Getting started with digital drawing

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    My advice may be way out of date (been painting for over 10years on wacom), but I'd recommend checking craigslist or maybe facebook marketplace and buy a 3rd or 4th generation Wacom Intuos. Medium or large in size would be my preference. They ought to run you less than $100 used. If you are on mac, I think you need to go 4th gen, as drivers for 3rd may no longer be supported.

    Both tablets are still excellent tools and last forever (provided the cord stays in good shape, and the drawing surface doesn't have gouges in it. 1024levels of pressure on the gen 3 is still completely adequate, despite what the marketing will tell you.

    After lusting over a Cintiq (draw on screen wacom), and finally using one, I found that my hand obscuring the drawing was less than optimal. Plus the tip of your pen is not where the brush paints from due to parallax error. I much prefer a stand-alone drawing tablet.

    As for software (again, maybe out of date) Photoshop is great for painting and makes it easy to get started.
    Krita is a free-open-source drawing/painting focused software that feels really nice to use.
    Autodesk sketchbook is nice for sketching. It's interface is completely optimized for pen input.

    Hope that helps

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