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Got a question for anyone using a graphics tablet.
12 years ago
Namely, what's your preferred setup? As in, where do you actually position your tablet when working on a piece?
I ask because I've never had much in the way of desk space, so for ... well, pretty much for the last decade or so I've been awkwardly holding my tablet with my left hand and kind of propping it between my stomach and the edge of my desk. That works well enough, but lately it's started to become increasingly uncomfortable. And while my weight-loss goal has been slow and arduous, the thought occurs that I'll eventually not have enough of a stomach to prop the bottom edge of it on.
So I tried something different. I placed my keyboard on my lap and my tablet where the keyboard was. And that WORKS, but holy shit it's like I'm suddenly five years old again with no idea how to hold a pencil. My muscle memory is completely tied to this awkward method. I've seen people complain about how transitioning from pencil and paper to graphics tablet is like learning to draw all over again but I'd completely forgotten what it's actually like.
So anyway. What's your preferred method? Do you place it in front of you, or where your mouse would normally be, or something else entirely?
I ask because I've never had much in the way of desk space, so for ... well, pretty much for the last decade or so I've been awkwardly holding my tablet with my left hand and kind of propping it between my stomach and the edge of my desk. That works well enough, but lately it's started to become increasingly uncomfortable. And while my weight-loss goal has been slow and arduous, the thought occurs that I'll eventually not have enough of a stomach to prop the bottom edge of it on.
So I tried something different. I placed my keyboard on my lap and my tablet where the keyboard was. And that WORKS, but holy shit it's like I'm suddenly five years old again with no idea how to hold a pencil. My muscle memory is completely tied to this awkward method. I've seen people complain about how transitioning from pencil and paper to graphics tablet is like learning to draw all over again but I'd completely forgotten what it's actually like.
So anyway. What's your preferred method? Do you place it in front of you, or where your mouse would normally be, or something else entirely?
as for "extra room" Might I suggest you get a TV tray and put your Keyboard or tablet on it?
If your tablet still has the little rubber things on the underside that is, if not it just slides all over the place when you try to use it!
I keep my tablet align with my the monitor that I'm drawing stuff on, if I'm sitting the tablet in my lap or putting on a table when I have a laptop, and keep it like that while I draw. Works well when I have to be mobile while no suddenly disorienting myself every so often.
It looks really awkward but I'll say that 75% of my digitally produced work in my gallery was done that way.
This has so far been the most comfortable way to hold it for me, but this also means I can't reach my keyboard.
I don't know how people can use computers where the keyboard is on its own shelf, or have their tablet in their lap. It's really worth investing in a good, large desk.