How to Choose a Digital Art Tablet - A Beginner's Guide

Are you new to digital art and not sure which tablet to get started with? 👩‍🎨 In this video, instructor Jessie goes over 7 important factors to consider when choosing a drawing tablet! She covers price ranges, screens vs no screens, buttons, stylus pens and more!

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This Giveaway is open internationally (except for South America, India, Middle East and Africa). To be eligible to win an XP-Pen Artist 12 (2nd Gen) Display Drawing Tablet, you must be subscribed to XPPen and Winged Canvas on YouTube, and comment below this video with what you'd draw if you won! The winner will be selected at random and announced July 31, 2023 on our YouTube and Discord communities.

🕓 Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:44 - Price Range
1:57 - Choosing the Right Size
3:14 - Will You be Travelling With It?
3:49 - Does it Have a Screen?
4:36 - XPPen Giveaway!
5:07 - Buttons & ExpressKeys
6:08 - Choosing a stylus, tablet pen / Apple Pencil
7:40 - User Reviews
7:57 - Outro

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[holdthephonexylophone]

As someone with major artistic ambitions but no idea how to start, if I got the tablet from the giveaway I would immediately get to work on animating an album. I’ve had an entire album fully animated in my head for close to a decade, and getting a tablet would mean I finally get to make it a reality! It’s been a major goal of mine to get started on it this year, and I feel that I am nearing that point with how many tutorials of yours I’ve been watching.

[alanfullarton]

My first tablet didn't have a screen, the best advice for the complete beginner that I have seen for these tablets was to find some connect the dots or dot to dot coloring pages and draw in order of the dots not looking for the easiest direction. Get something with 400 to 500 dots and work through a couple pages and you should see some good improvement on line placement that will transfer well in your future artwork. Enjoy!

[jaydenblight]

I would continue with my art more efficiently being on a tablet than a phone and expand the horizon of new styles and ways of doing it.

[Ordiance]

Being a musician myself, I found that I really enjoy composing based on story ideas I have in my head. Since I'm also an avid fan of 2d animation, I have spent a lot of time daydreaming about how my music (and the storytelling behind it) could be reflected in animation. Although I've done some graphic design and motion graphics related music videos in the past, I have been itching to try out a more handdrawn approach to creating these for quite some time now. As a more or less hopeless case in traditional drawing ("Where is the undo button?"), I'm positive that a drawing tablet would help me get into drawing (and maybe animation) in the digital domain. Maybe I'd finally be able to draw a head that doesn't look like a potato on a stick.

[Drolfox]

This video is coming out just in time, i'm finally ready to decide what i want to use to draw digitally :D Thanks WC!

[fifo]

I always wanted a bigger display to use for drawing digitally, because right now its not really big and sometimes I wish for a bigger space for it. I would use it to develop my digital art skill, and I was always amazed by animations and comic books, so I would definitely try them out. Me and my friend always wanted to make a webtoon so this is mostly my major point next to animating. Also Im thinking about studying animation in the future .

[sodaodaoda]

I have been drawing since I was 10 years old, with an ambition to become an artist. Next year, I'll be applying to an art university, to get a degree in illustration/animation and to make art my career in life. Drawing is one of the things that makes me extremely happy and I do it daily! I think that having a display tablet would be helpful in my journey to become an illustrator, and in my journey to improve my art skills even more!

[Random.Starlight.Arts.]

If I had that drawing tablet, I would start working on my cinematic universe I've been planning for 3 years now. I've been needing a drawing tablet, but haven't had the chance to get one. I love drawing, and I watch your art tutorials all the time!
I've been drawing traditional art for 6 years now, and have been wanting to start animation, I used to do flipbooks, and animatics, I still do! I would be very grateful if I could get a drawing tablet, but I don't care if I don't get the tablet, I can't wait to see whoever wins!

[dougiestarr]

I have always wanted a drawing tablet but my disabilities prevent me from getting a real job and my family could never afford to get me one, personally I would use the tablet to achieve my dreams of drawing to make people smile and design my own characters to share with the world!! Thank you so much for the chance and goodluck to everyone!!

[WallflowerDoodles]

I LOVE xp-pen’s products, currently using one of their smaller graphics tablets. If I had the screen tablet, the first thing I’d probably do is finally get started thumbnailing my concept webcomic.

[FableReign]

Things I'd draw if I won would mainly focus on pixel art and character designs right now for the horror game I'm working on! I'd also love to start animating for this project and beyond since changing my degree to animation so a new tablet would definitely help with that! I currently have an XPPen tablet but it's an older version from a few years ago and I'd love to see what a new generation has to offer! As always, love the channel and its content! Has been very nice to tune in to when I get the chance to help further my art journey.

[ellai.]

As a beginner who wants to get into digital art, this video was beneficial. If I did win the giveaway, I would finally start the webtoon I've been planning (It's about a group of high schoolers plus their teacher being sent to hell and having to fight their out)

[bbymrn]

I’m majoring in Visual Communications Design, and I think a new tablet would definitely help me with my studies, along with helping me to be more well versed with digital media! I hope to practice drawing anatomy better, as well as scenery and to develop my portfolio better! :)

[Jesterm.]

My first tablet was an old samsung tablet that was not made for art. Currently my tablet is still a samsung, but has a bigger screen and a magnetically connecting stylus with pen pressure and a button. It works great! I would draw a landscape first with the new tablet

[Ariane-qqco]

I would start drawing my fantasy art digitally and hopefully start my art career selling digital prints.

[-pumkin-cutie]

Artists who draw on their phone, raise your hand ✋️

[jennyyang]

If I won, I would use the tablet to work on my summer comic project and towards my long-term goals!!

I am currently creating a comic with hand and ink, but I hope to digitize it to share it with the world.

In terms of long-term goals, I want to one day create tutorials to help beginner artists on their art journey. The art community has been amazing in sharing knowledge and resources that allowed me to improve without a formal art education, so I want to give back to the art community as well.

Although I love making the most out of my traditional art supplies, an art tablet would make it easier to digitize and realize my goals.

Thank you for holding the giveaway and providing your consideration!!

[theartofthefart]

I use an ipad and the program Procreate for a very simple reason. I like to draw/animate with my fingers. :>

The ipad is the only thing that I have found over time can keep up with my artist fingery touch speed with no line lag/stalling.

(I try out new touch tablets of every brand, in store each year, the ipad so far is the series that’s always preformed the best over the others in regards to finger touch. So I save up from art comms, and replace it every 3-4 years. I’ve been using procreate as a program for 9+ years at this point and developed my own touch friendly brushes)

[vanessacabrera]

As a traditional artist, I am excited to learn more about digital art and would apply that to a new tablet for continued education.

[sylversinder]

This tutorial is very useful as, unless you're used to buying a bunch of tablets, it's really hard to know what to keep in mind when buying one that works best for you. I wonder how different the drawing experience is between screen and non-screen tablets. As for me, if I were to win the tablet, the first thing I'd draw is a little comic with my ocs having some fun :)