7-Star Challenge Week 7

Technically speaking, I’ve produced more than 8 pieces of work this week, but I refuse to show you the other 6, because they are awful. It’s the new tablet. It’s driving me crazy.

I finally figured it out after an A/B comparison with the old one.

Artz II

Surface: smooth
A light touch yields: very little paint

Intuos4
Surface: Smooth, but has posterboard-like resistance to pen strokes
A light touch yields: ZOMGPAINT

I’ve been changing the settings to the sensitivity, and it’s getting closer to a usable response, but it’s still either too heavy-handed, or too ginger. That I think I can tweak into submission eventually. I don’t know what to do about the surface. 2000 grit sandpaper doesn’t seem like a graceful solution. Lucky me, too: the year I buy a replacement for my old tablet, they release a brand new surface.

I seem to be the only person on the planet who hates it, which tells me I may grow into it.

Or that the rest of the world is just stupid, which is my current inclination.