Actually I have to disagree. Wacom actually does have the best options for drawing hands down. Most artists agree on that. nTrig is in third place at this time, but it is still quite useable. In addition Procreate is a nice mobile app, but it does not stand up to what can be obtained on the desktop. It does not come close to Corel Painter, Full Photoshop, and Rebelle.
First, we were comparing Galaxy vs iPads, so I’m not sure why you’re bringing up Wacom’s products for the desktop. I said “nothing beats Apple Pencil and Procreate” when compared with other tablets. But even against the desktop, both the Pencil and Procreate stand surprisingly well.
I’ve been working as both art director and producer in the gaming industry for more than a decade, worked with tons art directors and artists, “most artists“ do not agree that Wacom offers a better drawing experience (they do offer more options, though). It’s a personal preference, but mostly it comes down to software - like, there’s no Zbrush or Blender on iPad, for example. 3D, complex workflows - you need a desktop for all of that, for sure. With that said, I see more and more professional artists - comic book artists, illustrators and concept artists switch to iPad and the Apple Pencil because they prefer it. Wacom does have more options, especially with larger canvases, but talking about the Pencil vs Pro Pen 2, Pencil is more natural feeling and a lot of artists agree.
Calling Procreate ”a nice mobile app” seems condescending, considering its capabilities, but if you want a more versatile app, there is Clip Studio as well. Both are comparable (if not superior) to Photoshop for illustration and drawing, as for Corel Painter and Rebelle, as great as they are, these are almost becoming niche programs at this point. Both of these are mostly used by people trying to replicate the traditional artistic tools, which is - in my opinion - becoming less trendy in the art community. Either way, nothing prevents these apps from appearing on the iPad as well, as CSP showed, these are not tied to the desktop in terms of design (and certainly not performance) so I wouldn’t be surprised if we see them on iPads at some point in the future.
Either way, the post was about comparing iPads to Galaxy Tabs for art. Also, no one really draws with the N-trig
Microsoft has a chance to make something special for artists with its Surface line, but they refuse to do so, sadly.
