>>7663748
>I've never seen any artist actually use the divided ball and plane method before.
That's because the way Art works is that as you git gudder you can do many of the steps "in your mind" without having to put them down on the page. It comes to you with practice or with gorging yourself on observing instruction until its firmly lodged in your mind. Then you gain the ability to simply "remember" how to do things and pre-do them in your head without needing to put it down on the page.
Much of layout tasks are like this. Drawing a circle to position and roughly size the head before you shape it is something that you might learn to do in your mind after enough time. But also this is why some artists are just shit teachers, because they don't really understand how to STOP automatically doing these things. They forgot what being a beginner is like.
>>7663813
Using a tablet pen is more like using a ballpoint than it is a pencil. Here is a basic tutorial on that:
https://www.wikihow.com/Hold-a-Pen
Then you need to practice line control. Place 3 dots. Label them
>30
>15
>0
And set a timer for 30 seconds. Press start, and draw a line from the 30 to the 15 to the 0. Your aim is to reach the 15 and 0 at the same time as your timer reaches the 15 and the 0, without stopping the line or forcing it to "wiggle", it should be as smooth as you can manage. Do like 5 of these, then doodle something you like for fun. Then do 5 more if you still have the energy. Switch between vertical and horizontal and diagonal ones.
As it becomes too boring you can change it up by putting the dots in a V-shape instead of a straight line, adding more segments of 15 seconds each (so the first one being 45 instead), or doing both to create longer more complex paths.
PS: Calibrate your tablet by using a ruler to draw a line in your program of choice with the stabilizer off. If it wobbles, increase the stabilizer slightly and draw a new line using a ruler. Repeat until the wobble goes away.
