I cant remember if I spoke about my eye thing and the glare I was getting on my screen. Maybe that was on a patreon post… Anyway, in brief, I was having problems with glare on my screen and I took a long look at it and decided that I had worn the screen protector down to the point that it was causing a lot of diffusion and/or glare where my stylus had worn it out.
I was desperate to deal with the problem so I took off the protector and worked directly on my screen. I figured I could keep the screen safe long enough for a new protector to arrive. I’ve always used plastic screen protectors because glass ones didn’t come into fashion for a lot of things until relatively recently. I’ve almost never drawn directly on my actual screens since I can’t afford to replace one if I manage to scratch one. A whole ass tablet screen is a 5 year replacement kind of thing at best. This being the case I wasn’t used to drawing on glass, so it took a bit of adjusting. I managed to get the pages done though and today I put on the new glass protector I bought. I even managed t get it on with no dust under it. That’s probably all of my luck used up for the next seven years right there.
Anyway, The glass protector is a lot thicker than the plastic ones, so it affected my work a lot more than I expected. As you can see I got things done, but I had to set my line correction from 5 to 20. It still look a little wobbly to me, but I don’t know if other people will notice. I work very close to my lines though, so I see them a lot closer than most people ever would.
I’m not sure if this protector is going to work out because my finger controls are less responsive than I’m used to and it slowed me down. I may need to change nibs and adjust the touch settings for the surface. The plastic is somehow more frictionless than the glass for the nib I use and has a lot more friction for my fingers. The screen is super clear looking though, so I kinda want to stick with the glass. I’m always very careful about messing with my settings since a change can be so extremely disruptive. I’m gonna go slow and see what I can deal with in little steps.

The touch controls not working right is the most annoying thing so far. A surface is set up to be used as a tablet for general purposes, so not having them work right is very irritating. They are also very inegrated into my workflow after 15 or so years of using touchscreen to draw. Manual zooming is ridiculously slow by comparison. Anyway, that’s just a thing I have to deal with. If I have to I’ll find a plastic protector and call the glass one a risk of doing business.

The Teen is visiting this weekend, so that’s a thing that’s happening. We are still a haven for her even if she hasn’t been a teen in a long while now.

I hope you have a nice weekend and stay alive. If not being alive is part of a nice weekend for you I’m afraid I’ll have to oppose you. Come back to me. I know the grave is enticing sometimes, but don’t leave me here without you. A bit longer if you will. A bit longer. Merely a smidge.

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