Graphic drawing tablets are not easy to use at first go. But they are not just useful if you want to be a designer, they are slowly becoming necessary. These tablets come with their own pens. You can’t see what you are drawing on it since it is basically a hardware input device, so you can see what you are drawing on the screen of the computer to which you have attached the tablet.
How do graphic drawing tablets work?
Most graphic tablets have a pressure sensitive surface on which artist draw with the electronic pen provided. The tablet has to be connected to a computer or laptop via the USB port. Graphic tablets are immensely useful for designers, engineers and architects. Especially designers are using graphic tablets extensively coupled with Photoshop and Illustrator, and similar design software.
Here is a quick list of the top 3 graphic tablets in India.
XP-Pen Deco01 V2 Digital Graphics Tablet
Amazon rating 4.4
The XP-Pen Deco01 V2 graphics tablet has a comfortably large 10 x 6.25 inch working area, and a thickness of only 6 mm. These dimensions have made it a preference with designers and graphic artists since it is easy to handle. The pen is also quite good, with 8,192 levels of pressure sensitivity. Like most graphic tablets, it has some customizable keys, so that artists can set shortcuts for pen, brush, eraser and usual tools.
Wacom One Graphics tablet by CTL-472/K0-CX
Amazon rating 4.4
The Wacom One by CTL-472 is a popular compact graphics tablet. It’s small size of 6 x 3.5 inch may seem cramped, but designers looking at precision drawing prefer it. The pen has particularly good reviews for smoothness and accuracy, and supports 2,048 levels of pressure points.
VEIKK A50 Graphics Tablet
Amazon rating 4.2
The VEIKK A50 graphics has a papery texture surface, which offers better grip and control for the pen with 8,192 levels of pressure points. There are 8 shortcut keys, and this tablet has good reviews for easy pan and zoom functions on the drawings.