What Instruments Do You Use to Draw?

[RedLenai]

I use an XP-Pen Star G604 to draw

But for webcomics, I do the thumbnails in traditional, then scan it and then ink and color digitally on Clip Studio Paint

[TheLemmaLlama]

Phone with stylus, so essentially a screen tablet I guess

A lot more people use screen tablets than I expected! A lot less mouse users and traditional artists, though. I wasn't expecting anyone to use finger on screen. That's impressive!

Mouse is more difficult than finger on screen imo :'D

[bulgariansumo]

Thinking about it now, I can see it! I've never had a tablet or phone big enough (or with any drawing apps) to test that out on. Using a touchpad, as in the ones that come with laptops, is torture to me. Anyone who uses that to draw holds a power that I can't comprehend.

[TheLemmaLlama]

Using a touchpad, as in the ones that come with laptops, is torture to me. Anyone who uses that to draw holds a power that I can't comprehend.

Ohh yeah, that's even worse than using a mouse :'D At least with finger on screen, the cursor appears on the spot you touch your finger to instead of having to move it back and fourth XD

[Tanako]

For some odd reason, I'm having a really hard time transitioning from a regular tablet to a screen tablet. so I have a good o'l iMac and an Intuos Wacom tablet. This way, I can browse the internet when taking a break.

[Aleus_arts]

I use bare finger on my mobile screen..

[Shanny8]

@Tanako I kinda felt that way at first(and drawing at an angle), but I've actually adjusted to it quite well...I loved my Intuos, but I'm gotten used to drawing with a screened tablet.

@TheLemmaLlama @bulgariansumo when I first started doing digital stuffs with my comic/art I was doing my pencil/ink work traditionally then color digitally; I was using a mouse to color- until I started getting carpal tunnel in my wrist...as soon as I bought my tablet and started using it more, the pain went away(because I wasnt restricting my wrist movements with the mouse anymore).

[bulgariansumo]

I was using a mouse to color- until I started getting carpal tunnel in my wrist...as soon as I bought my tablet and started using it more, the pain went away(because I wasnt restricting my wrist movements with the mouse anymore).

Oh no! I'm glad using a tablet helped with your carpal tunnel. Using a mouse a lot can be hard on a wrist.

[candiedcotton]

Gaomon 1560. It was a very special gift a few years back and it's my go-to. But I also have a ton of traditional tools. Copic markers, prisma pencils, various types of paint, charcoal, you name it.

[Tanako]

@Shanny8 how do you deal with the latency between the screen tablet and the pen? I had once practiced with a friends screen tablet. it was a Cintiq to be specific. I noticed there was a delay and we tried up and down to fix this thing and nothing worked. it was so frustrating. Eventually called Wacom customer services and they said that's how it is and there is nothing they could do about it. It was a problem that Wacom knew about but despite they, they kept on selling the product. The version he had was the Wacom Cintiq 16.

To be honest after that experience I was just done all together with anything screen tablet. I am considering trying anther brand but what I don't want is spending so much on something I'd hate using LOL.

[Shanny8]

The screened tablet I now have is a Huion Kamvas 22- the only times when I have delays is sometimes when I'm switching between tools and I think the autosave from CSP is kicking in...other than that, the tablet works fine. I wanted to stick with Wacom, but I couldn't justify paying a LOT of $$$ for a Cintiq- I was going to get the 16 at $750, but the Kamvas was $350 less(and BIGGER). When I was using the Intous I was using a 17" laptop; and I do get irritated at my 10" iPad sometimes(I want to get a 12" iPad pro, but once again I dont feel justified in spending a lot on that right now)

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