Reddit reviews HUION WH1409 Wireless Graphic Drawing Tablet 8192 Pen Pressure Pen Tablet with 12 Press Keys
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Large Work Surface: With a 13.8-by-8.6 inch work area, the Huion Inspiroy WH1409 is the largest graphics tablet in the Huion lines, no more restricted by space, ensures greater productivity2.4 GHz Wireless Communication: Ensure you to have a flexible drawing experience and free you from the space limitation; The maximum sensing distance can range up to 10m12 Programmable Express Keys: Time saving shortcuts, Can be used for both left and right hand; Comes with a 8192 pressure sensitive rechargeable pen, allows you to create freely on the paper-like drawing surface with the resolution of 5080LPI and response rate of 233RPS2000mAh Build in Lithium-ion Battery: Charging time 5-7 hours; Lasts for up to 25 hours of being constantly on in wireless mode, save you from the awkwardness of charging the tablet over and over during long hour workingOS Compatibility: Windows 7 or later, macOS 10.12 or later; 1 year warranty
This is the cheapest Wacom tablet
and don't ever let yourself feel limited because you have the "lowest end" Wacom. This person has a Bamboo Connect and it doesn't look like it's holding them back any!
For reference, the Bamboo Connect was the lowest end Wacom tablet four years ago
These lower end tablets do have a smaller surface area. It's about on par with the size of your standard postcard. If you want something bigger but cant afford Wacoms larger offerings Huion is another company I would recommend.
Specifically these two models
Huion H610 Pro
Huion Giano
The reason I favor Wacom is just overall customer and driver support. Huion is just a chinese company and their customer and driver support isn't the greatest. But if you are patient their tablets are just as good.
I only know all this info off hand because I've spent the last two weeks shopping for a tablet myself. I ended up ordering one of these it arrives tomorrow and I can't wait to try it out. If it's disappointing I might return it and order the Huion Giano I linked above.
> With being said a dedicated drawing tablet that hooks up to a computer would be probably the more "professional" route if that is what you are looking for. However that is generally more expensive that buying a tablet like the S4 or iPad Pro.
If you are talking about the Wacom Cintiq, I recommend you check out some reviews for other brands. For example, here is a competitor with a price tag of $499 and with generally positive reviews: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B072N2C2PB/
Personally I used to have a graphic tablet without built-in screen, the Wacom Intuos 3 in size A5. A built-in screen is cool but a graphic tablet is still absolutely wonderful even without it. Here is an alternative to Wacom with generally positive reviews, price tag $111.20: https://www.amazon.com/Wireless-Graphic-Drawing-Tablet-MicroSD/dp/B01CYCOYSU/
I used a Huion Giano tablet that I got very recently. I'm not really used to it yet, but it's been awesome so far! It's much easier to draw smooth lines than it is with a mouse. It only took 10 attempts per line instead of 30 with a mouse. It's absolutely huge (larger than an A4 piece of paper) so it's got a big area for drawing with. I don't have much experience with graphics tablets, but I love it so far.
As for experience, I edit a lot of photos, and I've made plenty of composite images by cutting and pasting parts of photos together, but aside from some terrible sketches by hand, I've not actually drawn or painted anything before. I always either steal textures from stock photos or use solid colour. It helped knowing how to use Photoshop generally, though.
I used some sneaky tricks to help add depth, like adding a small drop shadow layer style to the trees and houses in lieu of drawing actual shadows.