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PSA: My tablet pen died right before a big commission deadline...
Last Thursday, my main drawing stylus just stopped working mid-line... I had a character portrait due Friday for a $300 commission. I panicked, ran to the local electronics store, but they only had a basic model for $40. I had to finish the piece with this clunky new pen that felt totally off... The pressure sensitivity was weird and it kept lagging. I barely got it done on time, but the lines look shaky in the final piece. Anyone else have a tool fail at the worst possible moment and how did you handle it?
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briannguyen3d ago
Honestly, it's just a pen. Stuff breaks all the time. Could have just used a mouse or even a finger to finish the rough parts. Clients pay for the final image, not a story about the tools. A shaky line here or there probably isn't even that noticeable to anyone but you.
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kellyj233d ago
Ugh that's the worst. Did you try the old battery trick? Take it out, wait a minute, put it back in. Sometimes that jolts it back to life for a bit. I keep a cheap backup pen for exactly this reason. The pressure curves are always wrong but it's better than nothing. Really feels like they always die at the worst time.
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