I watched several videos about how to hold your pen... and my conclussion to go is... Grab it like a normal pen. You need to find something that leaves your arm relaxed, so using your palm works really well, on relaxing your arm, and as stabilizer. Grab it with some effort, not being to rude, but not to soft. The stylus works with pressure levels, so, you need to put your pen creating a vertical line, if you grab it like a pencil, some of that pressure just disappears, making you force your fingers to put extra pressure, and that can give you problems in your wrist. You know something is hard when you have to dedicate time to learn the most basic thing in modern human nature.
Bless you for making a video for small things like this sir, I've been drawing with the wrong way this whole time and I realized it's not because of the tab I'm using, the software that I used nor the pen that I hold but it's rather...... my way of holding the pen 0,0
I'd like to add two useful (if situational) techniques for holding a pen that I didn't see in the video. The first would be the Mouse Grip, which is resting the pen on the base of your thumb and top of the middle finger and putting your index finger across it, which allows for easy use of a regular computer mouse, while still holding your pen. (Great with multiple monitors if your tablet is mapped to only one of them.) And the second would be the Nosegrab/Penstache, where you hold the pen between your nose and your upper lip, which frees both hands for typing. Once you want to get back to drawing, you just release the hold and the pen drops down into your hand easily. Much less effort than actually putting the pen down or into a stand. It's a little silly, but I do find myself doing it occasionally.
Hello Aaron. Being a disabled artist, it will be nice to resize my brush using the buttons on the pen. I do see the Ctrl modifier But I don't see how you got the Alt modifier. Thank you, David Baker
Interesting.... On my Wacom tablet The right click button seems to be working but not the Ctrl+ Option. I wonder why? But I am not a computer guy Many thanks!!!!
I use to watch Proko’s video and I saw one of his videos about how to hold a pencil. But his video was funny because of his tone and facial expressions. I am a traditional artist like him and I use to practice with not only my hands, and write, also my arms together. I feel like if some artists are familiar with drawing with charcoal pencils, graphite pencils, and types of pencils sometimes they often draw, like they are drawing landscape, or photo from real life. For example, the wild where there’s a bunch of trees, and a beautiful night sky. I feel like when digital artists transitions from traditional to drawing, or painting digitally the experience is a whole lot different.
The eraser flip is just like when I use the number 2 pencil when drawing traditionally. Cool. Good to know a lot of the techniques is just like using a regular pencil (or in this case a pen). This means it’s not going to be as hard as I thought.
Thank you for a great tutorial. It explains everything really well with clear demonstrations to match, all of which is exactly what's needed for a beginner & good stylus technique is an important basis for everything else.
thanks for the techniques just quick review on drawing from shoulder part 1) So keep ball of wrist with the help of the pinky planted on the wacom screen 2) part of the palm which is near to the ball of the wrist planted on the tablet 3) make sure hand moves with the arm so all of this will help keep wrist locked with practice of this technique and move hand up and down when drawing curves and using free form in combination with this will help i wasen't successful in tapered line effect sorry i think it will come with practice please explain it again in a different way and i will keep practicing that tough and the other techniques were hard too but will keep practicing this for warm ups cheers
First time I noticed this one and had to compliment your pen twirl Aaron. Reminded me of when we all had batons as kids and learned how to look cool spinning them. 😆😎
Thank you, this is the only grip that feels natural with my screen tablet. Though a bit akward as I´v yet to get used to it, my wrist hurt alot less and Im not tensing up like before... my linework is much better too. The only akward thing is my pen feels a bit bottom heavy ie the back end of it feels really heavy..maybe I should just let that end rest on my hand a bit more?
What if you have an Intuos? The way you're holding the pen looks great for an inclined tablet like the Cintiq, but if your tablet is flat on the desk you'd have to be sticking your elbow up in the air for that grip to work well. Do you have any recommendations for tablets which are laying flat?
irrevenant3 that's my issue too. I've bought a pillow top tablet holder that gives an incline but due to desk size and height, it's a bit restrictive. I really need to invest in a tablet holder that can freely move positions. But for me to do so, I'd have to also invest in a new desk. Not budget friendly for a hobbyist. If you do happen to find tips for that, please update. I've been back through these videos 3 times now in the past year because of the finger and hand pain I have after drawing. But for you, try propping it up at an incline. It does help but it's not a definitive solution, it's only partially helpful.
Just after 30 minutes of drawing with the pen grip stylus my hand was paining like hell, no other reason. After full 1 year I discover this that I've been holding the pen wrong. I hope the pain fades away in oblivion now Imma try it
I came from traditional art and was so frustrated with the pen that I sharpened it! Seriously, when I sharpened the plastic around the nib it allowed me to hold the pen at a greater angle which actually worked to allow me to just sort of let the weight of the pen be the only pressure and get consistent lines just at the point where the pressure registered. I wonder why wacom made it so there was a limited angle even though it still functioned after I sharpened it. Don't blame me if you break your PEN!
Coming from an oil painting/ traditional art background this is actually the hardest part lol I know how to paint but holding a paint brush is so different from holding a pen tablet.
just found this video. I have just got my Wacom and pen, can you tell me if the pen nib touch the tablet, like if a normal pen and paper or is the nib held just about the tablet. Thanks in advance for your help
can i use any stylus for my wacom intuos pro pen? just asking i've been having a hard time figuring out if i were to buy a cheap stylus for my drawing tablet(lost my stylus worth 79 or so us dollar)
I hold the pencil with my index finger and thumb, the pen lies on the middle finger. If I look at it from the front, then I have a 90 degree posture, the index finger is on the side and my thumb up. If I move the pen, I'll do it with my thumb, otherwise I'll slip off the switch. With an oblique stroke from top right to bottom left, I draw the pen with my thumb diagonally down to be precise. When drawing I often cramp when the pen in the front is thicker, with thin pens that has never happened to me.
I struggle from slide-y surface to the point my wrists hurt so much. 😢 Is there any "paperlike" protectors? Or do I need one? Hellp.😭 Mine is huion hs64.
Hi Aaron does this make sense checking my understanding of drawing from the shoulder and arm and keeping wrist locked so from your video firstly just want to say in photo shop i have issue as the line opacity stays the same so can't achieve tapered line affect as it still has the same opacity for tapered line but as for locking the wrist when drawing: so is the point being ball of wrist stays planted move the arm so the hand moves with the arm don't isolate them out if we isolate the arm and hand in movement the wrist will move but if hand and arm move together and hand stays locked with limited movement thats called locking the wrist with the help of keeping the ball of the wrist locked onto the tablet i have a student tablet which was around 99 dolloars i think
Thanks for the advice! I coincidentally asked myself exactly the question which you answered in your video today. "How the heck to I hold such a pen?" XD I get my first graphic tablet (wacom intuos comic) tomorrow, so you had a excellent timing there. ;)
getting a drawing tablet & pen for Xmas any suggestions on which type of pen & tablet ? :D Because I wanna start into drawing and animation also because I'm better at drawing with a pencil then a mouse.... XDD
Kxlly Omg suupppeeerrr late reply but I actually just got a Intuos Draw tablet and i rlly recommend getting something like that if a beginner and from that you can proceed to advance to higher quality tablets...you probably dnt need this but meh
I have issues regarding how to hold the stylus because my wrist has started to hurt. I would like to know the best way to hold the stylus and minimize the risk of hurting my wrist.
Your videos are great...I just can't seem to get used to my tablet. No matter what I do, paper, drawing with my arm, practice, ergonomics, etc, I can't get my art looking as good on Photoshop as I can traditionally! Do you have any suggestions?
My issue is that I need my hand to be flat on a surface to draw. I cannot draw with my hand and arm in the air. I draw on a touch screen laptop so I can't really place it on the screen. Any tips?
I absolutely adore using my Intuos Pro Medium tablet, and I have been for a few years now. I'm just super curious as to how the new 'Pro Pen 2' performs, which now comes with the updated Intuos Pro models, because aside from the aesthetic redesign and added bluetooth support, the pen is the only part that received an actual upgrade to it's technical specs. Instead of 2048 levels of pressure sensitivity they upped it to something like 8192 levels, and it's described as the most responsive and latency free pen that they've ever designed. I just couldn't justify purchasing the same tablet over again just for the upgraded stylus, but man am I curious!
When I hold my pen and rest my hand on the tablet, my hand tends to "stutter" when drawing straight lines as I drag it across the tablet. It's a smaller tablet- any advice?
You could try wearing a thin glove, there are some made specifically for drawing tablets. Or you could move your arm at your elbow rather than using wrist movements, when drawing lines
I've always hated the pen buttons till the first day I got one with buttons (I was using one without before), I found them always compromising my grip and somehow I always end up overadjusting to not get in the way of them.
You're welcome. Glad you enjoyed the video. Here's a link to that course: th-cam.com/video/JS2retAlRmU/w-d-xo.html And I have more courses at aaronrutten.link/courses
please help me! i just got the drawing pad thing and whenever i draw on it (its connected on my laptop) it draws side ways! example if i wanna draw a circle it suddenly draws a oval! please help me my mom is angry at me for "wasting my money" for this drawing tab bc i dont know how to use it:(
sorry Aaron the other thing for tapered line you said you pulled hand away slowly but you did say let up quickly i know you are right but want to clear the confusion i have for that part
Okay I am not gonna lie and pretend like I became a digital art pro from this video but this helped me a lot. Before this video I struggled to draw circles and I still do lol only now I am coming a lot closer, before this video every circle attempt was more like an ellipse. I am a TRUE beginner even in traditional art and my best art works are copies of other artists in my sketchbooks lol just to give you an idea. If you are like me and struggling to adjust to a tablet, try his grip. I am right handed so not sure if that matters. **proceeds to make more abnormal circle attempts** I could just use the damn circle tool but I hate myself
Sir i am just a 15 years old young boy who legit study art selftaught and i have a question so i can afford the Cintig 13HD like is it a good thing or bad ? i still have a lot to learn on traditional and i dont think i am worthy enough to get it right now Thanks from Acolus
Hey! I'm also a self taught person, I'm just gonna give you an advice in case you're a little tight budget. I have a drawing monitor from a brand called Ugee, mine it's 19'' and it's been really great! It doesn't have short cuts keys, but I use a wireless keyboard for that. It's a great company and really afordable! Look for it on Amazon. I also have a small Wacom Intuos Draw. Best Regards!
Hey, don't worry if you think you are 'worthy enough...... the sooner you start working with these sort of tools the sooner you will be more skilled using them.!
I have a question have l learn drawing on papers or digitally ,cause I see no one draw anime on papers any more specially if i want to be an animator and draw animes like Dragon ball etc
Oh so just now I realised you can actually rest your hand in the tablet. I tought if you touched the tablet with your hand, you would make lines there as well, so I was even looking for gloves to avoid "contact" with the tablet... lol good to know. I think I'll be starting digital art soon so Im doing my research :P
Aaaon hi - Do you have the Cintiq 27QHD Touch or the regular ? if it is the TOuch - What do you thibk about it ? I am about to buy one and fear the extra money spend on a (maybe) not so usefull feature.
Hi Aaron. I've been using Wacom devices for over 10 years now but have yet to find one that works properly. Either the pressurve curve doesn't work well, the drivers uninstall themselves every night I try to use them or they simply don't work very well at all despite Wacom support and sending my devices back both Cintiq and Intuos Pros. I've recently sold my Intuos Pro Medium after several defects and my Cintiq 13HD due to the same issues and poor pressure curve. However, I still wish to return to Wacom over these Chinese knock offs. What advice could you give for someone who uses a 2560x1440 monitor but can't afford the 27" 1440p Cintiq? Would a 22 or 24 Cintiq scale well and work better than a Cintiq 13HD? Thank you.
I think you are asking if the Cintiq 24 will scale up it's output resolution to 2560x1440. Is that correct? If that's the question, the Cintiq 24 can't be set to a resolution above 1920x1200. However, your additional monitor can have an independent resolution, so scaling up won't be necessary. You can work with your document in 2560x1440 and then evaluate the detail on your hi-res screen. I use a Cintiq 24HD and I don't find it difficult to see and add fine details. I'd go with the 24. Regarding the pressure curve, did you try calibrating your pen in the Wacom controls and in the drawing application as well? Drivers sometimes require a bit of effort regardless of whether it's a Wacom tablet or anything else you attach to your computer. A good strategy is to look for older or newer drivers that are specific to your operating system. It's a common problem for a lot of computer peripherals, but I have to say that Wacom does a good job of providing new and old drivers. www.wacom.com/en-us/support/product-support/drivers Hope this helps.
I know the maximum resolution is of course 1920x1200 but if I'm using it as a second screen to see what my output is on my main monitor which is 2560x1440, would it scale well on my main monitor despite the lower resolution on the second. Apologies, I should have worded that better. Yes, I've tried all calibrations possible, even used the Tablet PC Tool from Black Ink which forces it in the settings and overrides Wacom's default settings which worked at first but the hardware would reset it if I closed the application. Wacom certainly is the best after having used Huion and Yiynova and I've been using them for years now but I've never been able to draw properly with them. The Cintiq 13HD I had to almost crush my nib to draw simple strokes, something even Wacom themselves couldn't help me with. Only the Surface Pro 1 with the Wacom digitzer worked well but that's only a 10" tablet and too old for what I require now. I'm between financing a Cintiq or purchasing the Surface Pro 4.
My monitors and Cintiq are all 1080, so I haven't tried this. I would guess that the image would appear larger in proportion to the screen if you dragged it from the hi-res display to the Cintiq. I can't say how it would look, but obviously less screen pixels means it would appear blurrier with fewer sharp or fine details. I don't think it would be that noticeable though. The opposite would be true from dragging an image drawn on the Cintiq to your hi-res screen. It would probably appear smaller in proportion to the screen, but the details would be sharper. In either case, the image file isn't changing. What's changing is the clarity of the image that can be seen through the screen. Larger/fewer pixels VS Smaller/denser pixels The pen pressure is a mystery. Maybe it's your technique or you were setting the pressure calibration in the wrong direction? I tend to press very hard compared to some people, so I set mine to firm. A setting of soft might be better for you.
I've tried the softest setting imaginable and it makes my lines too big so I do need to make it more firm, but even at default settings, I still cannot make any strokes without crushing my pen and I am by no means heavy handed. I've contacted Wacom about this before last year when I had my Cintiq and I was rudely told to go elsewhere and they cannot help me. It was only until I posted on their Facebook page, someone at least tried to help but couldn't. I've also been told my PC might not be up to par, well I use a PC with an i7 6700k and a GTX 1080 at home so power is not an issue for me but now I wonder why I'll bother at all. Perhaps I'm simply unlucky but I cannot for the life of me get anything to work and I am by no means a novice when it comes to computers. I've tried Registry edits, tablet pressure curve adjustments, dat files edited in Wacoms main hardware, changed the tablet to use main USB 3.0 ports or 3.1 on my machine for even better connection, everything. And then there is the issue of zoom levels where you're then forced to try vector drawing apps due to your drawing looking horrible at 66.7% zoom levels and 100% when doing anything in every drawing app under the sun even at 600 DPI with massive pixel sizes e.g 11 x 17 for comics in Clip Studio/Sketchbook Pro etc\ I'm not sure how anyone creates digital art if this has been the case for me, is there some sort of trick I'm missing? From the Bamboo line to the Intuos Pro to the Cintiq etc I've not been able to finish any drawing without having to go in depth with everything.
Why don't you use one of those 2-finger gloves that most digital artists use here on youtube, to avoid the touch problems ? You can keep touch enabled that way, for panning and zooming with the other hand or fingers and don't have it interfere with the drawing while you rest the hand on the screen.
I can never understand how people can hold a pen with a three fingers squeeze. I hold it almost like a spoon, with two fingers, and third is under it, supporting the pen, but not gripping on it. This is how I did learn to write, so this is how I hold it when I'm drawing. But I see every artist holding it with a three fingers grip, am I doing something wrong?
i am 14 and i can draw well traditionally i thought the transition would be like instant boi was i wrong its annoying i cant really draw the line tablet feels too slippery and its really awkward
Hi Aaron. I have been going back to re-learning my cursive writing which I didn't learn properly in the first place back in elementary school. A Calligraphic form of cursive is Spencerian. th-cam.com/video/xTvAdQYHv_g/w-d-xo.html A common form of cursive is the Palmer method. th-cam.com/video/-F8SA_QySkc/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/7setkJXxfd4/w-d-xo.html I guess they all share some similar form of holding their Pen. What I have discovered is that even though there are various styles of cursive writing that have been taught throughout history they all share a certain similarity and place a great importance in how they hold their pens. I figured out that I was holding my pen wrong and using primarily my fingers to do the writing instead of my arm. No wonder I would get muscle cramps writing notes in college. What appears to me is a Wacom Stylus requires you to hold it just a little bit differently if you want to use the Toggle Buttons.
cant draw a single straight line with my arm movement. i can only draw with my hand on the tablet. but hear that it bad for my wrist and i have issues with my wrist from playing guitar as well. seems my fate is not to draw.
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Here are some more tips that will help you improve your drawing skills:
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Thanks Aaron. Very helpful
You said differently abled, you must be such a virtuous person.
Today I learned how to hold a pen
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We never stop learning. Sorry for the necrocommenting
After Quarantine:
Teacher: Hi kids, welcome back. What did you learn during quarantine
Me: *i learned how to hold a pen*
The Dino teacher:...uh...ok..anyone else..?
@@jinxkk Me: *I learned how to talk fluent sarcasm*
I watched several videos about how to hold your pen... and my conclussion to go is...
Grab it like a normal pen.
You need to find something that leaves your arm relaxed, so using your palm works really well, on relaxing your arm, and as stabilizer.
Grab it with some effort, not being to rude, but not to soft.
The stylus works with pressure levels, so, you need to put your pen creating a vertical line, if you grab it like a pencil, some of that pressure just disappears, making you force your fingers to put extra pressure, and that can give you problems in your wrist.
You know something is hard when you have to dedicate time to learn the most basic thing in modern human nature.
Thank you, I just got my tablet and had no idea what the pen was used for !
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Yeah, lel
How 2 be stupid 101
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what
Bless you for making a video for small things like this sir, I've been drawing with the wrong way this whole time and I realized it's not because of the tab I'm using, the software that I used nor the pen that I hold but it's rather...... my way of holding the pen 0,0
I'd like to add two useful (if situational) techniques for holding a pen that I didn't see in the video.
The first would be the Mouse Grip, which is resting the pen on the base of your thumb and top of the middle finger and putting your index finger across it, which allows for easy use of a regular computer mouse, while still holding your pen. (Great with multiple monitors if your tablet is mapped to only one of them.)
And the second would be the Nosegrab/Penstache, where you hold the pen between your nose and your upper lip, which frees both hands for typing. Once you want to get back to drawing, you just release the hold and the pen drops down into your hand easily. Much less effort than actually putting the pen down or into a stand. It's a little silly, but I do find myself doing it occasionally.
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Instructions were not clear. Ended up with a tablet pen up my nose.
ancient humans: i will hunt mammoths using a stick with a pointy stone at the end.
me: HoW dO i HoLd PeN???
Hello Aaron. Being a disabled artist, it will be nice to resize my brush using the buttons on the pen. I do see the Ctrl modifier But I don't see how you got the Alt modifier.
Thank you,
David Baker
Maybe you are on Mac? If so, Alt is called Option.
Interesting.... On my Wacom tablet The right click button seems to be working but not the Ctrl+ Option. I wonder why? But I am not a computer guy
Many thanks!!!!
I use to watch Proko’s video and I saw one of his videos about how to hold a pencil. But his video was funny because of his tone and facial expressions.
I am a traditional artist like him and I use to practice with not only my hands, and write, also my arms together. I feel like if some artists are familiar with drawing with charcoal pencils, graphite pencils, and types of pencils sometimes they often draw, like they are drawing landscape, or photo from real life. For example, the wild where there’s a bunch of trees, and a beautiful night sky.
I feel like when digital artists transitions from traditional to drawing, or painting digitally the experience is a whole lot different.
The eraser flip is just like when I use the number 2 pencil when drawing traditionally. Cool. Good to know a lot of the techniques is just like using a regular pencil (or in this case a pen). This means it’s not going to be as hard as I thought.
As usual, I enjoyed your video. I sometimes have to watch them more than once and that's the nice thing about youtube vids.
Thank you for a great tutorial. It explains everything really well with clear demonstrations to match, all of which is exactly what's needed for a beginner & good stylus technique is an important basis for everything else.
thanks for the techniques just quick review on drawing from shoulder part
1) So keep ball of wrist with the help of the pinky planted on the wacom screen
2) part of the palm which is near to the ball of the wrist planted on the tablet
3) make sure hand moves with the arm
so all of this will help keep wrist locked with practice of this technique
and move hand up and down when drawing curves and using free form in combination with this will help
i wasen't successful in tapered line effect sorry i think it will come with practice please explain it again in a different way and i will keep practicing that tough and the other techniques were hard too but will keep practicing this for warm ups
cheers
First time I noticed this one and had to compliment your pen twirl Aaron. Reminded me of when we all had batons as kids and learned how to look cool spinning them. 😆😎
Thank you, this is the only grip that feels natural with my screen tablet. Though a bit akward as I´v yet to get used to it, my wrist hurt alot less and Im not tensing up like before... my linework is much better too. The only akward thing is my pen feels a bit bottom heavy ie the back end of it feels really heavy..maybe I should just let that end rest on my hand a bit more?
Thank you so much - some really great tips there. I am going to be getting a tablet soon, and wondered about some of these things.
does it make a difference if u are using an ipad instead of an actual drawing tablet? and using an apple pencil? 😁
Interesting. Do you happen to have any tips on posture too?
I just got a drawing tablet, but can only keep it up for a couple of hours at the moment.
Thanks Aaron for this great info video!
today i learned how to hold a pen. i didn't regret it.
What if you have an Intuos? The way you're holding the pen looks great for an inclined tablet like the Cintiq, but if your tablet is flat on the desk you'd have to be sticking your elbow up in the air for that grip to work well.
Do you have any recommendations for tablets which are laying flat?
irrevenant3 that's my issue too. I've bought a pillow top tablet holder that gives an incline but due to desk size and height, it's a bit restrictive.
I really need to invest in a tablet holder that can freely move positions. But for me to do so, I'd have to also invest in a new desk. Not budget friendly for a hobbyist.
If you do happen to find tips for that, please update. I've been back through these videos 3 times now in the past year because of the finger and hand pain I have after drawing.
But for you, try propping it up at an incline. It does help but it's not a definitive solution, it's only partially helpful.
Same for a year Ive been drawing with the pen grip but hand start paining like hell after 30 minutes. I need to change my grip
Just after 30 minutes of drawing with the pen grip stylus my hand was paining like hell, no other reason. After full 1 year I discover this that I've been holding the pen wrong. I hope the pain fades away in oblivion now Imma try it
I came from traditional art and was so frustrated with the pen that I sharpened it! Seriously, when I sharpened the plastic around the nib it allowed me to hold the pen at a greater angle which actually worked to allow me to just sort of let the weight of the pen be the only pressure and get consistent lines just at the point where the pressure registered. I wonder why wacom made it so there was a limited angle even though it still functioned after I sharpened it. Don't blame me if you break your PEN!
Coming from an oil painting/ traditional art background this is actually the hardest part lol I know how to paint but holding a paint brush is so different from holding a pen tablet.
nice "penstache"
I think there might be a correct way to hold the pen. Lately I've been getting pain at the base of my thumb, and I feel it's due to how I hold it.
just found this video. I have just got my Wacom and pen, can you tell me if the pen nib touch the tablet, like if a normal pen and paper or is the nib held just about the tablet. Thanks in advance for your help
can i use any stylus for my wacom intuos pro pen? just asking i've been having a hard time figuring out if i were to buy a cheap stylus for my drawing tablet(lost my stylus worth 79 or so us dollar)
I hold the pencil with my index finger and thumb, the pen lies on the middle finger.
If I look at it from the front, then I have a 90 degree posture, the index finger is on the side and my thumb up.
If I move the pen, I'll do it with my thumb, otherwise I'll slip off the switch.
With an oblique stroke from top right to bottom left, I draw the pen with my thumb diagonally down to be precise.
When drawing I often cramp when the pen in the front is thicker, with thin pens that has never happened to me.
Thanks! this video helped SO much! i'm getting a tablet soon, and this showed me a lot about it. I also Subbed and liked the video! :)
Where do I purchase a good pen for my windows surface pro ?
I struggle from slide-y surface to the point my wrists hurt so much. 😢 Is there any "paperlike" protectors? Or do I need one? Hellp.😭 Mine is huion hs64.
Hi Aaron does this make sense checking my understanding of drawing from the shoulder and arm and keeping wrist locked
so from your video
firstly just want to say in photo shop i have issue as the line opacity stays the same so can't achieve tapered line affect as it still has the same opacity for tapered line but as for locking the wrist when drawing:
so is the point being ball of wrist stays planted move the arm so the hand moves with the arm don't isolate them out if we isolate the arm and hand in movement the wrist will move but if hand and arm move together and hand stays locked with limited movement thats called locking the wrist with the help of keeping the ball of the wrist locked onto the tablet i have a student tablet which was around 99 dolloars i think
I wonder if the variety of things you do with the pen vary with the pen, the tablet, or the software, or all 3?
Thanks for the advice! I coincidentally asked myself exactly the question which you answered in your video today.
"How the heck to I hold such a pen?" XD
I get my first graphic tablet (wacom intuos comic) tomorrow, so you had a excellent timing there. ;)
i use the techniques with my small intous draw and they work fine
getting a drawing tablet & pen for Xmas any suggestions on which type of pen & tablet ? :D Because I wanna start into drawing and animation also because I'm better at drawing with a pencil then a mouse.... XDD
Kxlly Omg suupppeeerrr late reply but I actually just got a Intuos Draw tablet and i rlly recommend getting something like that if a beginner and from that you can proceed to advance to higher quality tablets...you probably dnt need this but meh
I have the same pen as you do, but the eraser doesn't work! I have reset the pen many times, anything else you could recommend to fix it?
I have issues regarding how to hold the stylus because my wrist has started to hurt. I would like to know the best way to hold the stylus and minimize the risk of hurting my wrist.
Your videos are great...I just can't seem to get used to my tablet. No matter what I do, paper, drawing with my arm, practice, ergonomics, etc, I can't get my art looking as good on Photoshop as I can traditionally! Do you have any suggestions?
My issue is that I need my hand to be flat on a surface to draw. I cannot draw with my hand and arm in the air. I draw on a touch screen laptop so I can't really place it on the screen. Any tips?
I absolutely adore using my Intuos Pro Medium tablet, and I have been for a few years now. I'm just super curious as to how the new 'Pro Pen 2' performs, which now comes with the updated Intuos Pro models, because aside from the aesthetic redesign and added bluetooth support, the pen is the only part that received an actual upgrade to it's technical specs. Instead of 2048 levels of pressure sensitivity they upped it to something like 8192 levels, and it's described as the most responsive and latency free pen that they've ever designed. I just couldn't justify purchasing the same tablet over again just for the upgraded stylus, but man am I curious!
He has to teach us this too.
When I hold my pen and rest my hand on the tablet, my hand tends to "stutter" when drawing straight lines as I drag it across the tablet. It's a smaller tablet- any advice?
You could try wearing a thin glove, there are some made specifically for drawing tablets. Or you could move your arm at your elbow rather than using wrist movements, when drawing lines
I've always hated the pen buttons till the first day I got one with buttons (I was using one without before), I found them always compromising my grip and somehow I always end up overadjusting to not get in the way of them.
One in a thousand people have commented on this and I feel so special to be the one
Informative video.. Thank you.
Thanks for making this Video..no mention of technique in the so called "Essential training Course" on LinkedIn Learning.
You're welcome. Glad you enjoyed the video. Here's a link to that course: th-cam.com/video/JS2retAlRmU/w-d-xo.html
And I have more courses at aaronrutten.link/courses
How you avoid tapping noise of stylus while recording video?
please help me! i just got the drawing pad thing and whenever i draw on it (its connected on my laptop) it draws side ways! example if i wanna draw a circle it suddenly draws a oval! please help me my mom is angry at me for "wasting my money" for this drawing tab bc i dont know how to use it:(
When I right click on photoshop 'brush preset' appears, why?
For blending the paint colours together, did you use blur tool, or smudge?
Neither, it's a blender in Corel Painter.
sorry Aaron the other thing for tapered line you said you pulled hand away slowly but you did say let up quickly i know you are right but want to clear the confusion i have for that part
Okay I am not gonna lie and pretend like I became a digital art pro from this video but this helped me a lot. Before this video I struggled to draw circles and I still do lol only now I am coming a lot closer, before this video every circle attempt was more like an ellipse. I am a TRUE beginner even in traditional art and my best art works are copies of other artists in my sketchbooks lol just to give you an idea. If you are like me and struggling to adjust to a tablet, try his grip. I am right handed so not sure if that matters. **proceeds to make more abnormal circle attempts** I could just use the damn circle tool but I hate myself
Sir i am just a 15 years old young boy who legit study art selftaught and i have a question so i can afford the Cintig 13HD like is it a good thing or bad ? i still have a lot to learn on traditional and i dont think i am worthy enough to get it right now Thanks from Acolus
Hey! I'm also a self taught person, I'm just gonna give you an advice in case you're a little tight budget. I have a drawing monitor from a brand called Ugee, mine it's 19'' and it's been really great! It doesn't have short cuts keys, but I use a wireless keyboard for that. It's a great company and really afordable! Look for it on Amazon. I also have a small Wacom Intuos Draw. Best Regards!
+Mariela Vargas Thank you so much! i will gladly check it out
I'm planning on buying a tablet from Ugee :)
Hey, don't worry if you think you are 'worthy enough...... the sooner you start working with these sort of tools the sooner you will be more skilled using them.!
Wordtoons Wayne ok ! :D
Any idea when the next stream will be? I always end up showing up late and stuff
Thursday is the next one: th-cam.com/video/cr9I7jbm7Zg/w-d-xo.html
Does it work with huion
Whats the button for? 1:30
I have a question have l learn drawing on papers or digitally ,cause I see no one draw anime on papers any more specially if i want to be an animator and draw animes like Dragon ball etc
wow This was very helpful I Think I've improved
Oh so just now I realised you can actually rest your hand in the tablet. I tought if you touched the tablet with your hand, you would make lines there as well, so I was even looking for gloves to avoid "contact" with the tablet... lol good to know. I think I'll be starting digital art soon so Im doing my research :P
Someone. You should still get a glove so your hands don’t stick to your tablet. I NEVER use my screen tablet without gloves.
Today I learnt theres a correct way to hold the grip pen
Nice tips!
what tablet is that? and where can i get it?
It's a Wacom Cintiq. This is the 24HD model, but I now have the 27QHD. You can buy them here: www.aaronrutten.com/products.html#cintiq
ok. thanks
Aaaon hi - Do you have the Cintiq 27QHD Touch or the regular ? if it is the TOuch - What do you thibk about it ? I am about to buy one and fear the extra money spend on a (maybe) not so usefull feature.
Is there games to improve drawing over tablet like we use to do with keyboard and mouse games.
Any game you can play with a mouse, you can play with a tablet.
@@aaronrutten Thanks for the quick reply and i was thinking of games where we can use pressure sensitivity as well.
Hi Aaron.
I've been using Wacom devices for over 10 years now but have yet to find one that works properly. Either the pressurve curve doesn't work well, the drivers uninstall themselves every night I try to use them or they simply don't work very well at all despite Wacom support and sending my devices back both Cintiq and Intuos Pros.
I've recently sold my Intuos Pro Medium after several defects and my Cintiq 13HD due to the same issues and poor pressure curve.
However, I still wish to return to Wacom over these Chinese knock offs. What advice could you give for someone who uses a 2560x1440 monitor but can't afford the 27" 1440p Cintiq? Would a 22 or 24 Cintiq scale well and work better than a Cintiq 13HD?
Thank you.
I think you are asking if the Cintiq 24 will scale up it's output resolution to 2560x1440. Is that correct? If that's the question, the Cintiq 24 can't be set to a resolution above 1920x1200. However, your additional monitor can have an independent resolution, so scaling up won't be necessary. You can work with your document in 2560x1440 and then evaluate the detail on your hi-res screen. I use a Cintiq 24HD and I don't find it difficult to see and add fine details. I'd go with the 24.
Regarding the pressure curve, did you try calibrating your pen in the Wacom controls and in the drawing application as well?
Drivers sometimes require a bit of effort regardless of whether it's a Wacom tablet or anything else you attach to your computer. A good strategy is to look for older or newer drivers that are specific to your operating system. It's a common problem for a lot of computer peripherals, but I have to say that Wacom does a good job of providing new and old drivers. www.wacom.com/en-us/support/product-support/drivers
Hope this helps.
I know the maximum resolution is of course 1920x1200 but if I'm using it as a second screen to see what my output is on my main monitor which is 2560x1440, would it scale well on my main monitor despite the lower resolution on the second.
Apologies, I should have worded that better. Yes, I've tried all calibrations possible, even used the Tablet PC Tool from Black Ink which forces it in the settings and overrides Wacom's default settings which worked at first but the hardware would reset it if I closed the application. Wacom certainly is the best after having used Huion and Yiynova and I've been using them for years now but I've never been able to draw properly with them. The Cintiq 13HD I had to almost crush my nib to draw simple strokes, something even Wacom themselves couldn't help me with.
Only the Surface Pro 1 with the Wacom digitzer worked well but that's only a 10" tablet and too old for what I require now. I'm between financing a Cintiq or purchasing the Surface Pro 4.
My monitors and Cintiq are all 1080, so I haven't tried this. I would guess that the image would appear larger in proportion to the screen if you dragged it from the hi-res display to the Cintiq. I can't say how it would look, but obviously less screen pixels means it would appear blurrier with fewer sharp or fine details. I don't think it would be that noticeable though.
The opposite would be true from dragging an image drawn on the Cintiq to your hi-res screen. It would probably appear smaller in proportion to the screen, but the details would be sharper.
In either case, the image file isn't changing. What's changing is the clarity of the image that can be seen through the screen. Larger/fewer pixels VS Smaller/denser pixels
The pen pressure is a mystery. Maybe it's your technique or you were setting the pressure calibration in the wrong direction? I tend to press very hard compared to some people, so I set mine to firm. A setting of soft might be better for you.
I've tried the softest setting imaginable and it makes my lines too big so I do need to make it more firm, but even at default settings, I still cannot make any strokes without crushing my pen and I am by no means heavy handed.
I've contacted Wacom about this before last year when I had my Cintiq and I was rudely told to go elsewhere and they cannot help me. It was only until I posted on their Facebook page, someone at least tried to help but couldn't.
I've also been told my PC might not be up to par, well I use a PC with an i7 6700k and a GTX 1080 at home so power is not an issue for me but now I wonder why I'll bother at all. Perhaps I'm simply unlucky but I cannot for the life of me get anything to work and I am by no means a novice when it comes to computers. I've tried Registry edits, tablet pressure curve adjustments, dat files edited in Wacoms main hardware, changed the tablet to use main USB 3.0 ports or 3.1 on my machine for even better connection, everything.
And then there is the issue of zoom levels where you're then forced to try vector drawing apps due to your drawing looking horrible at 66.7% zoom levels and 100% when doing anything in every drawing app under the sun even at 600 DPI with massive pixel sizes e.g 11 x 17 for comics in Clip Studio/Sketchbook Pro etc\
I'm not sure how anyone creates digital art if this has been the case for me, is there some sort of trick I'm missing? From the Bamboo line to the Intuos Pro to the Cintiq etc I've not been able to finish any drawing without having to go in depth with everything.
Have an intuos pro medium with this same sort of experience. It's pretty darn frustrating.
Thank you sir now how to hold the pen watch tutorial and I am new subscribers
Is a Cintiq work as a stand alone computer?
No. Except the Cintiq Companion.
thank. it's helpful
Wat if i hold my stylus with 4 fingers? Sorry this is a dumb question
As said there is no right way to grab a pen! If you feel comfortable go ahead!
Awesome tutorial! :-)
Why don't you use one of those 2-finger gloves that most digital artists use here on youtube, to avoid the touch problems ?
You can keep touch enabled that way, for panning and zooming with the other hand or fingers and don't have it interfere with the drawing while you rest the hand on the screen.
How to hold a pencil????
How to hold a crayon??
How to hold a sketch pen??
*Someone make a video on these too please 😂😂😂
what tablet is this?
wait so you don't hold it like a normal pencil?
New subbie. Great content
So basicly its just like you would hold a pen while drawing on a piece of paper :)
I can never understand how people can hold a pen with a three fingers squeeze. I hold it almost like a spoon, with two fingers, and third is under it, supporting the pen, but not gripping on it. This is how I did learn to write, so this is how I hold it when I'm drawing. But I see every artist holding it with a three fingers grip, am I doing something wrong?
If your technique works for you, then it's not wrong.
I guess you're right. :) Thanks!
K I'm already leaving because of that intro o-0
Im scared for life
i am 14 and i can draw well traditionally i thought the transition would be like instant boi was i wrong its annoying i cant really draw the line tablet feels too slippery and its really awkward
Thank u
nice video and do u rember me from the stream?
Yep. I do. Good to see you again.
Aaron Rutten :3
I don't write the normal way so MY TEACHER IS SENDING ME TO DETENTION FOR "NOT HOLDING IT RIGHT"
It is good to use a pain but not heavy pain youth
Hi Aaron.
I have been going back to re-learning my cursive writing which I didn't learn properly in the first place back in elementary school.
A Calligraphic form of cursive is Spencerian.
th-cam.com/video/xTvAdQYHv_g/w-d-xo.html
A common form of cursive is the Palmer method.
th-cam.com/video/-F8SA_QySkc/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/7setkJXxfd4/w-d-xo.html
I guess they all share some similar form of holding their Pen.
What I have discovered is that even though there are various styles of cursive writing that have been taught throughout history they all share a certain similarity and place a great importance in how they hold their pens.
I figured out that I was holding my pen wrong and using primarily my fingers to do the writing instead of my arm.
No wonder I would get muscle cramps writing notes in college.
What appears to me is a Wacom Stylus requires you to hold it just a little bit differently if you want to use the Toggle Buttons.
I died laughing at the beginning🤣 it was stupid 🤣
You know what’s funny I write like that I drawww like that so apparently I’m already doing it right 😃👍
I hold it in three different positions so that the tip doesn't get worn out on the same side every time... yeah I'm Uncle Scrooge 🤣🤣
I feel so inexperienced don't know where to start. I know nothing.
cant draw a single straight line with my arm movement. i can only draw with my hand on the tablet. but hear that it bad for my wrist and i have issues with my wrist from playing guitar as well. seems my fate is not to draw.
YAY!
0:01 General Kenobi.
my way of holding pens always press the buttons :(
i hold it very tightly , i think that's the wrong way.
With your hand
i have a squishy tip stylis....
what about not a cintique bruh
the right way to hold a pen is ON the paper... not ABOVE like a graphic pen: it sux.
That input lag is disgusting
+AllAtlas Its not lag, its brush smoothing applied in corel painter
ah okay, good to know. Currently in the market for a cintiq
Wait people actually need to learn how to hold the pen lmao