Monday, January 13, 2025

Do not get a cheap screen tablet

 

Just some graphic shape design, need to make a drawing of wings for a friend but I want them to be custom made. I wouldn't want to copy just angel or demon wings off the internet and call it a day. Yes, I know it does not look great, but we're getting there since this was just the first one.

Also, don't get a cheap screen tablet - and no, Wacom does not automatically mean not cheap. You can get just get a decent monitor and/or colorimeter with a regular tablet. Make sure you buy a decent colorimeter though, some of the cheap ones use bio-degradable materials and their performance will decay within years.

I speak from experience. I bought a Wacom Cintiq 16 with my first paychecks ever from my first job as a waiter when I was 19. It was great and all, but I noticed I had too many issues with the color noise from the 

With my Cintiq 16, I thought I would get over the screen being so small, but ever since I started drawing again on my main desktop monitor, I just can't get over how much screen space there is. Also, for cheap screen tablets they usually use a plastic coating instead of a glass one, which scratches way easier. There's a big pool of scratch marks that I can see AND feel with my hand or pen. The last, but probably most annoying thing, is the color noise. I cannot, for the life of me, get over the terrible color noise this screen produces. It makes gradients virtually impossible to determine accurately and I find painting on my main monitor way more enjoyable. Sure the colors are off, but once I'm done painting I'll just color balance everything anyways.

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