On today's episode of tablets with
drawings on them, we are looking at the
Rosetta Stone. No, stop!
It's drawing tablets we're looking at,
drawing tablets today. Come again? Little
flat things, come with a pen, you plug
them into a computer, you could draw with
them… You're going to be giving people
some tips on how to use one, like for
beginners. Do I look like the sort of
person who gives tips? Tell you what, I'll
do you a solid. Why don't you let me host
this episode, and you can go back to
looking at your old rocks? Old rocks? And
I… what is this? I did not approve this…
This is a drawing tablet. They come in
different sizes, from different
manufacturers. And they're often chosen
by new artists who are just getting
their feet wet in digital art, because
they tend to be cheaper, and are a great
entry point .The downside to one of these
is they also tend to have a steeper
learning curve than say a drawing tablet
with a screen. So we're here today to get
you up the ladder of learning faster. I'm
coming down! When did we get a budget for
a ladder? I'm drawing in Photoshop here
but you can use any drawing app that you
like. I have a list of five really good
ones that are free. You can check that
out when you're done watching this video.
Link that down below in the description.
On your tablet, you will see some marks.
These show your live area. This is the
area where you can draw, and the live
area maps to your computer's screen. If
you tap your pen up here in the corner,
your cursor will show up here in the
corner on your screen. Tap down here.
it'll show up down here. Of course,
dragging your pen across the screen will
leave a mark. That's called Drawing! Yeah.
I am aware of that. If you're new to one
of these, your main goal should be
getting used to using it. Your first time
jumping in is just not gonna feel as
natural as it does when you're drawing
on paper. This is an adjustment,. Everybody
goes through it. So if you start drawing
and you feel like you don't have full
control, You Are Not Alone. It does take
some time to settle in, so get ready to
practice using this every single day.
Your first goal should be getting used
to how wide the live area of your tablet
is. So take your stylus in your hand and
tap on a tool or part of the screen
that's in the upper left hand corner.
Then move your cursor down over to the
right lower corner and tap again. Then
move to the lower left corner and tap
again. Then to the upper right corner and
tap again. The first time you do this, you
probably aren't going to be moving
really fast. Like I said, you are just
getting used to the screen and how your
pen maps to it. But I want you to do this
several times: upper left, lower right,
lower left, upper right. Each time you do
it, I want you to try to do it a little
bit faster. I want you to speed up. Your
hand is going to get used to moving
across that space, and understanding
where it needs to be to hit the various
parts of your screen. Now, once you feel
comfortable moving around the screen a
little bit, I want you to practice
something similar, but on the canvas.
First of all, let's go to the upper left
hand corner of that canvas and let's
draw a small circle, not too close to the
edge. Then draw one in the lower right
corner. Move over to the lower left and
draw another one. Then in the upper right,
and draw your circle again. We are going
to do what we did before, but instead of
speeding up, what I want you to do is try
drawing another circle around the
circles you've already drawn, and just
move from one to the other and to the
other. You're getting the hang of this! If
you'd like, you can keep going and draw
even larger circles around those. This is
a great warm-up activity. Another thing
you can try doing is practicing
connecting lines between those circles.
Take your pen and draw a line from the
center of one of those circles to the
center of another one of those circles.
Pick your pen up go to another area and
connect another line. As you get used to
it, you can try speeding up these lines
and seeing if you can draw them faster
and still stay accurate This has been
another edition of Things to Practice!
We're not actually done practicing! I
have more. If you learn through these
kind of hands-on practice exercises,
check out bradsartschool.com. I have a
brand spanking new Digital Art for
Beginners course where we get some
hands-on time with homework and all
sorts of projects. It's built for
beginners to be an on-ramp to some of
the more advanced drawing courses and
tutorials out there. Check out the
details on my site. Now back to the video.
Okay, you want another practice tip?
Okay, enough of the singing! We're moving
on now. One of the great benefits to a
tablet like this is pen pressure. The
harder you press with your pen, the wider
or darker your stroke gets, depending on
the type of paint brush you're using.
Bust open your favorite drawing app and
grab a brush you like. The one I have
here changes sizes based on how hard I
press on my tablet. Now I'm gonna make it
bigger than what I think I need, probably
like 30 or 40 pixels. Now when I hover in
Photoshop I can see how big that brush
is going to be if I applied all of my
pressure on my tablet. It is showing me
my brush cursor on the screen. What I
want to do with this, is I want to get
used to drawing lightly. I'm going to
start by drawing a line across the top
of the page as light as I can. Then I'm
going to draw another line, but this time
I'm gonna apply just a little bit more
pressure. And then I'm gonna do it again,
this time with a little more pressure.
The goal is to see how many lines I can
draw before I completely max out the
pressure of the pen. Now, the first time
you do do this, you may only get three or
four lines before you max out that brush.
That's totally normal. What your goal for
this exercise should be is to get as
many different widths of lines across
your page as possible. It's harder than
it looks because sometimes as you cross
the page you're just gonna naturally
apply more pressure. That's okay. All
practice is good practice, and you're
just trying to get a feel for the pen.
Oh, I know that noise! It's the question
giraffe. We're gonna answer a question
from someone in the audience. Help! My
tablet won't work. I've installed it I
have to pet pressure. I hate everything!
P.S. Do you like roller coasters? You can't
handle them! Yes I can! I love roller
coasters! Okay, so I got your back, Dr.
Octopus for life, I have installed a lot
of graphics tablets over the years, and
it's, it's not a hard process. Since
you've already installed your tablet and
it's not working properly, my first step
would be to uninstall the software and
then reboot your computer. I know, often
when a tech person tells you to reboot,
they're wasting your time. Um, sir, have
you tried rebooting your router? I just
want you to tell me if the network in my
area is down first. But this time, you
really do need to reboot your computer
after installing and uninstalling. Now
that your software is uninstalled, you've
rebooted, hook up your tablet to your
computer and reinstall the software. Then—
Yes, here we go again—I want you to
reboot a second time. Now test out your
tablet. Still not working? Try out a few
different drawing apps that you might
have that have pen pressure. Again, this
is where having one or two free drawing
apps installed on your computer comes in
really handy. Sometimes it's just one app
that's having a problem, and that really
will help you troubleshoot. In that case,
you can Google "Krita no pen pressure" and
folks can help you find your way.
Sometimes it's as easy as installing
another driver. Sometimes it's just
playing with the settings of the app
itself. Ooh, it's time for the rapid fire
round! I have some more tips for getting
used to your new tablet, and we're going
to be going through them lightning fast.
Are you ready? Too bad! One: Try ditching
your mouse. Technically, this pen is just
a fancy mouse. It could do everything
that your mouse can do. So try just using
this for everyday computing activities
with your pen instead of your trackpad
or your mouse. Surfing the web, checking
your email, editing a document, designing
ransom notes. Use that pen. Number two:
Grab a photo of a sketch and try drawing
over it for practice. This is a great way
to get used to drawing on your tablet.
You could do line art, or a sketch, whatever
you want to do. Just practice with it,
Number three: Undo is your friend. Well, hi,
friend! If you get a line wrong, just
cntl-Z it and try again. Number four:
If you have two screens, you can use your
tablet across both. This will also take
some getting used to, and you might not
want to draw when you're set up that way.
But it will help you ditch your mouse.
Number five: Try playing some video games
with your tablet. I mean, I wouldn't
recommend playing Elden Ring with this
thing, but there are some games designed
specifically for graphics tablets. The
most popular one out there is called osu!
It's a rhythm game, and it's a really
great way to build eye hand coordination
Number six, last tip: Put those shortcut
keys to use. Many of these tablets have
shortcut keys and you could go into the
settings and change those keys to
anything you want set it to undo change
your brush size zoom in and out force
quit Chrome constantly accidentally
whatever okay I hoped all of this was
helpful for those of you who have been
using your tablets for a while what
helped you learn let me know Down Below
in the comments thank you all for
watching and I'll talk to you in a
couple of days
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