Tablet Suggestions?

[nightglow]

I know absolutely nothing about drawling tablets and started looking online and on youtube about them, trying to figure out what one I should go with for digital art. Turns out many of them are screen-less which looks insane to get use too lol. I know alot of people on these forums are into making their own art, so I thought asking here may be something to try out. What tablets do you all use/like?

 

[AlyssaAC]

I’m currently using an iPad and procreate as my drawing tools. There is an iPad Pro, but it’s just basically a bigger screen than the the regular iPad and costs more. I highly recommend the iPad and procreate. It’s really easy to use and procreate comes with so many tools and brushes and is easy for beginners to learn. By the way, procreate is just ten dollars where I live, but is definitely a good drawing app.

 

[jadetine]

I’m currently using an iPad and procreate as my drawing tools. There is an iPad Pro, but it’s just basically a bigger screen than the the regular iPad and costs more. I highly recommend the iPad and procreate. It’s really easy to use and procreate comes with so many tools and brushes and is easy for beginners to learn. By the way, procreate is just ten dollars where I live, but is definitely a good drawing app.

I also use the iPad and Procreate, but wanted to note that you will also have to budget for the Apple Pencil stylus. That said, coming from a traditional notebook drawer, it is so much more intuitive to have the ability to draw directly on the visual surface.

I did own a Wacom and a Huion tablet, but I never trained myself to draw well on a second screen. Since the learning curve was so high, I didn't get the most use out of them.

I think a good place is to start with budget. ☺ how much are you willing to spend?

 

[Pyoopi]

I've bounced through all kinds of tablets and my personal favorite is the wacom cintiq. They are stupid expensive and there's cheaper alternatives similar to them but I'm a wacom person. I did recently get an iPad and Procreate; it's very friendly for all levels.

The one I've been using for 7 years+ is the wacom intuos. I've been using it for my professional work and it has served me well. I prefer Photoshop over Procreate just because I've been using it for a long time. Procreate's interface is kind of strange. The iPad is pricey but travel-friendly and works well as light-laptop in some ways. Like if you don't have a great laptop or desktop; the iPad might be a better alternative.

 

[nightglow]

I also use the iPad and Procreate, but wanted to note that you will also have to budget for the Apple Pencil stylus. That said, coming from a traditional notebook drawer, it is so much more intuitive to have the ability to draw directly on the visual surface.

I did own a Wacom and a Huion tablet, but I never trained myself to draw well on a second screen. Since the learning curve was so high, I didn't get the most use out of them.

I think a good place is to start with budget. ☺ how much are you willing to spend?

Well my spouse said he finds them on sale now and then. He wants me to write down what I'm looking for and if he happens to see something on sale that matches he'll pick it up. Thing is I can't seem to find what the difference is between them all. Beyond size they look the same to me. Tablet with a screen is out of the question though. I have a good computer. I'm just planning on making art for games and I think a pen would be easier than a mouse.
Not to mention I have no idea on the size I should have...and I know the device's size isn't the size of the actual drawing surface of the tablet..

 

[jadetine]

With determination, you can draw with any size, lol. My first computer tablet was one with about the size of a postcard as a drawing surface. Most of my brush strokes are localized to a smallish area anyway, so that works fine. That's sweet of your husband!
The only time I've lamented the size is when I have line art (outlines) where I need to make really long lines that look natural. Procreate has helped speed up the process by auto detecting when you want to make lines vs arcs vs elliptical shapes, but again, this can be dictated in other drawing software.
Some tablets have a stylus that you need to charge vs not, so I know I'm guilty of forgetting to charge things all the time.

 

[nightglow]

yes, he has been very supportive with my goal. <3