To Artists: What tablet do you use/suggest for digital art?
7 years ago
I am looking to get a good art tablet, but there's a lot of information out there of questionable value. I got a XP Pen Artist 10S a while back because it seemed like it had good reviews but it turned out to be complete crap for me, I spent two weeks fighting with it and never being able to get it calibrated or functioning correctly at all, and ended up returning it.
So, I'm now looking for a fully seperate tablet or similar that doesn't require being hooked up to my desktop to function. I want to be able to just go relax on my couch, curl up with some of my Death Wish coffee, and just draw and relax.
I have an SAI license so if it is compatible with that, that's a big plus, but not a dealbreaker. Surface Pro and Surface Go seem to be well recieved, but I'm not sure on them, especially on the Go since you have to pay an additional $99 to take it's built-in Windows 10 out of S mode.
I appreciate any information/experience you can share with me! Thanks!
So, I'm now looking for a fully seperate tablet or similar that doesn't require being hooked up to my desktop to function. I want to be able to just go relax on my couch, curl up with some of my Death Wish coffee, and just draw and relax.
I have an SAI license so if it is compatible with that, that's a big plus, but not a dealbreaker. Surface Pro and Surface Go seem to be well recieved, but I'm not sure on them, especially on the Go since you have to pay an additional $99 to take it's built-in Windows 10 out of S mode.
I appreciate any information/experience you can share with me! Thanks!
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You can easily go back to hardware like the wacom intuos 3. Simple, easy to use, basically pre-callibrated and cheap for starting out. It does require a little digital tinkering as there are no modern drivers. But it works splendid on windows 10 in my experience.
I also suggest Krita. It's an all-round program developed by artists and programmers and holds all the tools from SAI and more.
My humble 2 cents.