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TrueNeutral:
Okay, I recently got a tablet and am trying to get my normal drawing skills to magically appear on the screen instead on paper, but I just can't get it to look right. It looks shaky and stuff. Basically it looks the same as it would if I were drawing with the mouse cursor.

Any tips?

Kana:
make sure that besides the tablet driver you have the tablet software installed...this allows you to have pen pressure/sensitivity and calibrate the pen...

also once installed, go ahead and do the above by calibrating it and selecting the sensitivity level you need for it to feel/act right.

not all programs utillize pen pressure and all that... if you don't have photoshop or another program at that level I recommend Corel Painter Essentials (which comes for free with most wacom tablets now) or OpenCanvas v1 which is a japanese freeware program (loosely translated) that is excellent for what it is...

hope this helps.

TrueNeutral:
This helped a lot. Thanks for your assistance! :)

Kana:
np, glad i could be of help. :)

Ghostwriter:
Some people like to tape paper over the surface of the tablet to give the pen more traction.

Just practice a lot.  It helps to learn how to do fast, smooth strokes to keep lines from looking shaky in raster programs like Photoshop.

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