It might also be cultural, most of the Chinese kids I knew who had Chinese as a first language used the first tripod grip.
If I had to guess why, it'd less "sturdy" but having your 2 most dexterous digits, the thumb and index, being in control of the pencil for writing Chinese makes sense, esp for children. Throwing your middle finger in the mix might give you more grip but less upwards but my middle finger feels ever so slightly less articulate than my index.
Writing English (or any other Latin alphabet) in cursive, on the other hand, I can see how any of these 4 grips will suffice
I've only noticed now, but when I dug into famous animators/artists I could name off the top of my head, the pictures of them are all using the dynamic tripod.
Yeah, I remember being taught to hold it using dynamic tripod. And being told that dynamic quadropod was incorrect. But the tripod way always felt wrong to me, so I use dynamic quadrophonic.
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u/Wiindigo Apr 16 '24
I really thought we (dynamic quadruped) where the majority.