I’m not new to drawing and art, but I have been out of practice for many years, and I have never in my life used a digital art tablet. I feel like I’m starting from square one, because I am. I’ve had it for a few days now, and I’m dedicated to doing at least 6 minutes a day for a hundred (or more, I’m old, and thus a slow learner.) days, and I know for the first excruciatingly long while I will be strictly producing absolute trash and am not afraid of that. I’ve played guitar consistently since I was 14, so I’m very familiar with the seemingly stagnant pace that is required for learning and progress, but I really want to learn and progress. That’s the whole reason I got the tablet. I’ve got an itch.
So, I’m interacting with the second circle of learning and reaching out to those who know what I do not, which is everything from anyone who is familiar with using a screen and pen tablet.
What advice would you offer to someone just starting out?
Also, does anyone use a Kamvas 13 gen 3 with CachyOS? I can’t find any AUR drivers that work right. The default OS drawing tablet settings work for the most part, but I can’t use the wheely bits for anything. Every Huion AUR driver fucks up the tablet area and I can’t use the workspace calibration.
Not sure what the screen durabiloty is like on that model, I know the gen 3 got a newer setup with the nice paper feel matte finish, but I wouldn’t worry too much about screen damage from looking at reviews of the 191, most people say it holds up great, I imagine felt tip nibs would work better than a screen protector if you’re worried about scratches and would be just an overall smoother user experience compared to an extra screen layer. Looks like a solid tablet with a lot of workspace.
Looking into it, it seems like the felt tips actually have more friction (I imagine they squish more, thus more contact area, and probably create wear by dragging dust).
I was however worried about long-term wear (like creating a dip in the screen), particularly if I were using it for repetitive drawing practice (hence why I mentioned paper practice instead). I’ve had it so long unused though it probably doesn’t matter, I should probably just use it. The nibs will probably wear out much more than the screen, and I will probably just need to adjust the pressure stay on the lighter side.
Wear and tear is an inevitability. If it gets to that point it just means it’s doing its job for you. I plan on putting mine through every level of hell it can go through. Give it the end it deserves.
So, I just tried it and all seems to be working with Void (XFCE+musl). Accuracy still off (and not sure if I can fix that) but pressure does work. Seems usable, especially with larger brushes where an offset won’t really be noticable. EDIT: And obviously, this doesn’t address the issues you’re having
Low pressure works well, too.
I mean I definitely am no stranger to running things into the ground, but I’m still using a low-end GPU from 2016. If I do this I want something to show for it, not just 200K+ ovals/lines/boxes etc. Because I will likely not be buying another. TBH if I could trade to someone who could better use it and still get some value I probably would’ve done that by now.
Pixels are not really my thing these days. Besides the stuff I mentioned, I don’t know what else I’d do unless I try to make some sort of painted vector animation (Flash-like, such as via Wick Editor) but again this is something that might work with a mouse depending on design (some styles may work better with a pen, though).
EDIT: Trying this, pressure doesn’t seem to be working at all in the browser (WebGL/WASM applications). It seems like it absolutely should, though.