CLIP Studio Paint 1.13.1 on Linux

Saturday, January 28, 2023 · Permalink

Installed CLIP Studio Paint 1.13.1 and the installation went without any problems with WINE Staging 7.22. It couldn’t connect to the internet for validating the license but its «offline» alternative validation worked.

But it’s not usable. CTRL+N and CTRL+Z didn’t work, I think it’s not catching those shortcuts. And my zoom in/out shortcuts work intermittently. My Wacom Intuos3 tablet worked flawlessly.

And it kept working at 70% CPU. So, not really usable. I was interested on the new features for the 3D models but looks like I’ll have to bite the bullet and learn Blender for real.

More drawing on Tumbler

Tuesday, January 24, 2023 · Permalink

Declan came into my office while I was trying Krita on Tumbler, and I handed him the stylus. He had to keep pushing hard on the screen, confirming to me that, yeah, it really needs a harder pressure than one would intuitively think. I drew a dinosaur and he colored it.

And then he asked to have it printed.

I thought about using my old Wacom Graphire3 graphics tablet, but it kinda defeats the purpose, right? It’s got a Wacom graphics tablet built-in already! Anyway, it will never compete and it’s unrealistic to expect Tumbler to match my professional-level (albeit old) Wacom Intuos3.

So, this is what I have and, if I get used to drawing on it, I could potentially have a separate device for drawing Journal Comics, with its own workflow.

So Tumbler will become something more than a Music Computer. Pretty cool.