The Surface RT tablet and it's recommended stylus*...
Categories: artwork
Tags: stylus t. Frog, Tablet art, Fresh Paint, Surface, MS Surface RT, Dagi, Stylus
Date: 19 February 2013 15:35:52
*Recommended by myself and Stylus T. Frog that is.
Every tablet has a flavour. I like drawing on most machines, truth be told. I've yet to find a favourite and tend to find something easy to like about the machine I'm using at the time... And, of course, many tablets also have apps specific to them and each piece of sortware has something to offer that others don't.
What I have noticed is that some styli suit the flavour of a tablet more than others...
(This is all massively subjective of course, and I have HUGE piles of respect for tablet artists who use and adore styli - or apps - that I don't have much time or love for. As previously mentioned Mia Robinson likes long hair Nomad and I like short hair. Roz Hall likes Alupen and I find it a bit draggy. Both are awesome artists creating amazing work).
On iPad I've yet to find something I like more than the one two-three-sucker punch of the Nomad Compose (short hair), Pogo Sketch Pro and Stylus Sock. Each do a different thing and I hold all three in one hand to use them for various parts of a picture (that said I'm using the iPad very infrequently at the moment bar daily plays with Draw Quest).
On Galaxy Note the SPen reigns supreme although I do like using the Sketch Pro on the screen as well.
(And, as also mentioned in the past, respected tech journalist Sir Andy of Ihnatko and I are currently in agreement on one thing: no tablet is perfect and he and I would both love to see an uber tablet made from the choice of the iOS store, the SPen of Samsung devices, some aspects of the Surface tablet - Vapor MG is nicer than Aluminium - and the entirety of the Metro UI. In one of those Twitter arguments that mean little and add nothing to the happy running of the world that was what we both came up with and who am I to argue with such a revered and sonerous voice? Especially when he and I were the ones agreeing with each other against a whole host of people saying only one tablet is the only one tablet :) )
On the Surface RT? I hadn't found a stylus that suited me best until now: the Dagi Accu-Pen is the Surface stylus of choice for me now. Perfect for the tablet it is. I'll say why later - if I work out why it is - but if I were using the Surface at this very moment I would only be using the Dagi with it.
I do want to try the Surface Pro and the pen that comes with it. I'm interested for a number of reasons (ArtRage 4 on a tablet screen? Fresh Paint with pressure sensitivity? Get in! But the Dagi is the one which does the job so perfectly I'm happy with it for now.
*slight edit of 100 typos :(