Best artist tablet for teenager to start on

[George Smiley]

Our girl soon turns 13. She’s really into her art and has been hinting at a tablet to draw on

At first we were looking at an iPad with a pen as it covers all the bases for more than just art but it isn’t it’s primary task and is prohibitively expensive

As I have a license for photoshop and a spare PC we’ve started looking at a dedicated tablet such as Wacom or Xp pen

This is where it’s getting difficult

Our budget is 500 max

The xp pen seems to be a cheaper version of Wacom but we don’t need all the expensive features of the latter

Most important is accuracy and feel, 4K is not a priority but would be nice

Trouble is both makes have a few devices in budget but you get more with xp pen but Wacom seem to trade on their better quality (and higher price)

So pointers would be really welcome

[George Smiley]

I can check with her as I had similar thoughts and had been looking at that along with the Wacom one

Thing is I think she wants to get one she can directly see what’s being drawn

[George Smiley]

That’s the model we have ended up looking at but then the xp pen 15.6 artist pro comes into play and that looks like good vfm

[George Smiley]

ajprice said:

Have a look at tech review / artist sites and YouTube channels like Brad Colbow https://www.brad.site/ . For pen displays, XP Pen and Huion tend to be 90% of a Wacom for cheaper than Wacom price, according to the reviews.

That’s who I’ve been watching (amongst others), the Wacom 16 is £84 quid dearer but it’s winning over

All thanks for the help, I spoke about a pure tablet and she has her heart set in the screen type

As much as I’d like the apple for it offers a one shop solution I now feel the way to go is tablet.

The next challenge is finding somewhere we can try them out

[George Smiley]

singlecoil said:

Buy the Wacom mail order, try it out at home running PS for up to 2 weeks, if she doesn't like it send it back and know that there's nothing better on the market, and abandon the idea altogether.

This!

[George Smiley]

She’s getting iPad Pro with pencil 2, looked again and it suited her best for school as a magic keyboard at Christmas and she’s set for school and I can finally put the chrome book where it belongs.

Thanks for advice, with John Lewis doing 18 months interest free on a 13 inch pro it was able to be budgeted for. We ditched lte which saved a few hundred quid and I bought procreate. I have P: on monthly sub also