It's truly worth the price! I have iPad Pro and it's amazing to be able to work during a long travel ;_;
There's a special program called Procreate and it makes drawing on iPad pure fun. It's really intuitive and the choice of brushes is great!

Oh, nice!! is there any specific make or model I should be going for in ur opinion? I was going to settle for whatever's cheapest/less space, but if you think I should go for otherwise let me know!!

Yooo I have an iPad Pro!

I use Procreate, and while I absolutely love the device and the programs have a few issues

The good stuff is how smooth it feels, the apple pen glides so nice over the screen and is extremely accurate with what is translated onto the canvas. The art program I use has a good amount of pens though I have also bought a pack of more brushes created by someone else that I use occasionally.

Procreate does however, glitch sometimes, and you can lose a whole chunk out of your art as if someone’s taken a bite out of it, it’s just gone, redo does nothing. If you tab out of the app after a while, you will also not be able to redo progress!

It is really handy for portable stuff though, I cuddle up in bed and sit it propped on a pillow while I draw, but I absolutely hate the limitations the device and app itself has. I wish I could stream to Picarto without a huge stress inducing fuss of installing multiple programs just to make my screen appear on my laptop. I also wish I could animate on this device but am not aware of any affordable or non apps that would allow me to!

If I remember anything else, I’ll let you know. If you can afford it, I think you should get one, but keep it safe, the limitations are frustrating as is the price, but I do like how portable it is, and that I can sit or lay down and draw with it, stopping me from getting back ache.

Oh, thank you so much for the honesty of this!! is there really no fix or cause for that glitch?? that's so worrying, I'll definitely keep that in mind when purchasing it

I’ve no clue, it’s really quite rare and I just kinda accept it, never thought to research it! Mostly occurs when I’m doing personal art so it’s not as upsetting as say, if it was for a commission

I recently bought a used iPad Pro 1st gen 12.9 inch for drawing! It's the best bang for your buck iPad Pro that I found. Apple Pencil works wonderfully too. <3 The hardest part (other than getting used to new programs) is getting used to not having keyboard shortcuts haha!

I personally like Medibang the best out of all the art apps I've tried! Procreate does feel nice and has the simplest UI, but it's hard to transition to if you're used to desktop art programs. Medibang is a lot similar to a desktop art program, so it was easier for me to use (plus it's free!). The two programs work well together too, since you can export from Procreate right into Medibang with all your layers intact (can't do it the other way around, sadly; file support is where Medibang falls short in my opinion).

It's wonderful to have such a portable device, but at least for me I have to be careful at what angle I have it at when I draw. My wrist gets really sore if it's at a weird angle. :'D

thank you so much!! this info is rly helpful :D

I’ve been using the ipad pro for close to a year now.
It is definitely very handy when you travel a lot or just aren’t home very often, to make digital art.

As you can tell, Procreate is the most popular out if the programs to use. It is a great program. I haven’t, personally, run into the same issue as the person before commented pn, where it seems like someone bit off a chunk of their work, but I can’t assure you of that not happening or how to fix it, so I guess that’s something to keep in mind. The one issue I do have with it is that if you tweak your art (any sort of transformation like enlarging or shrinking) it makes all the lstrokes very fuzzy. So if you are looking for very crisp lineart, it may not fully achieve the look you may want.

Medibang has been the one program I’ve tried that’s great for lineart. It is intended for making comics, so it makes sense, and it also let’s you add text, unlike procreate. I would use this program more often but it kind of clutters the screen, imo.



Overall though, these issues aren’t too frustrating and easy to work around once you get the hang of things. I’m not sure I would encourage people to purchase it but it’s been a very positive and worthwhile experience I’ve had worth it to where I really do feel like I’ve received my money’s worth (I did buy the tablet used through GameStop using a friend’s discount, the pencil i bought new from the Apple store).

Thank you for the info! Do you think it'd definitely be a more encouragable offer if i was to buy it used? I don't really care too much for minor cosmetic wear as long as the device works.

The ipad I purchased was the 9.7” ipad pro, which I don’t think apple sells new anymore and very few retailers do, and if they do, it’s around the $500 mark. The ones I know for sure they do sell new is their newer model which is the 10” and they start off at $650.

I don’t remember how much I paid exactly, but with taxes, I didn’t anything more than $400, and i think it was closer to $380.
You could probably find a cheaper one through some person if you can physically check for icloud locks and things like that before purchasing but I didn’t want to risk it so I did buy it off of GS since they do check for all of that before selling them and if for some reason you have any issues, you can return the it within 30 days. I believe Apple also sells some used in their stores and they might even offer additional issurance unlike GS, but I’m not 100% sure.

Now, the pencil new is and additional $100 but since it’s an accessory, it’s a lot harder to check how well it’s working (especially without an ipad) so I would recommend on purchasing at least that new.

Now, as I said before, I’m not sure I would encourage people to buy it, as it is still around a $400/500 investment with a used ipad but buying things uses does make it a bit more feasible.

i usually write a much more extensive explanation but i just woke up so go easy on me
personally i dislike the ipad as an art device
it’s okay for sketching, and with a lot of work you can reach good results with it! but it’s just not worth the price imho?
if you have money to spare and just want something to sketch in during holidays and such, go ahed
otherwise, not a fan

pros:
- small, compact, easy to carry around
- doesn’t heat up like At All
- strong battery life
- above average pen pressure recognition

cons:
- the stylus (apple pencil) is hard to use; it’s designed basically like a plastic stick, which means it easily slips away so you have to grip it pretty hard, and the design and material often left me with hand/arm pains after long periods of drawing
- the surface itself is glass, there’s essentially no resistance which, again, makes it hard to draw
- there’s no proper stand for it which means you have to draw with it completely laying down or use your legs or temporary materials to prop it up; not that big of a deal but definitely a neck strainer
- severe lack of art apps, again not that big of a deal, but the free apps out there are a bit lacking and hard to use

i have one and i have the artist pen !
you're welcome to try mine and see how you like it???

I'd like that!!

I use one for both drawing and university.
There's a ton of programs to choose from, Adobe has some, Procreate, Medibang... I'm pretty confident there's some program that'll fit anyones needs. Personally I use Medibang or Adobe Sketch. The iPad feels nice to draw on and there's also special foils that can emulate the feel of real paper when drawing, since some people enjoy that.

Plus it's a nice work-pad which I can take to university, take notes and I never have to worry about battery life. It's fast, reliable, and even forgives me forgetting to charge it overnight (which my phone doesn't)