So Now that i have the money i decided to buy a drowing tablet. What brand and type should i buy. What do you guys recommend?

Hexdragon said:
So Now that i have the money i decided to buy a drowing tablet. What brand and type should i buy. What do you guys recommend?

If you're willing to pay a bit more and than you would for some others, Wacom makes good tablets and you can buy refurbished tablets of older models for about half the original price. You can also get free art software even from the refurbs. For example, the one I use is an older Wacom Create, which was originally for sale for $200 but I got mine for about $90, along with free software.

If you want, I can show you some decent Wacoms and their prices.

The only issue I have with them is that they are bad at making drivers, but it can often be worked around.

Protip: When it comes to "Graphics Tablets," Graphics does not mean "It shows graphics." Seriously, who decided to name it such a misleading term?
They could still work, but you can't just stare at the tablet to see what you're drawing, and would have to watch the computer screen instead.

While slightly off topic, is an iPhone (5S to be specific), a OK drawing device? Or does it matter more on app? And, if the latter, any suggestion on a free one?

Just entertaining an idea of drawing when the game routines get boring...

I was drawing on an Ipad 4 before, using drawing pens and whatnot, and if you intend to draw seriously, it isn't really a good idea since, at least for my Ipad, the touchscreen was made for fingers and not pens, and being very accurate with the lineart was really annoying, with the top half of the tablet having a really big offset.

After being with Wacom for so long, I got tired of their overpricing stuff as I wanted a bigger tablet to what I had, and changed for another brand of tablet for 25% of what Wacom proposed for a tablet with similar surface area : The Huion 1060 Plus. The pen tips feel more cheap and the pressure is not as good, but it works totally well enough for me and the tablet itself doesn't feel cheap at all for the price of 80$. However, drivers are a big miss and you may have to contact the help support for a custom driver, depending on what you use to draw ; The driver "app" is also really laughable for the lack of options given to you but again, that is totally fine and enough for me. Lucky enough, their help support is really helpful and quick and I am using this very same tablet since

Neitsuke said:
I was drawing on an Ipad 4 before, using drawing pens and whatnot, and if you intend to draw seriously, it isn't really a good idea since, at least for my Ipad, the touchscreen was made for fingers and not pens, and being very accurate with the lineart was really annoying, with the top half of the tablet having a really big offset.

After being with Wacom for so long, I got tired of their overpricing stuff as I wanted a bigger tablet to what I had, and changed for another brand of tablet for 25% of what Wacom proposed for a tablet with similar surface area : The Huion 1060 Plus. The pen tips feel more cheap and the pressure is not as good, but it works totally well enough for me and the tablet itself doesn't feel cheap at all for the price of 80$. However, drivers are a big miss and you may have to contact the help support for a custom driver, depending on what you use to draw ; The driver "app" is also really laughable for the lack of options given to you but again, that is totally fine and enough for me. Lucky enough, their help support is really helpful and quick and I am using this very same tablet since

Huion has problems with SAI, so if you're going to use one you will have issues getting SAI and some other programs to work. I don't know why this is. You will lose pressure sensitivity so it's just a binary input like using a mouse.

Here is a refurb medium tablet. Comes with download codes for four graphics programs as well as a 1-year warranty, just like buying a new tablet from the same company for the original $200+ asking price. Never be afraid to look into factory refurbs, as you can save a lot of money this way with really no downsides.

If you don't mind having a pen with only a pen tip (no eraser tip) I can look into some other Wacom models for you.

I did talk to the help support a long time ago (Actually only problem I had was the smoothing wasn't as slow as it used to be, everything else was working) and got a reply the day after, and they fixed every problem that I had with SAI and everything works perfectly fine. Not like that matters anyway since I quit SAI for Clip Studio Paint since a while now. The driver they gave me works well with everything minus SAI2 Beta, and they told me it has to do with how the program is incomplete for now and nothing can be done.

The tablet linked is smaller than what I'm using still, for a higher price, so buying it will feel like a downgrade from what I currently have

Neitsuke said:
I did talk to the help support a long time ago (Actually only problem I had was the smoothing wasn't as slow as it used to be, everything else was working) and got a reply the day after, and they fixed every problem that I had with SAI and everything works perfectly fine. Not like that matters anyway since I quit SAI for Clip Studio Paint since a while now. The driver they gave me works well with everything minus SAI2 Beta, and they told me it has to do with how the program is incomplete for now and nothing can be done.

The tablet linked is smaller than what I'm using still, for a higher price, so buying it will feel like a downgrade from what I currently have

Yeah there isn't much point in using SAI2 right now.

I'm glad they at least fixed that since it's a really common issue. I've seen a lot of people gripe about it over the past couple months.

For me the medium tablets are what I prefer since I use a tablet on my lap and not a desk. Any larger than the medium and I can hardly move around. My first tablet was an Intuos4 XL and it's seriously massive. However, I'm not very tall and I'm used to working on smaller images (as in, actual working space on paper and such), which likely has influence over my preferences.

By all means, if you prefer Huion and can get around to fixing the issues with SAI (provided you want to use SAI) then go for it. Thankfully now there are more brands of graphics tablets so people have options, unlike when I was originally looking for one years ago. :p

I just noticed that they finally released a new version of SAI2. Sadly, it isn't working right still, but they fixed the smoothing issue and is now working as it should. However, the curve interpolation seems completely absent and it is impossible to end a line that curves without the line looking like a J at the end. My only guess is this issue is because the program is still unfinished and I bet it does the same for Wacom's.

For those people with driver issues, it has to do with how the stock driver on the CD is really bad and outdated, and there isn't no "easy" way to update them, they have to guess the drivers are available on their website, and even here it's sometime not perfectly guaranteed to work for everyone.

The bigger tablet does take all the space on my desk, I even have to remove the keyboard, but my older small Wacom was too small for my new 1080p screen and it was unbearable and a necessity to get a bigger one. However, the jump from 280$ to 350$ was a massive fuck you for me and I decided to look for something else than Wacom, and got this bigger one for 80$, and it does wonder for that price and I'm really happy with it

I could look into it when I have my own laptop back if you want.

I use an old laptop for my work and it has a stupid resolution. Any larger than a medium and I have issues drawing.

If you haven't had one before I'd get something simple and fairly cheap to get a feel for it with, then upgrade to fancy later.

I've got an Intuos Pen & Touch Medium that's done really well for me last couple years.

Neitsuke said:
The bigger tablet does take all the space on my desk, I even have to remove the keyboard,

It's possible to set tablets up vertically, as long as you make sure the cord is well supported and ensure it's not possible for the tablet to fall forward. I've been using mine (Monoprice 12", also $80, probably based on same hardware as yours) for about a year in this orientation (~5°-10° from vertical).

This allows my keyboard to sit in front of it (and slightly to the side, which is just to do with comfortable motion range for my left hand), it's overall more comfortable to use, and I find it easier to get sizes right.

Wacom, bro. They are the good stuff

I use a Huion H610 Pro. Great for beginners. I'll probably upgrade to something a bit more long term and professional in due time though.

I have nothing to use as a stand for the tablet, and even then it will block the view of my PC screen. My desk is very, very small, so there is nothing much I can do about it beside using a very small keyboard instead of using my mechanical one when I'm drawing

Also I asked a buddy who uses a Wacom to test SAI 2 and he has the same problem with the curve interpolation, so it is indeed SAI 2 that is still incomplete. The full version may be complete in the next year by how slow They release newer version of the BETA.

And yesterday, I saw this wonderful Wacom tablet which pretty much shows the reason why I don't bother with Wacom anymore, their stuff is so expensive (That's the small size by the way, the medium, the one I wanted before is +400$)