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melcat wrote:
I found it very easy, and in fact easier in some ways than drawing on paper because my hand doesn't obscure the picture!
I've been using tablets since 1996, Cintiq products since 2008, and the iPad Pro since 2015. One can certainly get used to using a drawing surface that is different from the visualization surface, but I would not recommend it. Melcat is one of many artists extol the benefit of an unobstructed screen, so that preference is certainly a powerful one. However, I have found this benefit to be hugely overrated. In my 12+ years using CalComp and Wacom Intuos and Bamboo tablets, I got very good at drawing on the table while looking at an unobstructed screen. It's nice, but I would still say that moving from Intuos to Cintiq was a complete and total revelation. The little things got a lot easier, including the ability to make the perfect stroke the first time, every time. This sort of instant and relatable visual feedback is a huge time saver.
All that being said, my wife still uses an Intuos 5 and has no interest in a Cintiq or iPad Pro, so you can definitely build a pretty strong workflow around an Intuos. Intuos also costs a lot less than Cintiq. But if the cost variable went away, I can think of no compelling reason to choose Intuos over Cintiq. I find the experience of drawing on the screen to be just that much better, and would happily pay 4-5X the cost of an Intuos to get it.
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