![]() If you do have clarity, and that clarity directs you towards a full computer system like the MobileStudio Pro, read on. Maybe everyone at this point knows whether they want an iPad or a computer like the MobileStudio Pro. In other words, if you're not getting the benefits of a full computer, why not just stick to your watercolor brushes and a sketchbook? Those pack down pretty damn well and they're still more fun to use than any of the digital options (unless you hate messes, and if you do, why are you making art?). You can use a keyboard for these functions, but if that's your only option, you can't be as mobile with your drawing tablet and that's really the point for its existence. The iPad is simple and elegant, but that comes at the cost of efficiencies like hardware buttons, which are a necessity to efficient workflow on a tablet device. traditional media, is leaps and bounds better on a system with a full, professional operating system. Functional file management, multitasking, and the fine-grain control which professional creatives employ on a second-to-second basis, and which makes digital workflow efficient vs. ![]() But here's what an iPad cannot do: It cannot provide a mobile computer system that's as powerful and agile as one which runs a professional operating system ala OSX or Windows. Also, the iPad's apps have matured to the point where a lot of great functionality's possible via programs like Medibang Paint, which does much of what you'd look for in say, Clip Studio Paint (formerly Manga Studio in the US) and Photoshop. ![]() I've never owned one, but I've tested it and appreciate its aesthetic, ease of use, and (now that the iPad Pro and Pencil exist) its facility as a creative mobile device. Mobility is nice because it gives us the option to create efficiently from wherever we are. For those traditionalists, something that's 'impossibly thin' but still doesn't make their work life easier should not be seen as sexy.Īt the root of this rant is my essential question: why move from traditional media to digital? Why give up the pleasure of natural media for silicon and glass? I'd wager the answer for most professionals is not the promise of more joy, but greater efficiency: More images created in less time typically benefits our bank accounts (unless we're working hourly - then curse efficiency). They're used to schlepping paints and canvases and portfolios and lighting gear and nude models and God knows what. Most creatives that tech companies love to woo with lines like 'simulates the feel of paper' or '8 bajillion levels of precision' - they're used to big surfaces. It's a good size for making images. Head into illustration and painting, and the surfaces tend to get even larger. It made some sense - in a world where the iPad sets consumer expectations for thin and light, a relatively hefty 15 inch slab may have been a harder sell.īut here's the all-important distinction between the joy-promising iPad (even the iPad Pro) and a device like the MobileStudio Pro: Functionality. In my business (comics), professionals are used to drawing on a traditional-media surface that's 11x17 inches and up. Sadly for me, the Wacom rep replied that they would probably ship the 13 inch version. I quickly made known my lust for a 15 inch tablet that would run a full operating system. There were two because one signified a device with a 13 inch screen, and the other, a 15 inch screen. Our first visit consisted of me giving opinions on two pieces of wood, each carved roughly into the shape of a tablet computer. Way back in 2012 or so (the dark ages of mobile art tablet computing), I provided a little feedback to Wacom during their early design phase on what became the Cintiq Companion. ![]() It's a device I've wanted to use since - well, really since before Wacom even made tablet computers. Today I finally get to review Wacom's MobileStudio Pro 16.
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