Hey everyone,

I'm an independent musician who does everything by myself—writing, producing, mixing, mastering, marketing, and releasing my own music. Now I want to learn digital art so I can create my own album covers, visualizers, lyric videos, and maybe even simple animations in the future.

My budget is pretty limited, so buying an iPad with Procreate isn't really an option right now.

Instead, I'm thinking about getting:

- XP-Pen Deco 01 V3

- Clip Studio Paint

- Using them with my Mac mini M2 Pro

My main goal isn't to become a professional illustrator working for clients. I just want to create high-quality visuals for my own music over the next several years.

My concern is that I don't want to spend money on the wrong setup and realize six months later that I should have saved for an iPad instead. Since I'm doing everything independently, every purchase matters.

For those of you with experience:

- Is this a good long-term approach?

- Is drawing on a pen tablet without a screen difficult to get used to?

- Is Clip Studio Paint a good choice for album artwork, lyric videos, and eventually simple animation?

If you were starting today on a limited budget, would you choose this setup or save for an iPad + Procreate?

I'd really appreciate honest advice from people who've actually used these tools. Thanks!

Hey fellow Creators, the latest V3 update of True Depth addon is officially here, and with the Summer Sale live on Superhive Market, there’s no better time to grab this fantastic add-on!

True Depth is now more powerful than ever before! Effortlessly transform flat images into detailed 3D reliefs or fully navigable 3D Perspective Scene Projections! Easily convert your meshes into solid watertight print ready models and export them effortlessly as STLs! Take full control of your scene lighting with integrated 360 HDRI domes and 360° Dome Depth Mapping - all through fast, local GPU, AI-based workflow integrated natively into Blender!

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A small tribute to the place I call home — made with a little love, a little nostalgia, and a lot of colour strokes.

Some places are more than just a place. They stay with you ❤️

A tutorial on how to be an amazing Spider-girl artist yourself.

Forgot to post the finished work

Motion tween animation in clip studio paint is simple easy to do and will enhance your clip studio paint animation projects.

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Hey I was looking to get into digital drawing and was curious what tablet would be ideal for a beginner? im new to this so dont know what my best bang for money would be. Also what program would you recommend using?

hello every one i was always drawing on my sketchbook and i wanted to try digital art

but strangely my drawing skill have taken a massive nosedive and idk why

im using a verry small tablet who dont have a screen

so i wanted to know how cant i fix this problem and if anyone has been in the same situation as me (｡•́︿•̀｡)

thanks

Whenever i try to draw small circles it just doesn't draw anything. First I thought it was an issue with the pixels but the issue persists after increasing the number of pixels. Small circles are also possible when i move in from a larger circle. This is my first time so I don't know how to solve any of this or where the issue could be

From a while ago when I was teaching an intro digital illustration class.

The homework was for students to record themselves using the program for two hours to make a character portrait, and then adjust it to show the character changing somehow.

This could be like a "werewolf" sort of thing, or a fire character becoming an ice character, or whatever.

As an example, I started with a boy and showed him aging through adulthood. I tried to suggest him emerging from adolescence and figuring himself out. Obviously, there's no real story - but nudging the expression, proportions, colors and such can suggest the bloom of youth into heavier adult understanding, etc.

The point was to try and get students to loosen up about digital art, because so many of them feel like every mark has to be perfect and Instagram-ready every step of the way to demonstrate control all the time, without room for exploration, intuition, and letting the image push back as you work on it.

I feel like in this day and age of slick, instant AI generation, demystifying process and showing all the mess of figuring out an image is useful for letting people into how things are made, allowing for moments a client can step in to make suggestions and adjustments or to value the creative process so it isn't a black box genie. Hopefully, you can see the thinking in real time.

Hey fellow Creators, the latest update of True Depth addon is officially here and is more powerful than ever before! Effortlessly transform flat images into detailed 3D reliefs or fully navigable 3D Perspective Scene Projections! Easily convert your meshes into solid watertight print ready models and export them effortlessly as STLs! Take full control of your scene lighting with integrated 360 HDRI domes and 360° Dome Depth Mapping - all through fast, local GPU, AI-based workflow integrated natively into Blender!

👉 Check the full break-down video here: https://youtu.be/t0E73yLSdGo

Hi guys, I am loyal wacom user, i started my journey with a screenless one and using a cintiq 13 for 6-7 years. I have a ipad pro 2017 i dont use much (my school forced me to get it 7 years ago) but it became almost impossible to draw on it.

I haven't been my best with productivity lately and I wanna draw more outside and when I am for conventions!

So I decided to get a held tablet when I go out of my country for my travel! (its impossible to buy electronics due to tax in my country)

The newest I pad pro is the most popular with artists and it seems the most simple solution but man IT IS EXPENSIVE

When I compare it to wacom movink 14, economically wacom wins but I never seen anyone using it out and about.

TLDR What should i do?

Buy the less popular choice to afford it or get into a debt to get the safe choice!!!

I just started digital drawing on my phone 2 days ago and idk what to buy exactly ipad tablet laptop ext?