Drawing tablets

Dopesick

I was looking at the iPad Pro (with Apple Pencil) as a way of creating my cartoons and graphic art pieces and it looks amazing. However, the price is definitely not.

Last time I looked at drawing tablets a few years back, there was the Wacom Cintiq and nothing else. Now there seems to be much more competition. Anybody got any ideas about which ones to look out for? This one at the moment has specifically caught my eye:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/XP-Pen-Artist16-Shortcut-Adjustable-Multi-angle/dp/B06VW9TYWS/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1536151052&sr=8-4&keywords=xp-pen+artist+display

So anything round these specs basically. Any others I should keep a look out for?

duotone

This might be helpful

http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/comment/1648731/#Comment_1648731

Boromedic

Cool, saved me trying to find it! Yeah the Huion tablet in that thread is pretty great for the price, along with the software my daughters wanted. Good luck with whatever you decide. 

Dopesick

Yeah the Huion stuff looks pretty good, very similar to the XP-Pen stuff. Might try and find a way to try out both.

EDIT: Aghh...just found out they were the 'other' type of drawing tablet. I require one with a screen (like the Cintiq or an iPad). Cheers anyway chaps.

Boromedic

Ah sorry! Hope you find one with a screen that suits you anyway. 

strumjoughlamps

I have a 10.5 Pro and Pencil and I know they are expensive but blimey is it a joy.. I use it with Affinity Designer which is excellent.

stickyfiddle

strumjoughlamps said:

I have a 10.5 Pro and Pencil and I know they are expensive but blimey is it a joy.. I use it with Affinity Designer which is excellent.

I do agree the 10.5 Pro is brilliant, though the Pencil now works with the latest non-pro iPad, but I've heard Wacom stuff is really good as well.

Sporky

The Wacom stuff is untouchable in terms of how well it works.

Budgie

Sporky said:

The Wacom stuff is untouchable in terms of how well it works.

An iPad Pro and pencil with the Procreate app will push it pretty close tbh. Agreed though a Cintiq is a powerful piece of kit.

Sporky

A Galaxy Tab S with the S-pen is excellent too. But if I was doing serious drawering I'd have a Wacom. A big one.

The iPad Pro and pencil is the bit of Apple kit I like best, but I don't think it's really close to the big Wacoms for user experience,. 

Clashman

Try a pencil and paper far cheaper and less enviromental damage

hywelg

Be aware Wacom are not good with driver updating.

I've had three over the years and bearing in mind d they were very expensive you'd think Wacom would have updated drivers for win7.

Dopesick

I think I'm gonna bite the bullet and just get the iPad Pro / Apple Pencil combo. There's a few of each going s/h on Amazon, eBay etc. and in my situation - where I would like to draw on a tablet on my lap on the sofa without the need for connectiing to a PC - it sounds like the perfect solution.

Plus I need a new iPad anyway as I'm still slogging away with a first generation one from way back in 2012!

stickyfiddle

Dopesick said:

I think I'm gonna bite the bullet and just get the iPad Pro / Apple Pencil combo. There's a few of each going s/h on Amazon, eBay etc. and in my situation - where I would like to draw on a tablet on my lap on the sofa without the need for connectiing to a PC - it sounds like the perfect solution.

Plus I need a new iPad anyway as I'm still slogging away with a first generation one from way back in 2012!

Might be worth waiting a week or two if not urgent - they may be announcing a new Pro next week, in which case the current one should get cheaper

Dopesick

stickyfiddle said:

Dopesick said:

I think I'm gonna bite the bullet and just get the iPad Pro / Apple Pencil combo. There's a few of each going s/h on Amazon, eBay etc. and in my situation - where I would like to draw on a tablet on my lap on the sofa without the need for connectiing to a PC - it sounds like the perfect solution.

Plus I need a new iPad anyway as I'm still slogging away with a first generation one from way back in 2012!

Might be worth waiting a week or two if not urgent - they may be announcing a new Pro next week, in which case the current one should get cheaper

Superb! What would be the differences on the newie?

underdog

My wife is a tattooist and wanted something to draw on. She wanted anything but apple, we went and she tried them all; stand alone tablets, tablets you add to your pc, ms surface pro, we left with an iPad pro and apple pencil, she said it was simply the best for drawing on.

stickyfiddle

Dopesick said:

stickyfiddle said:

Dopesick said:

I think I'm gonna bite the bullet and just get the iPad Pro / Apple Pencil combo. There's a few of each going s/h on Amazon, eBay etc. and in my situation - where I would like to draw on a tablet on my lap on the sofa without the need for connectiing to a PC - it sounds like the perfect solution.

Plus I need a new iPad anyway as I'm still slogging away with a first generation one from way back in 2012!

Might be worth waiting a week or two if not urgent - they may be announcing a new Pro next week, in which case the current one should get cheaper

Superb! What would be the differences on the newie?

See here: https://9to5mac.com/2018/09/03/ipad-pro-thin-bezel-renders/

I have a feeling it won't get released at the same time as iphones next week but probably in October. 

Do also bear in mind the latest non-pro also works with the Pencil now so that's a good cheaper option if you don't want the higher speed for media/music stuff

Dopesick

Would there be any lagging or power issues with the non-Pro when using the Pencil to draw?

stickyfiddle

Dopesick said:

Would there be any lagging or power issues with the non-Pro when using the Pencil to draw?

I don't know, but I doubt it very much. If you can get to an Apple store they're always very happy to offer demos of stuff. I even got them to show me how all the photography/SD card stuff works before I bought mine and they were really helpful.

Clarky

Sporky said:

The Wacom stuff is untouchable in terms of how well it works.

that's what my youngest uses..
he's just graduated from Uni as a Game Environment artist