Important information when drawing!

I consider this information to be important and based on my experience, I would like all artists to do as it is a matter of health.

We artists tend to always be in the wrong positions at the time of work, we usually end up forgetting the importance of a good posture and end up bending our body generating back and neck pains. That is not only due to bad posture but also not having an adequate chair and stand for our tablet.

The tablets have their own stand or support. Regardless of that, I consider that they are not suitable when working, right now I will comment why.

My work tablets to use are a 13-inch Wacom Cintiq and an iPad, only the Cintiq has its own stand and is too low, what I mean by this, that the fact that it has its own support does not mean that it is Good for our neck.

With the time and based on my career I have suffered from back and neck pains, which cause my stress, pain and bad mood.

The advice of many artists is to have the tablet on an elevated stand. Since I have memory, many of them have always recommended to have the view in front of the screen to avoid this type of “injuries” in the long term so to speak (In the drawing it will be better appreciated), even if they are tablets that do not have screens for drawing it is necessary that these have an elevation because even if it does not look like it, the position of the wrist or arm can also be damaged.

In many occasions, many of us cannot afford a tablet stand or in others there is no stand for the tablet model we use. I think it is not necessary to buy expensive materials to be able to draw comfortably if it can be done at home.

The solution that I gave my neck and back pains was to build a homemade stand with sturdy cardboard. I created a stand exclusively for my two work tablets and I must say that it has helped me a lot, not only to my posture, but not to suffer when doing something that I like so much. I would like all my well-known artists to do the same, because we must take care of ourselves, we must take care of our health and we can do it without spending on expensive devices or supports.