# Wacom technique?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/wacom-technique/164319>\
**Category:** design\
**Created:** [September 30, 2005, 3:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/wacom-technique/164319 "2005-09-30T03:50:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![iLikePie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/85f322/32.png) [@iLikePie](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/iLikePie)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 3:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/wacom-technique/164319/1 "2005-09-30T03:50:40Z")

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hey guys,

in keeping with the recent onslaught of wacom threads, i thought i’d join the bandwagon…  
but seriously, does anyone have any tips for :

- how to arrange the tablet and keyboard on your desk.
- good settings to use for digital painting (in photoshop) - currently i’ve been trying a really small brush with size jitter to pressure, so it’s a bit like a pencil, but it’s still not getting me the nice kinds of strokes i want (i would like it to look like a pencil)… i tried using opacity instead, wasn’t really much better… what are people’s best brush settings?

in regards to where it goes on your desk, i’ve found that if i have the tablet on the right and keyboard next to it (on left) my arms have to stretch out a bit, and it’s probably not good for my posture to be twisting one way or the other to use the tablet… and if i put it on my lap, then firstly i’m a long way from the screen, and the keyboard is harder to reach…

anyone got a good way of managing the keyboard AND tablet (mine is 6x8).

thanks  
Stuart