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my daughter wants a drawing tablet like YouTube cartoonists use

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ZafiraCyclist · 21/09/2017 17:24

Does anyone know anything about them?
Jaiden (YouTube star) uses a wacom intuos pro medium but that costs £300 !
I'm probably willing to spend up to £100 but have no idea what to get.
Any advice would be appreciated.

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Shiftymake · 21/09/2017 17:36

Wacom is very good for its purpose, use it for 3d designs. If she is just starting out and has access to a computer or tablet with ports she can look at starting with www.argos.co.uk/product/4458548 . You connect it to the machine and can start drawing/designing. If she is really keen and wants to develop further then look at better options later on.

ZafiraCyclist · 21/09/2017 19:35

Thanks. I think I want one that doesn't need to be connected to a computer as that makes it less portable.

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Shiftymake · 21/09/2017 20:49

I am actually going to recommend ebay or similar tbh, a refurbished or used item might be worth looking at as I wouldn't spend much before knowing this was an investment. But you might need to up the budget to get what you are asking for, or get lucky :-) . Wacom tablets are expensive, 300 is one of the cheaper ones to be fair. You can easily spend thousands when it comes to wacom, I should know as that is the status here :-) Another option is looking for a tablet that ticks the requirements for the program she wishes to use. He seems to use two programs and you would need to look at windows tablets for these from what I've seen on the sites.

QueenMorpheacadoChamelepen · 21/09/2017 20:56

For ones that plug into the computer the little intuos ones are good. You'll get better performance with those but for something portable an older galaxy note might be the way to go. They have wacom digitisers so have pressure sensitivity. Look for anything with an s pen. Might also be worth looking at the wacom slate and spark, they're designed to be used with paper over the top but store your image as a digital file. More designed for note taking but look handy.

SoPassRemarkable · 21/09/2017 20:59

The small size is £180, some people prefer the small over the medium. Guess it depends what sort of stuff she wants to do?

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