Was skeptical about using a drawing tablet without a screen...

I spent 2 years on an old Wacom Intuos where you look at the monitor, not the tablet. Tried my friend's Huion Kamvas 13 at her place and within 10 minutes I could see why people make the switch. The hand-eye coordination thing never clicked for me on the screenless one. Anyone else make the jump and actually prefer the screen version?

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miles541mo ago

Oh man, I went from a screenless tablet to a Kamvas and now I can't even look at the old one without getting mad at myself for waiting so long. It's like finally turning on subtitles for a show you've been squinting at for years.

margaret_singh11mo ago

Honestly the part nobody talks about is how screenless tablets make your arm hover instead of resting on the glass, so like half your wrist cramps are gone when you switch but you also lose that cool robot arm thing you had going on.

butler.mark1mo agoMost Upvoted

Ha yeah the robot arm thing is real, I used to flex on people with my "drawing stance" like I was some kind of digital samurai or whatever. But honestly the thing nobody mentions is how screenless tablets totally mess with your head when you're trying to draw straight lines or circles. Your brain is going "this is flat paper" but your eyes are seeing it up on a monitor like 18 inches away and the disconnect is just wild. At least with a screen tablet you can kinda close one eye and fudge it.