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Username: Ruskul
Post Date: 2026-05-09 02:06:56

Aloha, I have been recently playing with the new bristle brushes and am having trouble understanding how exactly they work, which in turn means I can't get them to work how I want (if even possible) For context, Back in adobe cs6, they had physically emulated brushes but it also showed you a 3d depiction in space how the brush was interacting with the surface. You could see how tilt and pressure influenced bristle shape and contact with the surface. It seems to me that the bristle engine in rebelle isn't 3d bristles, but rather a bunch 2d points that simple move around based on parameters, but again thats just how I understand it based on the levers I can pull. I am a big fan of long thin brushes, and do a fair bit of inking IRL, and it is that effect I am trying to recreate - think of stuff like Bill Waterson's Calvin and Hobbes or Chinese painting/caligraphy. Anyway, the brush has a tendency to create interesting patterns when you change moving directions under pressure, especially when done in a manner that causes the bistles to be pushed, rather than pulled. All brushes do this, just that it is most noticeable with thinner ones imo, unless you are scrubbing or doing other brush pushing actions. These patterns are highly evident looking at the works I mentioned. Anyway, I can't seem to find anyway to recreate the change of direction effect. Is it possible?

Username: JennaStark
Post Date: 2026-05-11 13:06:41

I'm not sure what kind of tablet/pen set up you have, but I know I needed to get the [URL='https://estore.wacom.com/en-us/art-pen-kp701e2.html']Wacom art pen[/URL] to really unlock the full potential of emulating brushes interacting in the way you're describing. (It's specifically made to work in that manner.) I'm unsure how/why it differs from a regular stylus on a technical level, but it does work [I]significantly[/I] more responsively in a realistic 3D sort of manner that reacts to any tilt/turn/direction/pressure I throw at it. If you have a Wacom, you may want to consider investing in it -- made a huge difference in my work flow back when I got mine.

Username: Ruskul
Post Date: 2026-05-25 22:42:47

I have heard people talk about it for supporting rotation, but it looks like wacom is always out of stock / doesn't make it any more - somrhting about difficult to source or expensive components. I have a wacom 12wx and cintiq 16 - Im not sure what pen i have for the wx but it was the default. Same for the cintiq, which I think is the pro pen 2.

Username: JennaStark
Post Date: 2026-05-26 16:01:45

[QUOTE="Ruskul, post: 32839, member: 202112"] I have heard people talk about it for supporting rotation, but it looks like wacom is always out of stock / doesn't make it any more - somrhting about difficult to source or expensive components. I have a wacom 12wx and cintiq 16 - Im not sure what pen i have for the wx but it was the default. Same for the cintiq, which I think is the pro pen 2. [/QUOTE] Yeah, it looks like they just came out with the next gen of Art Pen, but it's only supported on a few newer Wacom tablet models at the moment. My suggestion would be to check Ebay for a used 1st gen -- not only will it be less expensive, most times you can't even tell that they were used at all.