small. In traditional I'd feel more comfortable since i use bigger canvas and I'm watching directly at my hand drawing, so when I jumped into digital drawing I felt so frustrated cause I couldn't get anything drawn decent. Even now, drawing a straight line, a circle that connects, or just connecting lines is really hard for me, so this was the video I needed. Thank you!
Same model and same problem lol. Bought it just yesterday and first time using a tablet so my mind fucked lol
i have the wacom one . bruh i think i cant do this lol its so hard i thought i might try digital art lol but its too damn hard like isnt their any way to disable hovering ? 😥. its giving me headache cuz of that. i cant even know where my placement is going like its too tough ugh .. why am i so bad 😪
I definitely recommend xp pen deco pro sw, it’s large despite being called small, I’d recommend it even more for heavy handed people though :p
My nephew recommended OSU so seeing it here in this video I decided to give it a try. Definitely helpful for getting comfortable with moving across the whole range of the tablet, with timing. And it's just lowkey fun. Once you get the hang of it.I went from 72% to 90% on one after 4 or so tries so seeing that improvement really helped encourage me to keep going.
Welcome to the beginning of your osu addiction.
You are here forever
where do you get Osu?
@@jonahabenhaim1223 ITS osu! WITH A LOWER CASE!
If you play less than one week of osu, you’re safe, but any more than one week and I’m sorry to say that you have fallen too deep to leave now.
Writing until your handwriting looks like your handwriting.
Something that helps me is warming up before drawing. Doing different shapes and lines while not focusing on the tablet but on the screen makes me get used to it!
the best thing to improve hand/eye coordination on screenless tablets is enabling your os cursor, your brush shape is lagging (depending on strength of your device) but os cursor is not. immediately after doing it I could draw circles.
Could you explain this more. I don’t understand what you mean.
@@ShotgunSandwichENT in ps (and other apps) brush shape has a delay because of processing, but your normal os cursor does not. Once you enable it (can't remember where) your os cursor is shown on TOP of your brush shape. This makes your hand eye coordination 1000x better. Does this explains it better?
My first tablet was a screenless huion h430p . Im a bit struggled with because of sensitivity thing and learning csp was hard. Lineart was so thick etc... it took some time but i get used it. Still sketching not so nice compared to screen tablet other than it was okay i loved it
i just got that tablet as a new year gift, never used any tablets before, i opened PS and tried drawing my brain was fried!!! hahaahah hopefully ill get used to it as well
Out of the 6 videos of how to use drawing tablets I've watched, yours is the MOST EFFECTIVE. One of the reasons is it tells me to play a game to learn how to use the tablet. Thanks.
I got my first Wacom in 2006, took me a few days to figure it out. I used to play Atari when it came out, the joy stick cordination from that console reminded me of the hand eye movements I needed. I now have a newer one and I still prefer the no screen version. It sits on my lap. When I used to play the joysticks did the same lap way.
"Your hardware/software doesn't make you a better or worse artist" - but it does.😭 I spent about 10 years drawing/painting in Photoshop and it still felt awkward (you know, like walking with your feet tied together - you could sort of get used to it, but not enjoy it). Then I switched to Clip Studio Paint and that's when I finally started to enjoy digital drawing/painting - it makes a HUGE difference when the program you use doesn't impede your workflow. So my advice would be: if something feels painfully awkward, don't just try getting used to it but also try changing things.
Learning to use a pen tablet comes with a learning curve but there is something magical to it when things start to look the way you intended. And maybe we should consider pen tablets better suited for digital painting and not necessarily for super crisp line art?
I think Sinix and Daniel Ibanez use pen tablets, maybe also Ahmed Aldoori and Trent Kaniuga, if I remember correctly. And they all are amazing.
Honestly when I got an IPad and Procreate I was a bit underwhelmed, I guess I just prefer my 24 inch display, CSP and a cheap Huion pen tablet.
What Huion tablet do you reccomend?
Thanks, this really helped. I have a really a small tablet (6×4 inches) so it's really hard using it, since it's my first time using something other than paper to draw
If your tablet and screen have different proportions (eg a 16:9 monitor and a 4:3 tablet) it's a good idea to make sure Force Proportions (sometimes called Constrain Proportions) is turned on so your tablet matches the monitor. It leaves with a bit of dead space on the tablet, but means your motions directly scale to the monitor instead of being out of sync. Without it you end up having to draw an oval to make a circle on screen, which will not only slow you down but will make you develop bad habits and muscle memory for drawing.
I draw circle it appears oval I draw oval it appears circle watafak please help :c
Used to draw a lot when i was younger. Decided to get back to it with digital art recently. This is helpful still struggle with drawing 2D with my tablet but 3D is fine i can sculpt in blender and zbrush.
I've found that I need my pen travel to be identical to the travel distance on the screen, otherwise I end up drawing the wrong distances in my sketchbooks...
Thank-you for the tips and help!
Great tips! Wish i knew them back when i first bought my Huion Inspiroy H640P. Now I use a Kamvas 13 for everything, lol. Thing is, getting used to the tablet really is just practice. Just like anything. The more you use it, the more used you become to it. Keep at it, fellas!
i got one of these tablets and it was so frustrating that i couldn’t even make a straight line, and i thought it was just because i was really bad, i really needed this!
All these tips sound like they will really help! I have been having a lot of issues with my display tablets and one ended up completely being messed up since day 1. Thought it was a driver issue but it ended up being the tablet itself and the updated drivers actually made it worse. Can't return it either bc warranty time limits. Needless to say, it made me wanna pull my hair out.
I hear so many artists talk about how their wrists, back, neck, etc hurt from being hunched over (or shrimpin' as they call it on Twitch) and it causing them a lot of health issues over time. (Please remember to stretch and take breaks, artists!)
I just ordered myself a new tablet so this video will REALLY help me get used to it. Thank you so much for making this and I will definitely share this with my fellow artists
Thanks bud. You helped me for real. I had another art "teacher" I was listening to and integrating your lessons with his advice worked wonderfully well
tracing is the only one you need to concentrate a lot. It fixed my learning curve.
i've had the same tablet for 8 years and i still cannot get used to it. it makes digital art so frustrating when everything is so easy on paper. Once scan in my artwork and start drawing, my whole coordination is completely thrown off. how the HELL can i fix this.
My first tablet was a Wacom Bamboo, and DAMN did it feel awkward to use at first. But truth be told, it's a real "suck it up" scenario if what you're doing requires being able to use it.
Good thing i watched ur video, i was like i can draw better on book but why not here, was so stressed out
So now i just have to practice more, tysm
I've bought a secondhand drawing tablet a while ago, and I've been a little uncertain as to whether or not it was worth it, and whether or not I should've invested into a touchscreen. This vid is exactly what I needed to hear. Thank you.
I really love drawing with my tablet i just started within a week and i am already used to it its so fun and interesting
I have that tablet, for such a budget device I am really impressed by it, especially the customisable settings.
years ago i bought a cheap veikk tablet to play osu only and nothing else because mouse felt awkward to use, it was both fun and pain learning the tablet as it took me weeks to even get decent at it and really paid off. now just a week ago I got into art and drawing on tablet came as natural when doing gesture drawings
Way back I used the predecessors of these. Where the stylus has to make contact with the pad to register the location. I don't draw digitally, mostly data analysis. but when carpal tunnel started to loom again (right when I was starting to explore digital drawing), I thought "great, I know what'll work" and got a cheap one to try it out
And I gotta say....
I cannot fathom why there is no way to set the damned things to "click with X amount of pressure" and "only track position when making contact".
These are points you never come across before buying graphic tablets and they relegated mine immediately (well, after a night of expletive filled searching) to the function of "small serving tray".
With those very basic options they would be a perfect mouse replacement, without they are only a bigger burden. And y'all just go "welllllllll it isn't the best but you DO get used to it".
The game-changer for me, was an insight of attempting the "One Minute Sketch" exercize (draw an entire human figure or character on a random pose from memory in just 1minute, then as the time ends, immediately pick the next blank paper for the next new drawing), but not in the natural medium (where I was already good at), but on the digital medium with the graphic palette. That allowed me to be able to STAND drawing characters in the graphic palette, and eventually draw well enough; but even to this day, I still prefer drawing on paper, it's like at least 50% more confortable. Because nowadays it would be RELEVANT that I go back to draw digitally, I'll looking forward to exercises (and tools inside the software) that will help me get more natural stroking.
By the way, that particular exercise I've mentioned, is related to 2D Traditional Animation; it was described in a book Animation: From Script to Screen, from an ex-Disney animator, Shamus Culhane. I believe that exercise was an adaption from other Drawing exercises associated with another book: The Natural Way of Drawing (Kim Nicolaides); and if I'm not wrong, the origin of such practices remount to the classic artistic teachings of past centuries since the Renaissance.
Extra tip : Use Smoothing, or Stabilizer. Especially the Pulling String type of stabilizer.
I'm transitioning from traditional to digital art and this video is what i was looking for but i never expected that Osu is one way to get used to it.
If you can see me yelling at my hand when i tried using a drawing tablet "Draw better you hand"
Thanks for the video man
Yeah, I highly agree on your tablet point, you don't need an expensive first tablet, but you really don't want anything too small. My first tablet was Wacom One which was so small that even if you are perfectly stable it would still be jittery.
hey i have just got wacom one, do you recommend it or should i replace it?
@@ashayapurv7427 I guess it's fine for starters but it's really not a good enough tablet, if you decide to get more serious in the end you might as well invest in something better
@@kurushimee i have two option either wacom one or xp G960 which has a much bigger working space than wacom, price difference between them isn’t much either. so should i go for xp pen?
@@ashayapurv7427 I think you should, I have a tablet from XPPen and it's good
@@kurushimee really appreciate your advice man, thank you so much
Thank you for this because I only have a trackpad for my computer and mainly use my iPad for digital art but got a trackpad for my computer as sometimes certain software for art I’ll need to learn are computer exclusive and trackpads are cheaper I find then art monitors for computers and I see no need to buy two drawing tablets when procreate is already the superior application for most drawing needs.
Adjusting using a trackpad is so hard but I’m slowly learning as it’s a cheaper alternative for people who already have an iPad for drawing but still occasionally switch to computer use.
I get so discouraged trying to learn to draw on a tablet... I've almost given up but I really would like to make art on a tablet.
if you're interested, JP has a really great discord -You're not alone! There are plenty people there willing to help out and give some advice if you ever get stuck
I've been using a tablet for about a month and a half now and the improvement is wild. It takes a second, but the best thing to do is to just draw a full illustration. Even if you're having a hard time, try and pump one out and don't just let yourself do unfinished drawings.
For me I was having a hard time with lineart, so the first illustration I did was a line less drawing of Persephone for Lore Olympus. A month later I realized that I was having not trouble with lineart at all. You don't realized how connected some things are to each other, and every second that you're drawing in it, you're skills in other areas are going to improve as well.
Great Video! Playing an hour and a half of OSU! definitely helped. I am used to a 22in screen tablet and an iPad. Decided to pick up one of these since I saw one was on sale and figured a small portable tablet could be useful if my next graphic design job doesn't a provide a pen display while working in the office. Was also curious if I could genuinely recommend them to family and friends. Before playing OSU!, I could barely sketch out a decent-looking fountain pen in 20 minutes. Now I can roughly sketch out anything at about the same speed as paper or a screen tablet. Grant it, I am not nearly as accurate yet and shapes are still a bit wonky, but it is still a much quicker improvement then I was expecting for just an hour and a half of training.
i been depressed for a whole week bc my display tablet broke and i couldn't effort another one so i got a normal one and i couldn't work with it 😭😭😭im so thankful tyssssssm
I love how you keep pressing about not overworking your brain cause I keep overworking mine ;-; It just make me really stressful but I love the tips! I'm gonna start using it to play games first teehee
You forgot the most important tip: Orientation! With your tablet between you and your monitor, look at the monitor while making vertical lines on the tablet. Then, don't adjust your drawing hand if the lines aren't perfectly vertical, instead, twist the tablet left or right until what your hand thinks is vertical is what you see onscreen.
In all these years using the drawing tablet, I turn back to the basics to learn, i've started with the initial dynamic bible lessons, the ones with great exercises to line precision, confidence and eye-hand coordenation. take a look :)
If you're using a non display tablet, and your stylus tends to feel slippery, and you don't have a screen protector, a paper(a normal printer paper works) is a workable replacement.
Its hell, sheer raw precision at its core
For me it's like using a mouse. That's basically what I can compare the learning experience to be like.
I most definitely did not expect to osu here..
Ok actually that first advice is mindbowing for me. Gotta try it! Thanks!
first thing i did when i got a pen and tablet was play ultrakill with it lol
One of the best advice I've ever gotten was not to worry too much about equipment. A good artist can make a masterpiece from nothing.
buh i got that same drawing tablet i got so excited seeing it in the thumbnail
as somone who always had my tablet lined up to my screen i can say that you should try different position/placement because when your tablet is centered and parallel to the screen your arm end up in a weird position and angle that
1. is pretty uncomfortable (to me)
2. reduce the range of motion of your arm therefore everything is more difficult
The way i adjusted the position of the tablet to be "perfect" was to sit in front and center of my screen, extend my arm straight and place the middle of the tablet under it.
i don't know if i explain that correctly but that how i did find the perfect position/placement for my tablet... the worst part about it is that i was convinced (idk why) that i HAVE to have to tablet centered, i guess it's from back when i started using one but for real, try different position for your tablet as it can really affect your experience... it sure affected mine and made me give up on digital drawing many time ...
The only thing that is so damn difficult for me is how for the god sake I’m supposed to zoom in and out? And moving in the canvas?
Short Cuts
I like this setup much better, than any other because ergonomically is just the best. You don't bend your neck and your arms and back in the right position.
A lot of the time the tablet is 16:10, whereas most screens are 16:9, so your drawing on the screen is slightly squished compared to what you drew.
I have the opposite situation: bought a tablet for osu! and now starting to draw
IT WAS. IT WAS REALLY HARD TO START WITH
I don't own a tablet I use my phone and I still find it comfortable and also it's portable you just need few weeks of constant use
Every broke artist's kit
Great video. Going to start slow and master the tablet first and then I'll start drawing.
Been trying digital art on tablet and I can't seem to point out my problem of why I can't seem to draw well until now. My arm is not used to using tablet so I search for a possible solution that would help and your video is the first thing I clicked
Thank you, this is very helpful!
Just when I was about to give up on my pen tablet and save up for a screen tablet! I think I'll give it one more try! 2 years later I can't just quit on it
And now?
@@alexanderchristian1310 still working! I'm better than I was when I made this post
@@LilleyComix97 have a tips? I buy veikk s640 a pentab without screen, it's so hard to use drawing in the pad and look at the screen, It was so difficult that I couldn't even draw straight like line art and could only sketch
@@alexanderchristian1310 I can only say lots of practice and patience goes a long way! I have a few videos of me working behind the scenes some with me in them! Go ahead and look at my behind the scenes playlist if you're curious
@@LilleyComix97 okay thank you
drawing on a small tablet is such a pain
after watching this i bought a hs611, and thankyou so much for the info.. i upgraded to digital drawings and still learning
if you see this comment, i thank you so much..😀
I have a brand new Xpen pad, it's been in storage for 5 years, I tried to use it, gave up. Just save your money and buy a display. a Kamvas 22 is $400 and works great, I love it.
I’m not struggling with using the tablet it’s more that I can’t quite seem to draw anything I like. My traditional art looks better whereas my digital art looks off and not my style 💀
Something else that is very helpful is to use the canvas rotation inside the program. Like in Photoshop if you press the R key it brings up the rotation interface so you can rotate the drawing to a comfortable angle. Many programs (like PS) have line smoothing/stabilization built-in , but I like to use a stabilization program called Hej! Stylus. (For Mac; a similar stabilization program for Windows is Lazy Nezumi).
hello! switching from tablet to display currently, this helps for both switches thankfully
Is it worth it though? Few weeks of huge frustration can kill the joy from drawing and the brain will make association: drawing = frustration if it's not enjoyable. After almost a year of using screenless (which I bought simply becasue I had no money for a tablet with screen) I still can't get used to it.
hey i brought a hs611 and no worries so far
hey...the artwork at 2:13 is soooo coool
Thank you for this!
Personally, I used this practice method
P- erspective
E- llipses
N- on descript spherical objects
I- sosceles
S- quares
Love it, thanks man. This should help me readjust in a shorter time.
got ipad with pencil, but in my opinion drawing desk is better for me. I get even cleaner lineart with her
The one you started with ... is what i use now and its a real pain . I'm too broke to buy another so now I'm on a quest to find and win one
I honestly just got an iPad for art. I couldn't get used to a standard drawing tablet.
I started out using my drawing tablet for using online notes for school to get used to everything!
thanks for this. I'm used todrawon paper so these warm ups are very nice
I draw and write with my paper positioned diagonally/horizontally, so I position my tablet the same way. I didn't have this kind of problem while drawing a mouse, but that was only because my brain recognized the activity was me operating with a mouse. My brain recognized the drawing tablet and pen as pen and paper because of muscle memory of drawing/sketching. It's a good thing my drawing tablet is kinda small so it doesn't take up a lot of space and struggle if I reposition it often.
It's more comfortable now but I still have to practice straight lines and drawing with less wrist movements.
Thank you for this video. I just got a Wacom today and was this close to putting it up on ebay 😆coz it's frustrating to use. I'll try your tips first and give it some time.
I don't have one yet but this will be useful once i get one
The first time for me was like I've been doing it forever, no learning curve. thinking about stepping up to one with a display but I love my Intous small enough that I don't really need a mouse.
damn im early as hell xd anyways im still not used to me drawing tablet so this video helped out alot
I remember having this kind of tablet, the tough thing to get get used to is using it is my eyes is looking at the monitor while my hands is on the tablet , which is the reason i bought a touch screen tablet to draw (ipad) because i look directly where my hand is moving on the screen.
My Chromebook doesnt show any cursor when i am using my pen tab, and it was really hard cause I don't know where my pen is pointing to, so yeah. I hope there's any app that may help😀
To align my tablet (with my hand/arm position, not the screen) I close my eyes and draw vertical and horizontal lines. After opening my eyes again and looking at the lines, i can see if the tablet should be rotated a little. After getting it right. I mark the angle of my tablet on my desk with a (real :o) pencil.
I recently bought a drawing tablet (xp pen deco 01 V2) its my first one and it was hard at first but I think I've gotten better on where I place my pen. Its just the shortcuts and buttons are what still keeps me holding back xD I'm entirely new to use laptops, so it took a bit for me to adjust the shortcut keys to the tablet. Tbh, I really wanted a screen Drawing tablet, but I don't have a pc, only a low end laptop from like 2018, oh well. I'll get used to using the tablet I bought 😅
Great video ❤
The tablet you use in the video is the tablet I currently use and is actually my first drawing tablet. So my problem is more drawing good circles, and since this is my first drawing tablet I kinda got used to positions of the cursor.
what is name of that tablet i am researching to buy one
Not only was the information important, but the motivation in the video was a brilliant idea. A good start to my hentai journey.
As a pen tablet user, I didn't realise how there were people who actually struggled/felt really weird drawing with a tablet like this... Perhaps I've used mine so much it has become 2nd nature lol
Practicing copperplate and spencerian script is an awesome way to get used to one
The example image used at 2:13 is the 21st frame at 10 minutes 38 seconds of the 2009 movie Redline, very good movie, must watch :3
The software I used when I got that exact same drawing tablet glitched sometimes and made the pencil cursor invisible, so my drawings would always look REALLY bad
Good video! First I’ve seen of yours. Keep it up