Hello; I’m trying to get back into digital art after not doing it for some time! I’ve become more acclimated to traditional sketching with a mech pencil and have notice some advantages with it aside from ease of access. I always feel my digital art gets wrapped in my OCPD and ends up looking pretty stiff, where on pencil it has a better flow to it that I haven’t been able to recreate.
I’m interested in trying to do art on an iPad to see if it can better replicate that direct pencil-to-paper feeling and have the advantages of being able to use color and undo mistakes without botching the medium (would also be easier than lugging a broken laptop and plug-in tablet). I’m hesitant to shell out big bucks for a screened tablet like a Cintiq until I’m sure it’s something I’d be able to use comfortably and effectively.
If anyone has experience with this form of digital, how do you like it?
Thanks!
Kazoot Animation is something I don’t have much experience for so it’d be strictly for illustrations. What I’m wondering is how responsive/sensitive the stylus pen tends to be? (Obviously would vary by brand) Or if it has excessive stabilizing, which I think is the issue with my current tablet. Nice for smooth lining but it takes away from the free-form feel of sketching.
Unfortunately don’t have consistent access to a decent scanner, otherwise I would be doing that.
Hey I also use an iPad and procreate and an Apple Pencil and think it’s the best! I used to use a variety of computer programs and a Wacom and I haven’t touched them since I got this. I find the Apple Pencil super responsive, but it of course depends on the app you’re using. In Procreate, you can adjust the the streamline on each brush individually depending on what you’re doing which is really nice. :)
I got an iPad while it was on sale. Version of medibang for the iPad was fine, but annoyingly limited-- had good tools for comic making. Procreate has lots of great textures, but as a forewarning: all it's tools are hidden as gestures.
I also shelled out for the Apple pencil and I bought a paper textured screen protector. Drawing with it feels pretty good now.