Digital Illustration Tools
Tools - October 23rd, 2020
When it comes to which tools you should be using when creating things on digital devices, it can be really easy to feel stuck between different branded products that vary on price, capabilities, and sizes. But don’t worry, we’ve done the work for you and have compared some well known helpful digital illustration tools below to help get you started.
iPad Pro
Apple products are used worldwide and unsurprisingly enough, a lot of what they bring to the table works great for people who work with digital illustration. The iPad Pro probably has to be one of the most convenient devices for digital artists that are always on the go.
Pros
- User friendly, easy to use and fluid
- Offers up to ten hours just from one single charge, making it very reliable when on the go or traveling
- Offers lots of apps in the app store to download and create artwork on
- Functional for both art making and functionality for doing things such as checking emails or playing games
Cons
- High price cost (can vary)
Surface Pro 6
For someone who may not be very familiar with Mac, the Surface Pro 6 can be a great device made by Windows. What’s great about this product is that it’s a computer and a tablet all in one. It can be used at any point which can be useful for people who would like to travel with all of their work on one device.
Pros
- Lightweight and thin size, can be folded and unfolded as either a tablet or laptop
- Excellent display, bright and share screen for users
- Long battery life of about 13.5 hours
- Can draw using Surface pen or finger when digitally sketching
Cons
- Is known as well to be a bit on the pricey side
- Has no USB-C
Apple Pencil
As mentioned earlier, Apple is well known for their products in the design world and here is another example of one of their best sellers. The Apple Pencil works as a stylus for your tablet and is compatible with a ton of art softwares and programs. It works as a pencil would feel against paper but on a digital tablet instead, which results in soft sketched curves and more realistic drawing styles.
Pros
- Quite similar to an actual pencil, which makes it easy to use and feels natural when drawing digitally
- Ignores wrist/palm touches, focuses primarily on either finger or stylus touch which is ideal for the user
- Charges quickly
Cons
- High cost for a stylus
- Useless without first having an iPad Pro
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