Are you using drawing tablets?

[Limette]

Some people adjust well to a non-display tablet, but I did not. I find them disorienting to use, since they're usually smaller than the PC monitor. That means that the stroke length I drew on my tablet would not match up the stroke length that would show up on my monitor. It messed with my hand-eye coordination. I think I'd have less problems with a tablet like that, if it has the same size as the monitor. That being said, non-display tablets are still a good entry point for digital art, since they're way cheaper than display tablets (somewhere in the 50-70€ range, whereas display tablets usually start at 300€+).

I really can't complain about display tablets, though. I use an XP-Pen Artist 15.6 Pro, which I've had for... 7 or 8 years now, I'm not sure. It's still in pristine condition! The screen doesn't have any scratches, I haven't needed to use any pen nib replacements, all the buttons work even after all this time, and drawing on the screen itself feels fun and intuitive. This tablet in particular also has a very comfortable size, none of the UI in Clip Studio or Krita feels crowded on the screen.

The reason why Wacom used to be the default recommendation is that it used to be the only high quality option. Nowadays there are many competitor brands of professional quality that are also way cheaper (XP-Pen and Huion for example). I did once get to try out a Wacom Intuos Pro, and I have to admit that something about the way the pen felt in my hand and the pressure sensitivity it had felt superior to any other tablet I tried before. However, the difference was negligible enough that it didn't excuse the high prices of Wacom products to me.

[takomo]

I actually went the opposite direction! I moved from a huion pen display to an iPad. I wanted to do more drawing from life, and having something I can take out to the park or whatever with me was well worth it.

[Tiffany]

I have both a Veikk A15 with Paint Tool Sai, and an iPad with Procreate, they both have their strengths but I feel more comfortable drawing with the Veikk, even if the iPad is more convenient.

[thunderzizi]

i've got a ugee ue16 that's a year or two old i think? i forgot when exactly i got it but it was a christmas gift. anyway it's a really good budget option i think (about 175 bucks). it hasn't broken yet and it's got everything you need for a screen tablet (the screen, pressure and tilt, shortcut buttons, plus you can turn off the screen and use it as a regular tablet). i'm sure some of the more expensive ones have more features or a better screen or something but i dunno what they'd even add (well, apparently some REALLY expensive ones have a gyroscope so you can control things by tilting the tablet itself, but barely any programs support that anyway)

my main issue with it isn't even an issue with the tablet so much as how windows handles multiple screens, which is that you have to manually move every single window you want on there over. and also that some older fullscreen programs act weird and move every other window over to the second screen when you open em. i don't know why they do this but it's probably something that people that don't use old programs for fun don't have to deal with lol

[pencilz]

I started with a Wacom Intuos S that I used for about ten years until the USB cord broke. Now I've been using a Wacom One for a few years. Both are basic no-screen pen tablets.

It felt a little weird when I first started using one to adjust but I got used to it pretty quickly. Haven't had any compatibility issues, I'm on Linux.