[Infinity]

I have a problem... I think I'm too nervous (or at least my hand) look at that image below... it shows me "trying" to draw straight lines on my pad, horizontal lines work better than vertical lines in general but as you can see they're not straight at all. The lines on the top half are painted slowly and the bottom ones are painted fast, but when I do them fast I lose precision, if I do them slow they're just not straight, what could I do wrong?

[balistic]

You might try using your arm to draw more than your wrist . . . keep your wrist steady and instead move your whole forearm to draw.

Otherwise, use a ruler or the line tool

[turnip]

Don't worry, I know very few ppl who can draw continuous straight lines.

I find it easier if only my wrist is moving and the base of my hand is always in contact with the paper and just letting your fingers (the most flexible and controllable parts of your hands anyway) direct the pen.
This way excessive movements is kept to a minimum

oops i said paper. doi me. PS brushes are skewed, lousy line art...

[ February 07, 2002: Message edited by: turnip ]

[Svanur]

Turnip is right, not many people can do really straight lines. It's easier in painter than photoshop but still...

I think Craig said that the reason he didn't do lineart sketches in photoshop is because of how hard it is to do straight clean lines, but don't quote me on that, I ain't sure about this

What I usually do is do a rough outlines and then zoom in and draw carefully after those outlines. I don't know why but I find it easier to draw clean lines the more I am zoomed into the picture.

[ February 07, 2002: Message edited by: Svanur ]

[beans]

I have the same problem, and like was mentioned zooming in seems to help. Working large also helps, because when you resize when you're finished, all of those little wobbly places tend to disappear!

[Daniel Lieske]

Did You ever trie to use a ruler on the tablett? That helps with straight lines, but it would probably be the better solution to use the line-tool instead...

[strata]

well if you want exactly straight lines going horizontally or vertically just hold shift and drawn your line... if you want perfect 45 degrees then do the same but use the linetool...

[Infinity]

tnx for your help, btw I know I can use the line tool for exact straight lines... I thought more about "straight" curves now... since it's the same effect with slightly curved lines, I gotta try to draw zoomed in maybe it helps.

[strata]

ah, I suspected that was what you were getting at... the good thing about the shift key is you can make straight lines with the airbrush or dodge tool and stuff... good for making metallic buttons

[surferboi]

if you feel the need to have smooth flowing lines.. i suggest using the pen tool, or thinking along the lines of illustrator or perhaps painter if you can draw straight lines in traditional medium.

[-HoodZ-]

shit why didnt i think of that...use a ruler on the tablet...

[Dan]

what I do is draw with your whole arm, and only have the pencil touching. If I'm just drawing with my wrist and no arm movement, then you're only going to be able to get a straight line for about 2 or 3 inches because you're really just pivoting off of your wrist and compensating with your fingers which can only bend so much. If you're drawing with your whole arm, you can pivot off of your shoulder and compensate for the curve with your elbow too, much bigger range of movement gives nice flowing big lines

[Lunatique]

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Originally posted by -HoodZ-:
shit why didnt i think of that...use a ruler on the tablet...

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I know! Isn't it funny how working digitally totally warps your mind?