Now I’ve had the Wacom Bamboo tablet for little over two weeks and I have been experimenting with all kinds of settings.
My conclusion is that digital painting with the tablet is a lot of fun, but I have not been able to use the tablet as well in my comic.
I have been testing the tablet with Photoshop and Illustrator, and I must say that I haven’t gotten a hold on the brushes which is my own fault since I tend to have shaky hands, which makes it difficult to draw with regular brushes in Photoshop and Illustrator. There is a Calligraphic brush set in that automatically smoothes your line which is very nice except that it adapts too much. For example, if you draw a box the box almost turns into a circle.
There is probably some configuration I need to find but I haven’t had any luck finding it.
I enjoy drawing on the tablet and it will take a lot of practice to develop some skills.
All tips are greatly appreciated
Best tip I can give is make sure you ink in at least 200%.
Maggi found a good link http://www.itchy-animation.co.uk/tutorials/lines/linework.htm
ooo, i’ll have to check that link out later. i’ve got a tablet too, and i have no idea what settings i should be using. i too suffer from not being able to draw the smoothest lines, specially if its a long line or large shape.
I always work at 200%, too. Generally there are adjustments you can make as to how much smoothing will be applied, and you should be able to save your settings as a new brush.
Your latest comics look good to me.