#also easycanvas > procreate

[rangedreign]

happy birthday to ME

your new iPad™ BABY

i have no more MO-NEY

SOOOOOOOOO...

PAY ME TO DRAW

[thehopefulraincoat]

So I bought an iPad and Apple pencil...

It was a little bit spur of the moment, but also kind of not. It started with my Wacom Cintiq Pro refusing to work properly. It'd had this particular issue before, but this time I couldn't get it to go away. And when it would actually work (for no real reason I could perceive other than randomness), the pen wouldn't be working right with the tablet and fixing that would cause the previous problem to occur. I'm actually still having issues with that now...

In my frustration, I bought the iPad because I don't have the time to waste hours trying to fix my Cintiq (spoiler alert: I have already wasted hours upon hours, but at least now I have the iPad, Procreate, and an app called EasyCanvas that lets me do things on my computer through the iPad).

Honestly tho, I've been thinking for a while about how much I wished I had something I could do digital art on that didn't require a million cords. A

I briefly looked at Wacoms Mobile Studio Pros but wow... The cost. I would never have made the plunge getting an iPad either if I hadn't run into this issue with my Cintiq. I'm still annoyed this is happening; a 1 yr old tablet of that expense and quality shouldn't be having issues like this (I'm pretty sure it's all software, not hardware issues). But I'm also kinda glad this pushed me into getting an iPad. It was pricey, but less so than the Mobile Studio and it's really nice. I'm impressed with the brushes in apps like Adobe Sketch and Procreate. The Apple pencil works super well. I see a lot of potential and I'm excited to do more with this!

P.S. I'm almost finished with the Seraphina book cover I've been working on (it's what you see on the screen above). Between issues with my Cintiq and other projects and life events, it got put on the back burner. Thanks to EasyCanvas tho, I'm finally able to work on it again. I had to do some research to get pen pressure to work on it (apparently it hates Wintab but will work with Windows Ink) and only mirrors my computer display instead of being an extension, but it works pretty well.

Anywho, I'm super close to being done with the cover I've been working on for ages! Look forward to it!