escentia:

When I received my Intuos5 in 2012, I expected it to turn me into a drawing grand master with all the cool extra functions it had.

I was a bit disappointed to find out that it drew exactly like my old Bamboo, except the pen was nicer to hold. Since then, I’ve tried not to throw more money at Wacom
than I absolutely have to. 

I’m currently using a medium Wacom ONE, which is Wacom’s cheapest tablet. The pressure sensitivity is great, and it draws
perfectly well. However, it’s less comfortable to use compared to my
previous Wacom tablets. Since I do use the tablet for hours every day I decided
to do a bit of DIY!

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1)    
Changing the nib

The Wacom tablet pen comes with the default
plastic nib which works but I like the other nibs better.

I found that the white-tipped flex nibs are
nice for smooth, worn out tablet surfaces. I used them a lot last year when I did
digital painting.

Nowadays, I spend a lot of time sketching and
doing detailed lineart on the computer. I find the grey felt tips more suited for
this task, for they provide a more pencil-like texture.

The nibs used to be marketed as only compatible with
professional range tablets. Honestly, though, they work with any cheap Wacom
tablet! I’ve tried these nibs on my old Bamboo Pen and Intuos Draw and they fit
just fine.

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2)    
Protecting the surface with Bristol Board

Ever since I started working on my comic in
2015, I spend around 3 hours using my tablet every day. I managed to create a
smooth shiny bald patch on this tablet in a month.

I couldn’t find any good surface protectors
on the internet so I experimented with different types of papers.

So far, my favourite is the Bristol Board.
It has an extremely fine paper texture that comes pretty close to the original
surface texture of the tablet.

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drawingmodel:

infinitegremlins:

malign-sensualism:

4” x 6”        (600 pixels x 900 pixels)
5” x 7”        (750 pixels x 1050 pixels)
6” x 6”        (900 pixels x 900 pixels)
8” x 10”      (1200 pixels x 1500 pixels)
8.5” x 11”   (1275 pixels x 1650 pixels)
11” x 14”    (1650 pixels x 2100 pixels)
12” x 12”    (1800 pixels x 1800 pixels)
12” x 16”    (1800 pixels x 2400 pixels)
16” x 20”    (2400 pixels x 3000 pixels)
18” x 24”    (2700 pixels x 3600 pixels)
19” x 13”    (2850 pixels x 1950 pixels)
20” x 24”    (3000 pixels x 3600 pixels)
24” x 24”    (3600 pixels x 3600 pixels)
12” x 36”    (1800 pixels x 5400 pixels)
24” x 36”    (3600 pixels x 5400 pixels)
   
       

Um, other people have pointed this out, but those are 150 dpi (dots per inch) sizes. Standard print resolution is 300 dpi. High-resolution giclee prints can go much denser (there are printers that do 1800 dpi and above). If you want to find the right number of pixels, multiply the desired dpi by the inches (so a 4″ x 6″ = 4*300 x 6*300 = 1200 x 1800 pixels).

There’s some other complications, since printing a digital image always has some translation issues, but those are the basics.

150 dpi

4" x 6" (600 pixels x 900 pixels)
5" x 7" (750 pixels x 1050 pixels)
6" x 6" (900 pixels x 900 pixels)
8" x 10" (1200 pixels x 1500 pixels)
8.5" x 11" (1275 pixels x 1650 pixels)
11" x 14" (1650 pixels x 2100 pixels)
12" x 12" (1800 pixels x 1800 pixels)
12" x 16" (1800 pixels x 2400 pixels)
16" x 20" (2400 pixels x 3000 pixels)
18" x 24" (2700 pixels x 3600 pixels)
19" x 13" (2850 pixels x 1950 pixels)
20" x 24" (3000 pixels x 3600 pixels)
24" x 24" (3600 pixels x 3600 pixels)
12" x 36" (1800 pixels x 5400 pixels)
24" x 36" (3600 pixels x 5400 pixels)

300 dpi

4" x 6" (1200 pixels x 1800 pixels)
5" x 7" (1500 pixels x 2100 pixels)
6" x 6" (1800 pixels x 1800 pixels)
8" x 10" (2400 pixels x 3000 pixels)
8.5" x 11" (2550 pixels x 3300 pixels)
11" x 14" (3300 pixels x 4200 pixels)
12" x 12" (3600 pixels x 3600 pixels)
12" x 16" (3600 pixels x 4800 pixels)
16" x 20" (4800 pixels x 6000 pixels)
18" x 24" (5400 pixels x 7200 pixels)
19" x 13" (5700 pixels x 3900 pixels)
20" x 24" (6000 pixels x 7200 pixels)
24" x 24" (7200 pixels x 7200 pixels)
12" x 36" (3600 pixels x 10800 pixels)
24" x 36" (7200 pixels x 10800 pixels)

450 dpi

4" x 6" (1800 pixels x 2700 pixels)
5" x 7" (2250 pixels x 3150 pixels)
6" x 6" (2700 pixels x 2700 pixels)
8" x 10" (3600 pixels x 4500 pixels)
8.5" x 11" (3825 pixels x 4950 pixels)
11" x 14" (4950 pixels x 6300 pixels)
12" x 12" (5400 pixels x 5400 pixels)
12" x 16" (5400 pixels x 7200 pixels)
16" x 20" (7200 pixels x 9000 pixels)
18" x 24" (8100 pixels x 10800 pixels)
19" x 13" (8550 pixels x 5850 pixels)
20" x 24" (9000 pixels x 10800 pixels)
24" x 24" (10800 pixels x 10800 pixels)
12" x 36" (5400 pixels x 16200 pixels)
24" x 36" (10800 pixels x 16200 pixels)

600 dpi

4" x 6" (2400 pixels x 3600 pixels)
5" x 7" (3000 pixels x 4200 pixels)
6" x 6" (3600 pixels x 3600 pixels)
8" x 10" (4800 pixels x 6000 pixels)
8.5" x 11" (5100 pixels x 6600 pixels)
11" x 14" (6600 pixels x 8400 pixels)
12" x 12" (7200 pixels x 7200 pixels)
12" x 16" (7200 pixels x 9600 pixels)
16" x 20" (9600 pixels x 12000 pixels)
18" x 24" (10800 pixels x 14400 pixels)
19" x 13" (11400 pixels x 7800 pixels)
20" x 24" (12000 pixels x 14400 pixels)
24" x 24" (14400 pixels x 14400 pixels)
12" x 36" (7200 pixels x 21600 pixels)
24" x 36" (14400 pixels x 21600 pixels)

Good to know