Yes, it's that time of year again, where an increasingly decrepit and out-of-touch Tordelback asks the hivemind for advice on whatever geegaws his feckless spawn want from Santa this time.
This time, it's drawing-related, so I'm expecting great things.
My youngest (11 going on 33) has turned into a bit of an artist (take that, Lamarck), with a nice line in kawaii designs and even a quite decent Among Us comic strip. Naturally she wants to take this digital, because bloody kids.
My first instinct was a low-end A5 Bamboo or Wacom, because that's all I know from my own work. Problem is, she only has access to a shared and now-aged laptop, which I wasn't planning on replacing any time soon, and as I look at specs for drawing software I don't see that working.
So my mind turns to tablets, since she doesn't have one of those and could probably use one anyway. Portability also a plus there.
Can anyone chart me a course here? Should I be thinking of (a). upgrading the PC situation and adding a cheap old-style drawing tablet; (b). a regular Android/iOS tablet with a stylus; (c) some unholy amalgam of the two.
Also, tips on cheap tween-friendly apps and/or software welcome.
Budget is very limited, for pangolin-related reasons, but we persist.
This time, it's drawing-related, so I'm expecting great things.
My youngest (11 going on 33) has turned into a bit of an artist (take that, Lamarck), with a nice line in kawaii designs and even a quite decent Among Us comic strip. Naturally she wants to take this digital, because bloody kids.
My first instinct was a low-end A5 Bamboo or Wacom, because that's all I know from my own work. Problem is, she only has access to a shared and now-aged laptop, which I wasn't planning on replacing any time soon, and as I look at specs for drawing software I don't see that working.
So my mind turns to tablets, since she doesn't have one of those and could probably use one anyway. Portability also a plus there.
Can anyone chart me a course here? Should I be thinking of (a). upgrading the PC situation and adding a cheap old-style drawing tablet; (b). a regular Android/iOS tablet with a stylus; (c) some unholy amalgam of the two.
Also, tips on cheap tween-friendly apps and/or software welcome.
Budget is very limited, for pangolin-related reasons, but we persist.