The biggest problem i found with the Bamboo stylus was the lack of pressure sensing which made it impossible to create a natural looking drawn line, making everything look a bit too neat and clinical. On my previous iPad Air, i purchased the Bamboo stylus and used this in conjunction with their Bamboo Paper app. The 3rd party pens with their stupid fat round rubber tips, had no real feel to them, I never felt fully in control, and it all just felt a bit gimmicky. Although I have seen some amazing art created on iPads, for me it just never hit the mark in terms of usability. Until the release of the iPad Pro I have been using an iPad Air which I found quite limiting from a creative point of view. So it is safe to say I am very familiar with the whole Pen and Screen technology and I have been waiting for an iPad that I can embrace as a true artist's companion. Both these devices set a very high benchmark in terms of usability and quality. When working from home I use the Wacom 13 inch HD Touch, although a smaller screen size it still packs the same resolution of the the bigger 22 inch at 1920x1080. I use this daily in the studio and its beautifully responsive, and above all, does not put any obstacles in the way of my creativity. Within my current arsenal of digital drawing tools my main workhorse is the Wacom Cintiq 22 inch display. Yes that’s my official title and kind of sums up the ethos of the studio, we are a small animation studio creating silly cartoon animations for anyone silly enough to pay us. Currently I am ‘Head of Creativity and Overseer of fun stuff’ at Drawmill Animation. I just prefer Macs as they don’t seem to get in the way of my creativity. I have used Apple Mac computers most of my working life, although I am equally at home using Windows based PC’s.

I have been a digital artist for the past 20 years since the purchase of my first ever computer, an Apple Power Mac 7200. This review is written by Jason Venus from Drawmill Animation.

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