Stylus and display recommendations.

[Laurel Aylesworth]

I apologize if this has been covered already, but I'm transitioning from tradition to digital media. Any recommendations for a stylus and display would be great! One oddity about me: I write/draw with holding my stylus between my ring and middle fingers (whereas most people draw holding the pen between their first and middle fingers). This has been a problem with my Bamboo stylus because I keep pressing the button on the side while I draw. Drives me nuts. Any other weirdos out there? And what's your favorite stylus? Thanks all!

[andyjewett]

Is this what you mean?… I've always been teased about the way I hold my pencils and pens. I think it's just a matter of learning how to hold it in such a way that you don't bump the stylus button as much as possible.

I know that's not exactly the best answer, or maybe what you want to hear… But I find myself bumping it in all the time as well... though it is becoming less and less as I'm more intentional about it.

[QuietYell]

@Laurel-Aylesworth I am left-handed and hold it with my pointing-finger and middle finger; however, I have often accidentally pressed the button on any stylus with a button, which drives me nuts too. So, I simply turn the button off on my Wacom stylus in the preferences. I loose that additional functionality option, but it's more of a hinderance than a benefit to me anyway.

[Laurel Aylesworth]

@andyjewett YES! I'm so glad to see another person draws like this too!

[Laurel Aylesworth]

@QuietYell I cannot believe I never thought to turn off the button in the preferences section. [hand to forehead] Duh.

[Naroth Kean]

I had the problem with the button too so i disable it XD

[RobinSlee]

I think we are all 'lefties' here, no? I use the standard wacom pen on the intuos, but I have recently been looking at this 3rd party pen that acts like a real brush. It even has its own bristles. The name eludes me at the moment. I don't know if anyone here has one?

[Susan Szecsi]

@Laurel-Aylesworth I hold my standard Wacom stylus (for Cintiq) the same way you do and sometimes accidentally push the side buttons. Since it is programmed (personalized by me) to zoom in or out, it is not so distractive.