The iPad and iPad Pro became extremely popular drawing devices due to the tsunami of videos that took over Instagram over the past few years. Why so many artists create time-lapse art videos on the iPad?
If you just want to draw for fun and are not at all worried about creating professional illustrations or designs, the iPad Pro is a great option, because it gives you a pretty cool drawing tool and also a device that will allow you to have fun when you’re not drawing. While you can still create amazing artwork with these apps, you will inevitably come across limitations while working. That being said, these apps simply do not offer the same tools that artists can use on the original desktop versions. Nowadays it’s possible to download Illustrator Draw and Photoshop Sketch and use them on the iPad or in any other entertainment tablet such as the ones released by Samsung. In order to get around the processing and storage limitations of the iPad, companies such as Adobe (the developer of Photoshop and Illustrator) have invested in the development of apps that carry similar names to their original programs.
What are the iPad Pro limitations?ĭue to the fact that this tablet is based on apps and not on full-blown software, you will not be able to install the full versions of Photoshop, Illustrator, Painter or any other image-based programs for that matter. The disadvantage is that since it’s a small computer, it doesn’t have much storage, processing power or even speed in comparison with most desktop computers (which drawing tablets are connected to). It’s easy to carry around and even easier to install and uninstall apps.
The good thing about the iPad is that it’s a standalone device, you don’t need to connect it to anything.
Well, since the iPad doesn’t need to be connected to anything, isn’t that an advantage? They are completely different kinds of devices that execute similar (but still different) tasks. The nature of the iPad is different from that of a drawing tablet. iPad Proĭrawing tablets are connected to a computer, but the iPad doesn’t need to be connected to anything because it’s already a computer on its own, it’s a standalone tablet. The same goes for drawing tablets, they are simply a way to “translate” the artists hand movements to the computer.ĭue to the fact that the drawing tablet needs to be connected to a computer, it can access all the advantages that said computer has, like all the software, the storage, the memory, the speed and so on. You can’t use a keyboard or a mouse without a computer, right?
They are input devices like a keyboard or a mouse. Let me make this even clearer: Huion Drawing TabletsĪll of Huion drawing tablets need to be connected to a computer in order to be used. It simply can’t be compared to an actual drawing tablet because it doesn’t operate at the same level. What I need you to understand is that drawing is not the primary focus of the iPad Pro or any other iPad for that matter. The iPad Pro has a completely different purpose, it’s an entertainment device that can be used for numerous reasons: watching movies, listening songs, playing games and also drawing.