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I finally tried an iPad for digital art after 5 years of using a cheap tablet | Digital Art Showcase - Librear

I finally tried an iPad for digital art after 5 years of using a cheap tablet

I was using this old Wacom Bamboo that cost me like 40 bucks back in 2019 and it always felt laggy. Last week my friend let me borrow their iPad Pro for a sketch session and the difference was wild, my lines were actually smooth. It was that pressure sensitivity that got me, the brush strokes just felt alive compared to my old setup. Has anyone else made the switch from a budget tablet to a screen display and felt that big of a jump?

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ellis.nina4mo ago

HAHA okay but HOLD UP. I actually went the OTHER way and it was the BEST decision I ever made. I bought a cheap Huion tablet for like 60 bucks and dumped my iPad Air because the screen display was actually distracting me. The iPad screen has SO much glare and my hand kept smudging it constantly, plus the battery drain was REAL. My little budget tablet connects through USB and NEVER lags because it's not trying to run a whole operating system in the background. And that pressure sensitivity you're talking about? My cheap tablet has 8192 levels just like the iPad does, and my lines come out exactly the same when I actually know what I'm doing. Honestly I think people just get excited about the GLIDE feeling of drawing on glass but that doesn't make better art. Your old Wacom Bamboo is PROBABLY fine, you just needed to adjust your expectations instead of dropping a thousand bucks on a fancy screen.

craig.avery4mo ago

Wait wait wait @ellis.nina, you're telling me you actually ditched an iPad for a 60 dollar drawing tablet? That's wild lmao, I've never heard anyone say the screen was a negative before but I guess the glare thing makes sense. You definitely got me thinking though, maybe I've been sleeping on the cheaper stuff this whole time.