Tablet arrived (Patreon)

Good news! the new tablet arrived safe and sound and I’m making the first test 😊 As I imagine I had to pay an extra of $165.41 of import cost (slighty less than I expected) 

Total price: $765.41

(Sorry for the picture quality, this time I took them with my phone so the lighting and focus is not as good as it could be)

For those who don't know, since I started learning the basics of digital art (2008), up until now I've been using the same exact drawing tablet for everything! needless to say I've got a good mileage out of it.

And it's not like it's malfunctioning or anything, surprisingly it's working as good as day one, but I figured that over the years, some improvements must have been made drawing tablets, and I always wondered how much those changes could have an impact in the way I draw... To paint you an example, back when I bought the old tablet, the pressure sensitivity of this model were around 512 levels, now they range above 8000 levels.

Either way, I’ll keep the old tablet as a spare in the worst case the new ones start malfunctioning, I never had a backup before so I always worried of what would happen if I accidently broke the only one I had.

So far It’s working perfectly, the size is around the same as my other monitor, so all the icons, lettering and apps have a good size and I don’t have to squint to find something XD

This monitor tablet can also be used as a regular tablet by unplugging the HDMI cable, and it’s around triple the size of drawing area of my old one, so in case the image quality started faulting for one reason or another, I could still be able to draw on it. 

I have noticed that the upper side of the screen gets slightly hotter the more time I use it, but I’m going to assume that It’s normal for now. I haven’t been able to confirm if the same happens when you’re not using it as a monitor.

For the time being I’ll be using it as my primary monitor I’ll keep it check to see if I notice any other oddities.

Besides that issue, as I imagined, it’s a whole new world to be able to draw on the screen.

I have waaay more control over strokes during the inking process and it feels more natural, and I was also able to skip  cleaning sketch in one the attempts, so hopefully this would lead to significant changes in the way I’ve been drawing until now. Time will tell.