One tip I learned was to tape a piece a paper on top of your Intuos tablet. For me It creates the feeling of sketching on paper with the added friction and it doesn't adversely affect the tablet performance.
From what I can tell the surface feels very similar to paper already but I could try it. I'm sure with the actual paper over top it would save the tablet some wear and tear. As for what program I'm using for sketching..that'd be Paint Tool Sai. I'm interested in doing figure drawings and maybe some anime or cartoon type characters as well as some landscapes. What software do you use or would recommend?
For me my tablet had built up skin oils over the year so the paper was a major difference. Software wise I personally like my digital art to mimic traditional mediums, so I use Corel Painter. I've never used Paint Tool Sai before but I hear people love it for line work. So it should work just fine for most of what you're after. Landscapes might be a bit harder I don't remember seeing any done in Paint Tool Sai but I could be wrong.
One tip I learned was to tape a piece a paper on top of your Intuos tablet. For me It creates the feeling of sketching on paper with the added friction and it doesn't adversely affect the tablet performance.
Which software are you using for your sketching?
From what I can tell the surface feels very similar to paper already but I could try it. I'm sure with the actual paper over top it would save the tablet some wear and tear. As for what program I'm using for sketching..that'd be Paint Tool Sai. I'm interested in doing figure drawings and maybe some anime or cartoon type characters as well as some landscapes. What software do you use or would recommend?
For me my tablet had built up skin oils over the year so the paper was a major difference. Software wise I personally like my digital art to mimic traditional mediums, so I use Corel Painter. I've never used Paint Tool Sai before but I hear people love it for line work. So it should work just fine for most of what you're after. Landscapes might be a bit harder I don't remember seeing any done in Paint Tool Sai but I could be wrong.