Graphics tablets are available with or without built-in screens, and some allow you to use them with your fingers as a big trackpad. Wacom have a refurbished store which often has good deals. Ask for a student discount – Huion UK offers 10%, either through StudentBeans or by emailing them from a school/college/uni email address. When using a Windows or Mac computer we recommend Wacom or Huion tablets – we have a couple of Huion Kamvas 13 tablets with built-in screens that work well on Mac and Windows (and even with a Samsung Galaxy Note phone), and they also act as second monitors or as HDMI displays with cameras. Samsung Galaxy tablets which come with the S-Pen such as the S7 have started bundling ClipStudio Paint – also a good option.

You will do much better with a pressure-sensitive stylus on a graphics tablet or a compatible iPad with an Apple Pencil and software such as the much lauded Procreate. Using a mouse to draw is like trying to draw with a brick. Wacom One graphics display tablet – image © Wacom

Isle of Machines – fantastic creatures!.

Krita huion kamvas 13