

I would really love to see you elaborate your point of view, because I think the way you phrased it does not sound like a question, but rather a statement about people who use brush smoothing. Plus, a lot of very experienced artists recommend and use brush smoothing because it saves time and energy, so from my point of view, experience speaks for itself. If you let a newbie use brush smoothing for the first time to make his first line, it will be as bad as he would perform traditionally, so having the skill to make good lines is a prerequisite which is why your argument stands no ground. I just honestly can't make the connection of using brush smoothing as a reflection of bad technique, you still need the skill to be able to use it properly. The solution to the drawing problem at the end of the day is what really matters, not the performance of showing off how amazingly perfect you can execute every stage of your drawing. I think the issue is that your view is very black and white, and this argument of evaluating processes of different people is just a matter of personal opinion. My question would also be, why pick the hard route when there is a more efficient route available to you? Maxing out a skill that is responsible for about 5% of giving you the end result is pointless, because lines are just one component of the entire picture, they are just a medium of representation. I honestly see nothing wrong with it, especially since even if you can do lines really well traditionally, the digital medium creates challenges that deter you from completely transferring that control you'd have with pen and paper. Stabilizer set to 50 or so should provide a little comfort while keeping the little irregularities.įrom: /en/tutorials/in… Reply Therefore, it’s wise to train your inking hand, yet not to be too hard on yourself and refuse to use smoothing at all, as we all get tired, cold or have a bad day once in a while. Having no jitter or tiny bumps removes certain humanity from your drawings, and it can make it impossible to represent fabric properly. On the other hand, doing too much smoothing during the whole drawing can make your strokes very mechanical in the worst way. With some tablet brands, the position events being sent aren’t very precise, which is why we having basic smoothing to apply the tiniest bit of smoothing on tablet strokes. Due to this length it sorta smooths out shakiness, and thus a favoured brush when inking at three in the morning. Inkers have had a real-life tool that made it easier to ink, it’s called a rigger-brush, which is a brush with very long hairs. So, if the above is the secret to drawing long strokes, that would be why people having been inking lovely drawings for years without any smoothing? Then, surely, it is decadence to use something like stroke smoothing, a short-cut for the lazy?
