Best tablet for an artist?

[etad putta]

I assume you have seen this...iPad Art - Morgan Freeman Finger Painting - YouTube

 

[Illustrator Joe]

believe me, if you are working professionally you can not work with your fingers or with a stylus as thick as a finger.
you could also achieve a painting like this with ms paint.

Exactly. This is almost like working pixel by pixel. It took 200+ hours which is admirable but working on a regular tablet and computer probably would have taken a fraction of the time for the same skilled artist.

Anyways..
Went with the Surface Pro. Got a good deal for Factory Refurbished with 1 year warranty on ebay. Added a surface keyboard for only $30 all free shipping.

Again thanks for the input of the people above!

 

[savagelizards]

Of the choices the OP suggested, the Surface Pro is the way to go.

I have one myself and it's a true Wacom digitizer. The only way you are going to get a better experience is to go with a dedicated Wacom product. You can get a pen tablet like the Wacom Intous line, which would be less expensive but would require a computer and monitor, or go with a Cintiq. The Contiq companion is a full Windows 8 tablet and is available with a 13.3" 1080p screen.

All said, while the Cintiq will give you 2048 pressure level variations, the Surface Pro will deliver a respectable 1024 levels of pen sensitivity and a higher pixel density. Both are good choices but I suspect the refurbished SP will end up less than half the cost. Assuming that the OP is cost conscious, the SP would seem to be the obvious choice.

 

[Illustrator Joe]

Of the choices the OP suggested, the Surface Pro is the way to go.

I have one myself and it's a true Wacom digitizer. The only way you are going to get a better experience is to go with a dedicated Wacom product. You can get a pen tablet like the Wacom Intous line, which would be less expensive but would require a computer and monitor, or go with a Cintiq. The Contiq companion is a full Windows 8 tablet and is available with a 13.3" 1080p screen.

All said, while the Cintiq will give you 2048 pressure level variations, the Surface Pro will deliver a respectable 1024 levels of pen sensitivity and a higher pixel density. Both are good choices but I suspect the refurbished SP will end up less than half the cost. Assuming that the OP is cost conscious, the SP would seem to be the obvious choice.

Yeah, I just ordered a refurbed SP from ebay with 1 year warranty. The Wacom Companion is nice, but the android version starts at like $1500 and the full Windows version goes up to like $3000. I think my $500 was budget friendly and the right choice

 

[Illustrator Joe]

Post some stuff when you start using it ;-)

Will do!

 

[vertigoOne]

I will keep that in mind. In what was is it better for you personally?

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Better weight, flush button, 3 different nib options.

 

[NeoGrandizer]

I actually use the S Pen with eraser on my Surface Pro 2. It works much more better than the OEM pen. Go figure that one out. Running default, the OEM pen has calibration issues and can have quite a bit of offset. Use my S Pen with eraser and it's almost spot on with defaults.

I actually own the Note 2 and Note 10.1 (original). The only real issue I found was there would be lag and the limitations within Android. Symmetry drawing (snowflakes) crashed or caused severe lag on my Notes. And it wasn't a complex thing (using only horizontal and vertical symmetry). Not sure about the later models though. I think Android apps are way more limited compared to the full Windows programs (Painter, Sketchbook Pro, Adobe Photoshop). So SP would be better suited and run the programs without limitations or restrictions.

 

[chrisgull]

Also out of your budget, the new Thinkpad Yoga has a wacom kind of screen and stylus. And it's a pretty nice piece of hardware across the board.