In previous hubs, I have talked about using the Splashtop Remote Desktop HD app hooked up to my Samsung Galaxy Note tablets to paint in desktop PC programs. Also, I have discussed the best painting apps for Samsung Galaxy Note tablets. In this hub, I want to explain in depth how mobile tablets (and even phones) are just as valid for creating digital paintings as desktop PCs.
Tablet Apps for Digital Painting. Digital painting apps for mobile tablets are becoming more complex with lots of brushes. Many of these apps have blending tools, editing tools, layer blending modes, and natural media brushes. Some of the most complex Android apps are Infinite Painter, Sketchbook Pro, ArtFlow, LayerPaint HD, ArtRage, Serious Paint, Medibang Paint, and Clover Paint. The painting sizes in these apps range from at least 2048 X 2048 pixels to 10000 x 10000 (Theoretically LayerPaint HD has 10000 pixel size, but at that size it is very unstable).
For IOS users there are some really nice painting apps like ProCreate, Inspire Pro, Sketchbook Pro, ArtRage, ArtStudio, ArtSet, Paper by Fifty-three, Sketch Club, and Brushes. DotPen - World's Best Active Stylus Pen for iPad, iPhone, and Most Android Tablets and Smartphones. Machined Aluminum Housing With 1.9mm Durable Tip.This pen works for Android, IOS, and Windows tablets.
It requires a battery to work, but doesn't need any special apps. Wacom Intuos Creative Stylus 2 (CS600PK)This is a stylus for Ipads, but it is not compatible with all Ipads so check before you get it. My tools of choice are the Samsung Galaxy Note tablets. They have the S Pen stylus that works great for drawing. I have all sizes of the Note tablets including the 8 inch, 10.1 inch, and 12.2 inch.
I have even created big projects on my Note 8. It has just as much computing power as the bigger tablets. You just have to use the zoom function when you want to add detail. I do like the bigger screens for creating paintings and the 12.2 inch Note Pro is my main working tablet.
There are some other Android tablets that come with styluses including the Tegra Note 7 and the Toshiba Write Excite. For IOS users there are bluetooth enabled styluses among which are the Wacom series, the Jaja Hex, Adonit Jot Pro, Dot Pen, and the Pencil stylus for Paper by FiftyThree.
Apple just introduced their new 12.9 inch Ipad Pro with the Apple Pencil so now there is also an IOS tablet with its own stylus. There are some bluetooth styluses that work with Android too, but that will depend on the individual apps. There are also regular styluses that don't need batteries and these are Dagi styluses, Adonit Jot, and Musimee Notier.
These work on any capacitive tablet. Also, there are some battery enabled styluses that are not pressure sensitive, but work on any capacitive screen. Windows tablets are also beginning to have their own styluses and among these are the Microsoft Surface tablets, Samsung, and Toshiba tablets. Wacom has premium tablets including the Cintiq Companion 2 which is a mobile Windows tablet.
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