Poll of the Day > Looking for Drawing tablet recomendations

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I mainly need it to illustrate and color a kids picture book, suess style kind of stuff. I don't want to break the bank, so I've been looking at the surface go 3. Does anyone have experience with this or similar items?

I don't do illustrations, but I am constantly looking for the best pens.

About 5-10 years ago, the Samsung S-pen was far and away the best. Samsung had a great tablet with a pen, but it isn't made anymore. Today, the pen is still good, but the software for it is lacking and it is only available on certain android devices that are generally not very good.

I've tried the Waycom tablets. Those take a while to get used to not drawing on the screen and looking at the monitor while you are drawing. Once you get it down, the quality is pretty good and it is very versatile.

The Apple Pencil is the best one currently, but it's an Apple product; so I can't really use it on much that I own apart from an Ipad that I never use anymore.

The surface pen is the worst one IMO. Barely passable. The best feature is that it works on Windows tablets. If you have never used a pen before and don't know what else is out there I supposed you would be ok.

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I don't do illustrations, but I am constantly looking for the best pens.

About 5-10 years ago, the Samsung S-pen was far and away the best. Samsung had a great tablet with a pen, but it isn't made anymore. Today, the pen is still good, but the software for it is lacking and it is only available on certain android devices that are generally not very good.

The Tab S-series comes with a pen. The current version has a larger pen than the Note and it's more versatile. The only sucky part is that the pen is no longer internal like in the Note tablets, it attaches magnetically to the back so it's easily lost unless you buy the cover which has a flap that holds it securely. The current Tab S8 is available with up to a 14.6" screen in the Ultra model, it's currently $1400 from Samsung for the top end 512GB version. The base model 11" Tab S8 is $600 with 128GB. The basic cover runs about $100, the keyboard cover costs $350 and allows the tablet to be used like a laptop.

I've tried the Waycom tablets. Those take a while to get used to not drawing on the screen and looking at the monitor while you are drawing. Once you get it down, the quality is pretty good and it is very versatile.

The Wacom Cintiq and One incorporate a display so you can draw on the screen just like a tablet. The Cintiq is very popular among the artists that I know. The Wacom One has a 13" screen and runs about $350, the Cintiq starts at about $600 for a 16" screen and goes up to about $2000 for the 24" Cintiq Pro. There was a 32" version, but it appears to be discontinued; the MSRP was over $3300.

The One has only 4096 levels of pen pressure and has only 1 button on the pen, the Cintiq base model has 8192 levels and 2 buttons on the pen. The Cintiq Pro adds a glass screen instead of plastic, adds multitouch capability, and has a higher resolution 4K screen.

I got this a couple years ago so probably a newer one but I love it

at the time the reviews I saw said it was great even with comparable wacom, fraction of the price, with some features wacom was missing for their comparative one (at the time a few years ago)

and much more affordable

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