Finally got an iPad for digital art after 3 years of mouse drawing

I was sure a cheap drawing tablet would do the same job, but a local artist let me test his iPad Pro for 20 minutes at a cafe. The pressure sensitivity on Procreate is wild compared to my old setup. I scored a used 2021 model for $350 and it cut my sketch time in half last week. Still getting used to the glass screen feel over paper though. Anyone switch from a display tablet to iPad and regret it?

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ruby_grant27d agoMost Upvoted

Oh man, the glass screen thing is real. I tried my friend's iPad for a day and my lines came out all wiggly because of the slick surface. It's like drawing on a frozen lake. I ended up putting one of those matte screen protectors on mine and it helped a ton. No regrets at all, Procreate is basically cheating compared to a mouse.

nancy27527d ago

Drawing on a frozen lake" is literally the perfect description of it (I've used that exact line before when talking to artist friends). The matte protector is a game changer, it gives you that paper feel without wearing down the pencil nib super fast like those paper-like brands do. Procreate is honestly worth getting an iPad for by itself, especially when you stack it with the matte screen fix those wiggly line issues completely.