The best tablets for designers

Graphic design is a craft where professionals create visual elements to communicate messages for brands and products. More and more designers are using graphic tablets to achieve their goals.

Tablets are better then PCs because they have a screen on which you can see your work while you do it and the other one does not. This makes the process easier for the artists.

Comparing with the old fashion way, pen and paper, drawing on a display tablet is just smooth surface on smooth surface, without the friction you feel when you put a pencil to paper. And that's why it takes less time to make traditional drawings digitally.

Graphic Tablets

 So what are the biggest tablets producers and the most popular names on the market?

  • xencelabs - At Xencelabs, they are dedicated to exploring, innovating, designing, and developing the new generation of pen tablets. The product design and development originated in the United States.
  • wacom - Wacom is the global leader in the pen display and tablet market for creative users. Head office is in Japan.
  • xp-pen - XP-PEN is a professional and reliable supplier of graphics tablets, pen display monitors, stylus pens, and more. XP-PEN was founded in Japan in 2005.
  • ipad (apple) - iPad is a line of tablet computers designed, developed and marketed by Apple Inc., Apple is an American company founded in 1976 by Steve Jobs.
  • huion - Huion is dedicated to the realization of creative ideas, this company is a China-based drawing tablet brand founded in 2011.

Graphic tablets help designers work in graphics design with software like Illustrator and Photoshop. Creating unique illustrations or intricate logo designs is a facile and fun operation. The expertise level and also the activity field might influence the decision about what tablet model to choose.

 The criteria to take into consideration when making the purchase is usually related to:

  1. Screen Resolution.
  2. Pen Pressure Sensitivity.
  3. Speed. 
  4. Size & Weight.
  5. Connectivity.
  6. OS and Software Compatibility.

It is much more natural to draw with a pencil type hardware rather than with a mouse. And graphic tablets become more affordable so they start being part of the tools used by graphic artists worldwide.

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