Paint tool sai questions

[boujee]

So I'm still practicing on the downlow before I update my thread and I need help with a few things.
I work with both a Intous pro and also a Wacom Cintiq. My problem is pen pressure.

How can I make the lines look less blurry? What are good canvas to work with? What is DI? And what's a good average stabilizer? I know it's to help with line curves but I can hardly see this due from pressure.

I also have a lot of brushes but they all seem so similar and I'm not sure if I have to customize some settings or?

 

[Jeonggwa]

I usually use 100% density for the lines to look crisp and clear. If you go under advanced settings, set 0 for a hard brush and quality 1 (fastest). That should make the brush less soft.
I've seen other artists use stabilizer 10-12 but I personally prefer 9, sometimes even lower than that. I don't want to depend on it too much in order to have a steady hand for traditional art!
I don't know what you mean with DI, where have you seen it? o o);

The basic brushes you need are definitely airbrush, blur and the pen. If you want to have a painterly style, you'd need more brushes than that. Try to create several practice doodles with different settings to get a feel which settings you feel comfortable with. I know artists who use default settings and only change the blending.

 

[boujee]

ooh okay
Still looking

 

[Locket]

PNG is the best one to use if you want good lines.

For the stabilizer, I prefer to use S-7

The S series are the best though.

 

[Llust]

15 is the best stabilizer for everything. its not too shaky, not too slow either. using the really high settings isnt the best way to go. i personally find it a waste of time to have to wait for the line to catch up after every stroke, and overall it's just easier to color and do lineart at a normal pace. i use ink pen for lineart/sketching, marker for shading/coloring, and water tool for blending. i dont recommend using the blur tool. it works, but i dont think it looks as good as the other tools available. but it really depends on your art style, i go for the anime/soft look

 

[riummi]

//so jealous that you have a cintiq

I like to use S-2 for my stabilizer - though its just a preference so find which one you prefer most. To make the lines less blurry - use a bigger canvas or adjust the brush settings (density and size).
I use a canvas size of around 680-1000 res for chibis and a pen tool size 2.5-3 - max canvas I use is around 2000 x 3500 with small sized brushes.
I usually stick to the same brushes: pen for lineart and coloring, sketch for sketching(bristled + lower density),watercolor/marker for shading. Find a whole bunch of brushes and test out which ones you would use the most.

 

[boujee]

//so jealous that you have a cintiq

I like to use S-2 for my stabilizer - though its just a preference so find which one you prefer most. To make the lines less blurry - use a bigger canvas or adjust the brush settings (density and size).
I use a canvas size of around 680-1000 res for chibis and a pen tool size 2.5-3 - max canvas I use is around 2000 x 3500 with small sized brushes.
I usually stick to the same brushes: pen for lineart and coloring, sketch for sketching(bristled + lower density),watercolor/marker for shading. Find a whole bunch of brushes and test out which ones you would use the most.

/I hardly use it because I'm so heavy-handed but it's so perf