I was today years old when I was told that the way I hold pencil is good for writing letters but bad for drawing smoothly flowing precise lines. I changed my grip from tripod to violin bow OR pen and voila...
Thanks helpyoudraw tumblr for a helpful illustration
@nina_kali_nina back in elementary school part of the evaluation for my adhd and any special accommodations was pencil grip. they remarked positively about me having a mature tripod grip. i vaguely remember non art teachers discouraging anything else. my art teachers never went over different grips
@ORCACommander T_T nooooooooooooo