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I'm looking for a decent drawing tablet that won't break the bank. Does anyone have any recommendations? I’m really just hunting for something with a solid price-to-performance ratio.
I know Wacom is the big name in the industry, but they can get pretty pricey—and honestly, there are tons of alternatives out there now. That said, I have a few specific things I'm looking for. I don't want anything too tiny (like a 9" screen); maybe something mid-sized, somewhere between 13" and 22"? Also, I definitely want a display—I'd rather not be drawing blind, you know? I also want to avoid those annoying technical quirks I've run into before. For instance, I hate when you have to hold the pen at a perfectly straight angle just to keep the contact from dropping. And if possible, I'd love to avoid that parallax issue where there’s a bit of a gap between the glass and the actual cursor—it makes drawing at an angle feel a little off. Oh, and dodging driver headaches and short, flimsy cables would be a huge plus. I previously tried a small Wacom Bamboo and a Wacom Intuos. The Wacom had a display which made things way easier, but it had that 2mm gap issue. It wasn't a dealbreaker, per se, but I'd love to find something a bit more seamless if I can.
I'll mostly be using it for digital illustrations, sketching, and designing characters in Photoshop.
I know Wacom is the big name in the industry, but they can get pretty pricey—and honestly, there are tons of alternatives out there now. That said, I have a few specific things I'm looking for. I don't want anything too tiny (like a 9" screen); maybe something mid-sized, somewhere between 13" and 22"? Also, I definitely want a display—I'd rather not be drawing blind, you know? I also want to avoid those annoying technical quirks I've run into before. For instance, I hate when you have to hold the pen at a perfectly straight angle just to keep the contact from dropping. And if possible, I'd love to avoid that parallax issue where there’s a bit of a gap between the glass and the actual cursor—it makes drawing at an angle feel a little off. Oh, and dodging driver headaches and short, flimsy cables would be a huge plus. I previously tried a small Wacom Bamboo and a Wacom Intuos. The Wacom had a display which made things way easier, but it had that 2mm gap issue. It wasn't a dealbreaker, per se, but I'd love to find something a bit more seamless if I can.
I'll mostly be using it for digital illustrations, sketching, and designing characters in Photoshop.