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OK, so you're drawing on an iPad. I have an iPad air 5th gen with the Apple pencil but I never use it for drawing. Instead I use my Dell laptop, which is a 2-in-1 with a 16" screen, 3880X2400 resolution, and the Dell stylus. I like the big screen over the iPad because my old-ass eyes prefer larger (my drawings are often over 10k pixels wide). For software I use Krita because it was the first software that I tried after not drawing for 25+ years and I've gotten used to it. I tried CSP but the learning curve was too steep.

I was wondering, does your stylus have pressure sensitivity? I ask because your digital drawing lines seem to be heavy and dark, but your paper drawings are soft and light. A pressure sensitive stylus allows you to do the soft and light "sketch" style on a digital surface. You can make it look just like a pencil drawing, or even a ballpoint pen style sketch, as I have done with the monochrome drawings that I've posted here.

no, not an Ipad, I have an amazon fire something or another. I don't think my stylus has pressure sensitivity, but this was my first sketch, i learned how to make thinner lines a few days ago. But yeah, I'm much ore used to pencil so I'm still better at controlling the lines over there

Kinda just makes it a 30 minute sketch, not a speedpaint. For a speedpaint you gotta actually use color and render the image, not just do a sketch.

the character by nature only exists in monochrome in her world, so there coloring her is out of the cards. But if your definition says it's a not a speed paint then whatever suits you is fine

I do timelapses/speedpaints
I usually post them on my Tiktok2 (More like every Wednesday I post a new Timelapse/Speedpaint)

I use Clip Studio on my Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 Lite, very comfy

It is always a learning process! When I first learned about pressure-sensitive styluses I was gobsmacked (I used to draw on a Surface Pro 8 and my stylus did not do that). Then I learned other things, such as transparencies, how to use layers effectively, and so on. I also learned to lean into my limitations (such as my shaky hands) and have adjusted my drawing style to suit them. Each new thing learned is a revelation!

I haven't done a Time lapse in a long time but this is the one I had the most fun with.

(Also, yes I know what speedpaints actually are, I have training in concept art where I did many a speedpaint, I also don't care because timelapses have also been called speedpaints online since the late 2000s and that's longer than half the vocabulary I see used has been around)

I made this speed paint for my older brother's birthday today!


and another for the leads of my novel "Damsel in the Red Dress"

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