Tried digital painting on a 10 year old tablet after years of using my new one

Pulled out my old Wacom Intuos from 2014 for a nostalgia kick and the brush lag was brutal, but the limited pressure sensitivity actually made my line art cleaner somehow. Anyone else find old gear forces you to work better or am I just romanticizing the struggle?

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the_elizabeth27d ago

Think the real hidden benefit is how old tablets train your hand to stop overcorrecting. Modern high sensitivity picks up every micro tremor and wobbly line. Old hardware forces you to commit to strokes and live with the wiggles. Makes your final piece look looser and more confident when you finally go back to new gear.

the_mary27d ago

Old gear just made me develop bad habits honestly. I had a first gen Intuos that would drop input if you lifted the pen too fast, so I trained myself to keep the nib pressed down constantly. Ended up with really heavy handed strokes that took months to unlearn when I upgraded. The wiggles on old tablets aren't teaching you confidence, they're teaching you to ignore visual feedback because you can't trust what you're seeing on screen. A modern tablet shows you exactly what your hand is doing, which is how you actually learn to control the wobble instead of just accepting it.

sean_park827d ago

The wiggles on my old tablet taught me to draw drunk apparently @the_mary.