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4405225 No.4405225 [Reply] [Original]

Do I actually need a drawing tablet to do digital art?

I want to learn how to do digital painting/concept art style stuff and I feel like doing so with a mouse would be stupid, but I don't want to drop $100+ on a drawing tablet without having any idea what I'm doing.

>> No.4405228

>>4405225
You don't need the most up to date tablet if you don't want one. I've been using my Bamboo for about 8 years now

>> No.4405234

>>4405225
You don't need a screen one, but a normal one is pretty cheap nowadays and serves the same function while being (arguably) ergonomically and technically better.

>> No.4405312

>>4405225
>ergonomically and technically better
yea no. However it will still do you good. If you haven't done anything digitally yet, always start with a cheap used Wacom tablet. Most of them work the same.

>> No.4405350

>>4405225
Do you honestly expect to not need to spend on your tools?
Yes, you can do digital art with a smartphone or a 90's desktop with MS paint, but is that what it means to do art for you? You don't "need" anything fancier, in the same way you don't "need" a house, a car or a bed.

Besides, all of the devices in your picture are cheap. Even the most expensive one, if you stay with it for eight years like >>4405228 has done with theirs, it'll cost some 22 cents a day. As an expense it's basically nil if it's the tool you use to get your income.

>> No.4405356

god I wish I could afford any of those

>> No.4405358
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4405358

If you're only just starting with art and not yet sure whether you'd like it, I recommend starting with plain old paper and pencil. Although the texture of paper is very different from the texture of a tablet, most skills carry over, and it's definitely the cheapest option. Otherwise screenless tablets are pretty cheap, though not as intuitive as monitor tablets. Advantage of a screenless tablet is that you can also stick a sheet of paper onto it for a more coarse texture.

>> No.4405359

>>4405312
>yea no
Yea yea, but only for the ergonomics part.

>> No.4405360

What's the best screen tablet I can get for <$500?

>> No.4405368

>>4405225
Try doing it with a mouse if you want. It won't take long for you to realize why everyone uses tablets.

>> No.4405370

>>4405360
I wouldn't consider a screen tablet on that budget.

>> No.4405372

>>4405225
You can buy a good medium sized screenless tablet for like 50 bucks.

>> No.4405396

>>4405225
Do you mean screen tablet or just an screenless one?

>> No.4405446

>>4405370
How bad is that Huion one in OPs pic?

>> No.4405451

>>4405225
>but I don't want to drop $100+ on a drawing tablet without having any idea what I'm doing.

Xp-Pen Deco 01v2 cost 60$ and is fucking good man.
That's the only tablet you need.

You will get it thinking you will upgrade later and just fucking keep it for years instead.

>> No.4405455

>>4405360
Xp-Pen Artist pro 13 or 16
Same with huion Kamvas.

>>4405446
The NEW ones are legit good, but pay attention they still sell the old ones.
Look for the Kamvas PRO and Artist PRO branding and reasearch a bit, those are the new.

>> No.4405460

>>4405356
>god I wish I could afford any of those
That's 3 blowjobs if you're pretty.

Piss poor fucking niggers.

>> No.4405475

I have an XP-Pen Artist 15.6 and wanna upgrade. Is the Cintiq 22 good or is there something similar on the market?

>> No.4405476

>>4405475
Wacom non-pro sucks.
That includes the non-pro intuos(rebrandeed bamboo) and their Cintiq line too.

They just make sure their budget offering wouldn't compete with their PRO products.

>> No.4405479

>>4405356
What are you, a fucking pajeet or venezuelan? How fucking lazy you have to be to not flip burguers for a month and get one of this.

>> No.4405525

>>4405460
>>4405479
I'm Polish and neet

>> No.4405651

>>4405525
Then get fucked.

>> No.4405659

>>4405525
I'm mexican and neet, took me months to buy a pen display

>> No.4405676

>>4405659
Based beaner, see polishfag? With a little bit of will you can go a long way.

>> No.4405823

it only costs $100 for a used intuos 3+pen

>> No.4405850

>>4405225
>digital art
Anything but the Apple iPad Pro 12.9 will just cripple yourself. You NEED something that actually perfectly replicates traditional tools, with no parallax issues, no lag, no display panel gap, and nothing else other than the Apple iPad Pro 12.9 does this.

>> No.4406138

>>4405225
>183 dollars is expensive
can we just assume op is underage and ban him?

>> No.4406158

>>4405850
the apple pencil doesn't perfectly replicate traditional tools. it exceeds them.