I have the paper feel screen cover too - I like the one from pentips brand better than paper like honestly, they both feel so different! Paperlike has a lot more texture and drag to it, lentils feels smoother but still has traction on the pen
I have a bunch of different tip covers too. They have a nice starter kit whee https://pen.tips/en-uk/products/digital-artist-starter-bundle
I have a normal desktop tab, no screen, and a ipad for drawing too - I'd LOVE to get a surface pro at some point. There's also xp pen who make screen tabs for desktops but recently released a standalone tablet similar to the iPad and surface, except it runs in android - but comes with it's own pen and such too 3nodding
The newer ipads are so pricy, it took me over a year to pay mine off but they're very graceful with giving you that time to pay in increments. My old original I think was around £200 and came with the pen - very good deal. Got it in an Ebay auction. But the newer one is definitely worth it in comparison, a lot more smoother and the memory is better I noticed so can handle more layers and bigger canvas dimensions the older ipad model would lag horribly with.
I promise the programmes are pretty easy to get into once you figure out the basics - plus, any skills you learn in one can generally be carried to another since most art programmes are fairly universal in what they offer wink I collect them as a hobby for years now, always wanted to do a little page where I review each one some day if I ever got time.
Definitely some good free or cheap ones out there in the software side of it, and I used a cheapo secondhand wacom bamboo cth-470 for yeeears until I had enough money to upgrade, I hope you can find a cheap setup if you want to give it a shot!
(It's the opposite for me, I find it so much more expensive now to keep up with buying traditional materials crying)
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I have a bunch of different tip covers too. They have a nice starter kit whee https://pen.tips/en-uk/products/digital-artist-starter-bundle
The newer ipads are so pricy, it took me over a year to pay mine off but they're very graceful with giving you that time to pay in increments. My old original I think was around £200 and came with the pen - very good deal. Got it in an Ebay auction. But the newer one is definitely worth it in comparison, a lot more smoother and the memory is better I noticed so can handle more layers and bigger canvas dimensions the older ipad model would lag horribly with.
Definitely some good free or cheap ones out there in the software side of it, and I used a cheapo secondhand wacom bamboo cth-470 for yeeears until I had enough money to upgrade, I hope you can find a cheap setup if you want to give it a shot!
(It's the opposite for me, I find it so much more expensive now to keep up with buying traditional materials crying )