Hello, I got a question I hope someone can help me with - but since I'm new to both Krita and the forum, let me short tell who I am?

I'm a norwegian artist, went from canvas & acrylic to digital paint for about ten years ago. Had lot of standard one man shows and group exhibitions - to larger art projects (also under patronage of Unesco's head office in Paris). In my digital life I have last worked with Corel Painter and Sketchbook. I just found Krita, and already dropped my Corel Painter. My work is pretty simple (in a tech view), more like 'punk' where I can survive with 3 cords (-:

Love pencils, but here I got a problem with the pencil I so far use in Krita (2B) - and I'm not sure if my problem here is adjustment in some way or the other, or anything else. So yes, here I hope some of you who know Krita far better than me, can share your expertise?

To visualize my 'problem', let me show you how it look on my side - first with the pencil 2B in Krita, and to compare, the pencil tool in a simple program as Sketchbook Pro.



Above is the pencil in Krita, and below the pencil in Sketchbook Pro - both are details (cut out) from drawing made on a canvas with 9000 px widt



So what I look for is a pencil tool (either a different, or an adjustment that I don't know about yet) that got smooth edges, and is more a straight pencil line- so those who would know an answer here, please help me out (-:

Kind regards

Arnvid

arnvidaakre:

I'm not sure if this will help you out but it appears you're hung up on the term "Pencil" and looking for similar results when comparing against other brushes you've used named pencil. My advice, give all the other brushes a try and I think you'll find one or two that produce the results your looking for but they won't be labeled "pencil."

If you want to play around with a particular brush's setting you can select, "Edit Brush Settings" and start fiddling with the settings available.

It's a little tricky to get the hang of it but you can create your own custom brushes if you wish; Both static and animated types.

Here's a link to brush setting/editing information:
https://userbase.kde.org/Krita/Manual/BrushPresets

If you're good with your computer skills you can also download preset custom brushes others have created. Follow this link for several examples:
http://www.davidrevoy.com/article248/krita-brushes-v6
https://krita.org/learn/resources/

I hope this helps.

Chuck

Hi Chuck,
first of all, thank you for taking your time to answer - that in itself is a good sign for a forum.

You might be right that I'm stuck in the name 'pencil', but then again this is the name that's used in all other programs I have used - providing a tool basically similar to a pencil. But Krita is Krita, and the reason I'm here is to learn from those who have used the program longer than myself.

Anyway, I found a 'brush' that's pretty much what I looked for. It's not from the 'brushes' already included in Krita, but from a collection of brush set from David Revoy ('learn' > 'resources' on krita site). This brush is named 'deevad A5 pencil B4'.

It's very much spot on what I was looking for, so now I got a new question (-:
Is there a way where I can make this brush (deevad A5 pencil B4) more pressure sensitive?

Thank you again Chuck, it's much appreciated.

Arnvid

Arnvid:

Your original message is missing a key bit of information. You don't mention if you're using a mouse or tablet to draw.

A pressure sensitive tablet and pen is the only way I know of to achieve variable lines, similar to lines created with metal nib pens, where pressing down on the nib produces a thick line and releasing the pressure produces a thin line. Depending on the selected brush, a light touch will also yield a less opaque line. Example: The Daveed brushes have one listed as "Daveed A6 Crayon." Not only does it produce an interesting line but with a pressure sensitive tablet the line is darker when pressure is applied and lighter when you barely touch the surface of the tablet, nicely replicating a pencil sketch.

If you happen to be using a mouse you'll never get the same results. The reason? A mouse is not a pressure sensitive device.

I was having zero luck in drawing with a mouse so I "bit the bullet" and purchased a Wacom Intuos Pro, Medium size tablet. I haven't looked back. Well worth the investment.

Chuck

Hi again Chuck, and thanks again for your answer.

Yes I should have mentioned the tools I use, but for the possibility of using a mouse - remember I wrote in the first post "I'm a norwegian artist, went from canvas & acrylic to digital paint for about ten years ago". No, I don't draw with a mouse after 10 years on digital canvas. I do sell my work to serious byers, as recently an old co-worker of Andy Warhol, and my last digital work goes up at another private buyer in two days, in a size of 3x2 meters. I'm in no need of bragging, but mention it since I was a bit taken when you questioned me if I use a mouse for my drawings. But my wife got a great laugh, and that's great, she got such a nice laughter

But absolutely, I should have provided the info you ask for, truly sorry for forgetting that - so all is totally my fault.

I own two Wacom tablets, including a Intous Pro - so I agree that you got a great tablet that's absolutely worth it's investment. But for the last years I have only used my laptop that's a tablet combination (Lenovo ThinkPad X230 Tablet) with pen. It's absolutely a pressure sensitive device. The OS is Windows 10.

Thank you for your suggestion of 'Daveed A6 Crayon', and under here you can see the test result. Full face in original size, last 3 times the original size, and the line is not exactly what I look for. Surely a great tool, but not as my base brush.


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For me the 'deevad A5 pencil B4' brush give exactly the line I want.


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So I found the brush for now, so my question is if I in Krita can customize this brush with mor pressure options? This is from another software I use, and what you see here is all made with same brush, same colour, just different pressure.


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I don't ask for everything in Krita, but I'm happy when others in the forum can guide me - based upon their own experience with Krita, in exactly what Krita (as per today), can, and can't.

Thanks again Chuck for proving it's a forum that want to help, that's just great!

Hello arnvidaakre,

Welcome to Krita forum,

for more information on how to customize brushes and get more responsive pen pressure setting you may read these section of the Krita manual

• Introduction to brushes in Krita - https://userbase.kde.org/Krita/Manual/Brushes
• More about brush presets and creating , loading and saving them - https://userbase.kde.org/Krita/Manual/BrushPresets
• The list of number of input that krita can get from your tablet - https://userbase.kde.org/Krita/Manual/B ... BrushInput
• I assume you want to control the size parameter so take a look here - https://userbase.kde.org/Krita/Manual/B ... eters#Size ( this page has other parameters as well).

Finally the link for the manual - https://userbase.kde.org/Krita/Manual . ( This manual is currently WIP and is heavily edited so some pages might be lacking information , we ( volunteers) are working hard to complete this and keep it up-to-date )

Thank you kamathraghavendra

I know some of your links, and will go through all - and let me once again say, that a forum with helpful people is extremely important when new people get hooked on a excellent program with so many options as Krita. As important, when these new people get more experience, it's as important for a forum - that we start to share our experience as well. So I'm happy to be part of this forum, and after some time contribute by sharing my own experience with Krita.

I started my own journey in pictures on canvas. This is a photo of a canvas painting from my first one man show back in 1983 - here from where it hang in the house of a art collector in Norway:



This is my last larger digital painting (goes up to 16 meters with without loosing the quality of the digital file). This is done with Corel Painter, but I have now uninstalled Painter - just so I have to find my new solutions in Krita. It's too easy to go back to what you know when meeting a problem, rather then finding your ways around a new tool like Krita, and that's why a forum is so important (for me at least). I hope I soon will be able to do all my work with Krita. I just love Krita so far, and I have just started ...



So thank you both kamathraghavendra and Chuck for your help, and making me feel welcome to the Krita forum!