[qwertyo]

Was just wondering if I could draw on oekaki using iPad and apple pen

The answer is apparently yes, but it’s also a bit jank and I really don’t like the feel of it at all lol

[Adamented]

I relate, there's just some things that don't go together too well. My tablet has trouble with oekaki on only certain browsers, as well.

I don't know if you use a drawing tablet (mine is Wacom) but if you did, when you were starting with it did you get an awkward feeling from the glassy surface?? I found it really hard to acclimate to myself.

[qwertyo]

I relate, there's just some things that don't go together too well. My tablet has trouble with oekaki on only certain browsers, as well.

I don't know if you use a drawing tablet (mine is Wacom) but if you did, when you were starting with it did you get an awkward feeling from the glassy surface?? I found it really hard to acclimate to myself.

Ah, my normal drawing tablet for oekaki (and any digital art that isn't drawn in Procreate) is a Wacom Intuos. Specifically, this model. Been using it since 2014 and it's still what I usually draw with.

As for awkward feelings while drawing on a glassy surface, yeah I definitely had that when I first tried drawing on my Ipad, haha. I remember I almost even bought one of those drawing gloves, thinking it may help out. Ended up getting used to it though after forcing myself to draw a bunch of things on it!

[Adamented]

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Ah, my normal drawing tablet for oekaki (and any digital art that isn't drawn in Procreate) is a Wacom Intuos. Specifically, this model. Been using it since 2014 and it's still what I usually draw with.

As for awkward feelings while drawing on a glassy surface, yeah I definitely had that when I first tried drawing on my Ipad, haha. I remember I almost even bought one of those drawing gloves, thinking it may help out. Ended up getting used to it though after forcing myself to draw a bunch of things on it!

Yeah! I had to do that too. It worked out for the best because I actually hate the feeling of pencil on paper, something about the rough texture grates on me- makes my skin crawl. Especially if the tip was broken, I couldn't stand it. I loved drawing with pen normally though, so once I got used to the weird tablet - to - computer disconnect it was a blast.

I started with the same tablet actually! Unfortunately, my cat got at the charger a couple of years after I got it. It's still in good condition... but you just can't find replacements for old models with Wacom. My friends from my d&d group pooled together to get me my new tablet for my birthday, it's this model. It's been pretty good to me since 2017.

How do you feel about drawing on the iPad for this one? Is it able to get pen opacity/pen size like with the Wacom pens, or is it a bit more limited? What did you find challenging with it?

[qwertyo]

How do you feel about drawing on the iPad for this one? Is it able to get pen opacity/pen size like with the Wacom pens, or is it a bit more limited? What did you find challenging with it?

Ah, the pen pressure actually works really well! It's not wonky at all. The only issue I've really found with drawing using the Ipad/Apple Pen though is that sometimes oekaki doesn't register a stroke when you put down the pen? You go to draw the next line and the oekaki simply doesn't register it, thus making you have to repeat the motion again. I do a lot of line shading when I do traditional art/draw on screens, which means picking up the pen a lot to make all the line shading strokes, so when every other stroke I make isn't registering, it makes it incredibly frustrating.

If you look closely at the shading for the art here, you'll actually see the lines being a single zigzag scribble rather than a bunch of separate lines, and this was because I got so upset with the aforementioned issue and just scribbled the shading without lifting up my pen to get around it lol. You'll also notice this with the grass too, it was basically impossible to draw the usual grass strokes one by one, and so I just had to scribble chunks in.

[dracowolfie]

Well this is neat and useful, ahhh. I was just searching the whole site to see if anyone had success using the oekaki with an ipad, and this came up first! And it was mere days ago ahahaha. Thank you for posting. I tend to pick up my pen constantly when I draw, I don't really do any long continuous lines, so this would drive me crazy... good to know!
Also the colors in your grass patch are beautiful.