iskn The Slate 2+ Pencil & Paper Graphic Tablet

I was looking for an affordable way to draw digitally but I also felt like there would be a disconnect in my brain to draw while looking at a screen. I've had my Slate 2 for about 1 week now and my goal was to recreate my physical drawings, digitally so that I could animate them. Let me start by saying if you are looking for highly professional tablet, this is not it. This IS great for a beginner, someone looking to familiarize themselves with digital drawing, coloring or even a note taker. There are 4 settings that you can use this amazing tech! USB connected directly to PC/Mac, Bluetooth connect to your Android/IOS device, drawing with paper, drawing/writing/coloring without paper. You are able to use your own drawing appliance as long as the circumference fits the provided ring, this is super special and super sweet! You can take notes/draw disconnected and import them to your device when ready. The possibilities are endless and if you are easing into digital drawing I feel this is the BEST machine to help. It's not all peaches and cream however there are a few things you have to get the hang of such the distance in which you hold or place the ring, keep certain devices a safe distance so as to not interfere with the magnetic signal, I'm still trying to get the hang of drawing vertically or horizontally as I normally place my paper at an angle but this is minor. If you are using Photoshop or another compatible program you may need to adjust a few settings in order to get a nice smooth line but the software they provide Imagink captures and works well right out of the box. TIP. Photoshop users, you might want to disable your ruler as it seems to add a slight lag. All in all I thing this baby is amazing, a great buy and very versatile. The only reason I will upgrade at some point is because it doesn't seem to work well with some other programs like Harmony Toon Boom. Oh and definitely purchase the tip, it's worth it as you will want to work without paper if you are coloring, using one colored pencil/pen doesn't work well and you'd need to buy several extra rings or replace every time you changed colors if you want to use the colored pencils with paper and color digitally as well.