What kind of drawing tablet do you use?

[Paul Vink]

Hi Tim Von Rueden, or anyone who reads this question,

I have a question. I usually make digital 2D art using a Wacom Intodus. This is a tablet works like a interface between a pen and the pc-screen. I feel like I sometimes have a hard time drawing straight lines and circles because I look straight forward instead of ‘on my tablet’. On the internet I saw that there are also tablets that you can look on and draw at the same time (for example Wacom Cintiq). 

My question is: what kind of tablet do you use? One that you can look on (with a screen) or one that just gives you the possibility to draw digital? 

[jamesley]

Hi I use a artist 12 small but good value for money (with screen)

[Paul Vink]

Thanks Jamesley! Do you feel like drawing, if you compare screen-tablets and non-screen-tablets, is much different? 

[jamesley]

@paulmcmxcii I already tried to draw or sculpt without looking at the screen of my tablet but only the screen of my pc to simulate a tablet without screen and it seems really difficult to do something complex with this method. I think it’s a matter of time but for me I prefer to use a graphics tablet with a screen it seems more natural

[Ingrid Frank]

Hey there!

I´m using an Ugee (UG-1910B). I owned a Wacom Bamboo and Intuos before, but since I had problems with hand eye coordination while drawing on a normal GT, I bought a screen tablet. The difference for me is huge and I did improve a lot since I got the screen tab, since I´m less frustrated and draw/practice more and am faster now.

[Shawn Blanch]

@jamesley I use my iPad Pro and love it. I definitely agree that drawing on the tablet while looking at it is important.

I used it in combination with my MacBook Pro and Astropad App (the one-time paid version).  I really liked it. I had to upgrade to a PC and have not used it yet with that but had gotten a couple of apps to try with it. I see that Astropad is mayking a windows version for their Luna companion App so I am holding out for that.

In the meantime: I use my iPad Pro everyday for journaling and I also use it for 2D art on Afinity Designer. I use that app for a lot of my texture maps and just save them to a cloud server that I link Blender up to and then just ‘Reload’ the images when I make the changes on my iPad. I try to make use of what I already love using. I recommend to go with what you are comfortable with.

[Paul Vink]

Jamesly, Shawn Blanch and Ingrid Frank, many thanks for your responses on my question. I think I will also make the switch from my no-screen  tablet to a screen-tablet. This will hopefully take away some of the drawing frustrations (that I’m having now with my no-screen tablet) so that my focus will be more on the drawing itself 🙂

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