Ive been digitally painting with a mouse for a while, and while i like what i can do with this limitation, ive found my ability to do figure drawing really stunted. I can do figure drawing with a pencil just fine, just i dont like taking photos and trying to color over the drawing after the fact. So ive decided enough is enough, im going to get a drawing tablet

my only requirement is it needs to have a screen. i used to have a small tablet back in the day, but it didnt have a screen and i could barely get any use out of it bc im so used to looking at my pencil as i draw

i need something aforedable with a screen. any recs?

My current eye is on a 13in XP-Pen. but i am unsure bc i saw it recomended multiple years ago so not sure if its outdated or flawed at this point.

Hi guys! I thought this would be the best group to ask-

I have suddenly developed a brush lagging issue across every drawing software I have, including photoshop, krita, and paint tool sai. I cannot for the life of me figure out what's causing it, and it is making drawing nearly impossible. It's not my tablet or an underpowered pc, I used the same set up throughout college with absolutely no issues, (wacom cintiq 16 with an additional monitor off my laptop with it's screen in use as well.) I normally only run the software I'm using, pureref, spotify and maybe a chrome window. I have experienced none of these issues beforehand, even with large file and brush sizes. I checked to see if my boyfriend's less powerful laptop had a similar reaction, and it did, but to a much less significant degree- so much so that I think the file/brush was too large for his device and not anything else. I have seen in task manager that a ton of ram is being eaten up, but I can't figure out what from. It doesn't look like I'm running anything nonessential or different than before?

Thanks so much for any insight! I love seeing all the different works in here!

This is who I envision whenever I hear the name "Dave".

Pretty straight forward question; looking for experience.

I plan to draw relatively casually, and use it for school.

Somewhat urgent answers needed.

Hey yall, sorry to post this here I’ve tried asking in a couple other subreddits but the rules are strict about what can and can’t be posted and this was the only art one I could find that didn’t have a rule against asking about mediums

I’m in the midst of buying my first tablet for drawing. Up until this point I’ve used my finger on ibis paint or when permitted, someone else’s iPad procreate. I love procreate but it’s apple exclusive and I cant afford apple’s jacked prices. Ibis paint is great, and I’d be willing to use that alone if need be, problem is all the tablets I’ve glanced over are only compatible with androids and computers which is kind of unfortunate since I use an iPhone and want to be able to transfer art to and from my devices. I’m not against getting an apple device (after saving) if it comes down to it, but it’s my last resort atp

TLDR: Is there a tablet out there that’s cheap, ibis paint compatible, AND iPhone compatible? Preferably with touch screen options if possible. Budget: ~$300

I did do a little searching but with limited knowledge, came up short. I figured either I ask and it doesn’t exist (sad but oh well) or I don’t ask and I end up spending $500+ on an apple device I otherwise don’t need

I'm good at drawing and have lots of ideas for really fun coloring pages, I'm having trouble figuring out what to do after I draw Mt images (I draw my pictures analog) I have sketchbook app ibispaint can the digital steps (which in not sure how) be done using these apps? I don't have a ton of money to hire someone to do the work for me. I'd like to learn how to do this so other people can enjoy my artwork. Can you help me understand what I need to learn .

Hey all,

I have finally bought an iPad and and Apple Pencil for drawing. I bought a keyboard, BUT I'm having unexpected issues moving to digital.

I use Clip Studio, and I only have a keyboard at this point, no drawing stand for the iPad. My weirdest problem is when I rest my drawing hand on the canvas (which I seriously cannot avoid), my pencil stops responding because my resting hand is interacting with the canvas and then I also made weird marks with the side of my hand that I then have to go back and erase. It's time-consuming and annoying.

Erasing things is also it's own annoyance since I may want to keep an edit but it's sandwiched between two things I want to erase or vice versa.

Is there anyway to not have Clip Studio recognize my hand?

Also if there are any tips in general to move from Analogue to Digital, I would love to hear.

Thanks.

Hello, I was just asking if the HUION HS611 is a suitable for learning digital art, Because I have seen it on Amazon for a sale for the price of 42.47 USD.

I have been inspired by the videos where an artist chooses a palette of colors, smears them, uses a gray scale filter, then uses a dropper to pick the colors for their art. When they finish, they take the filter off for a colorful surprise.

I can’t seem to find an app that allows this and am wondering if anyone in this community knows of one.

Thank you in advance.

I dont know what other subreddit I could of asked this so sorry if it is out of place, but I absolutely suck with digital art on a drawing tablet and im more skilled with traditional, and I was wondering by any miracle that there was a way to draw traditional use the pen strokes as an input to a drawing tablet. I must sound like an idiot but if you don't ask you dont get. If this miracle product existed I'd be overjoyed

EDIT: thanks for the answers, i'll try to adapt to digital seeing as there is no easy way out, plus the paper-screen cover does sound appealing, Ill check it out. thanks!

I’m just getting into digital painting. So far, I have only used the Mixer brush in Photoshop but want to become a little more diy. Can anyone suggest a suitable app that is beginner friendly? Obs already have Photoshop, but looking at maybe either Rebelle or Procreate. I’d mainly be using an iPad Pro 2024.

If a character is right-handed, and the drawing is front-view, the right hand will be on the left side. BUT it's not uncommon to flip the image so the right is on the right and the left on the left, which is more comfortable. I don't know how common is that, so, what do you say? Where should be the right?

I often forget about worrying about that, and my OC is ambidextrous, so I'm used to just do were I feel like. The problem is when I don't draw him, because I'm not used to solve that. Now I'm drawing a character whose handedness is an important trait, so I should do it fine.

I tried to ask this question in r/artbusiness, but it never got through, so I'm hoping it's okay to post here =,>

Are there any degrees required? Or is it just experience? I've looked at job offers, and the high-end jobs (senior artist, senior concept artist, etc) just say to have 6+ years experience, worked in 2 AAA games, and so on.

But in reality, do you actually need a degree or diploma? I am trying to look at TAFE for art, specifically for Certificate 3 options. But what's after that? Do I just build up my portfolio to perfection? Can I do internships without doing a degree? Can I work on indie-game projects for a couple of years and then get hired into bigger games?

I know these are a lot of questions, but my parents think that I will need a degree of some sort, while I am pretty sure that it is not needed. So we are in a confusing spot atm. The sort of work I'd like to do is either illustrations for games (like LOL splash art), or concept art, prop art, environment art, etc.

These questions are specifically for Australian concept artists/illustrators. But if you know some answers, I'd love for you to give me some insight anyhow!

I'm trying to figure out how to get better at art and grow a community but I'm not sure how

I've been putting in some work to grow my community but I've gotten little to no progress so far.

As for art, I want to improve my character design skills and anatomy but I'm not sure where to start.

Does anyone have any advice?

I've no idea what I am doing.

I got a huion kamvas pro-12 and I'm worried about the scrapping sounds I'm doing with my pen, is it normal?

Hi, I'm full time artist and I using wacom intuos pro S size for 5-6 years, I have tried XPPen Artist 15.6 but it makes me feel dizzy, I have motion sickness so, I'm not sure if it's because of that. After I try using bigger screen it make me like the size so, I think about getting new pen tablet that have bigger size or upgrading my wacom intuos pro S to M/L. Anyone have recommend? I prefer wacom and xppen brand, my monitor is 24".Thank you!

I'm a student and I want to go into an art field with my studies. I'm kind of looking for something that has lots of jobs available but it's not too important. I've been thinking of digital marketing or graphic design but other than those and like being an animator or a freelance things, I don't really know of many jobs in the digital art field... if anyone could recommend it'd be a great help. Also if you WORK in those field I'd love hearing about the experience.

It doesn't have to be digital art, I suppose it can just be a creative field but preferably not too complicated like architecture or web design. I'm also taking business and maths so maybe that's helpful. Also, I'd be interested in ones working from home!

Honestly anything would be helpful though