Why are the lines I draw in photoshop so pixelated?

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August 20, 2017
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I recently bought a wacom intuos draw tablet and started to practice drawing in photoshop but all the lines I draw are very pixelated and they look awful. How do I fix this? All the videos Ive watched from people drawing with photoshop look normal and the lines are smooth. Ive tried all the default brushes and I get the same problem with all of them. Ive also bought a set of brushes from an artist and Ive seen him use the brushes and they look normal in his drawings. I know Im not good at drawing yet but Im pretty sure that this problem isnt my fault. This is what my lines look like:

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Norman Sanders

Legend

Considering your goal Illustrator would be a more appropriate choice of application and would avoid the current problem.

c.pfaffenbichler

Community Expert

The magnification seems to be more than 200% so maybe you also may want to consider working at a higher resolution.

JeemeliAuthor

Participating Frequently

I tried changing the resolution, doesnt make a difference

c.pfaffenbichler

Community Expert

Please post a screenshot taken at View > 100% with the Tool selected and showing the Brush Panel.

Terri Stevens

Legend

Are you drawing with the 'Pencil' tool here? If so try switching to the 'Brush' tool where you will get antialiasing

Trevor.Dennis

Community Expert

I can't think of any time I would want to use the pencil, so at the very least, I remove its shortcut, and remove it from the toolbar all together in my default workspace. If I should ever need to use it, I switch to the Essentials workspace that has all the tools, with their default shortcuts. I also uncheck Use Shift key to switch between tools because I can't think of any reason to use two hands on the keyboard when one will do.

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