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About to get your first art tablet?
3 years ago
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If you're considering buying one to see if you can get into the hobby of digital illustration... Get the cheapest non-Wacom you can find, like a Genius MousePen.
It's impossible to grow too big for it, I promise you. Your skill is totally independent of the quality of the tablet and you can grow your skill on the cheapest tablet for years until you decide that investing on a professional tablet is worth it because is something that you're not likely to stop doing anymore.
A better/bigger tablet will only make things marginally easier, with a few less eraser strokes or undoes, better build quality to last for many years, and a screen tablet can even be worse for you depending on what you are exactly doing since with it your hand will be in the way.
So, yeah, get the cheapest and test yourself for how much you like digital art, keep using it until it breaks or until it turns into your stable hobby or profession. The one thing that makes your art quality is between your ears. And if you try this and find out it's not your thing... You've only spent 10 bucks on it. ✌😁
It's impossible to grow too big for it, I promise you. Your skill is totally independent of the quality of the tablet and you can grow your skill on the cheapest tablet for years until you decide that investing on a professional tablet is worth it because is something that you're not likely to stop doing anymore.
A better/bigger tablet will only make things marginally easier, with a few less eraser strokes or undoes, better build quality to last for many years, and a screen tablet can even be worse for you depending on what you are exactly doing since with it your hand will be in the way.
So, yeah, get the cheapest and test yourself for how much you like digital art, keep using it until it breaks or until it turns into your stable hobby or profession. The one thing that makes your art quality is between your ears. And if you try this and find out it's not your thing... You've only spent 10 bucks on it. ✌😁
the thing about digital and the tablet? its a little easier to be a perfectionist, and i can make finished pieces faster. but doing practice, trad or otherwise is still important. during my journey through said tablets, ive tried some drawabox videos, ethan becker vids, gesture drawing, and then some mikeymegamega tuts bein my latest. seeing someone draw trad is a big help as of lately, but i wont stick to just that for long. though these last few months ive just used the tablet...and the innovative technoology of, moving my fucking chair forward XD
basically ive been getting better, and things have been getting easier. and their seperate, but they help each other imo