Buying a Drawing Tablet

any drawing tablet will give you the first and foremost ability to sculpt 

and such in a smoother fashion and that is pen sensitivity...

the more pen sensitivity the smoother the end result can be... (the mouse is either on or off no in between)

from there it becomes a balance of how much it costs and what other abilities are offered,

such as a tablet where you look at a monitor or a monitor that you draw directly on...

hope this is helpful

Hi, thank you for your advice :)

I am currently undecided whether it should be a tablet with or without a monitor. I read that you can probably get good results with tablets without a monitor. I just imagine this is a little bit tricky, because you have to look at the main monitor while drawing / sculpting. I am also concerned because of cost reasons, I am still quite at the beginning and I did not want to spend more than necessary. As a maximum, I want not pay more than 350 Euros, if possible. Furthermore, I am unsure about the size of the tablet and I assume that a larger tablet is better for sculpting and drawing, isn't it?

dekorlp  Grant Abbit (Gabbit) the Youtuber has some decent recommendations for tablets on his website. Feel free to look him up. He even has a youtube video talking about them if I remember correctly. 

For me: I use my iPad Pro that I already had as my tablet. It is the 12.9 inch screen and works great for me. I bought easy canvas software (iPad App and Desktop App combined) and use blender with Windows Ink input selected and a softness set to -0.5 and Max threshold set to 0.5

Feel free to look at my profile to see the shark I sculpted with it.

I am holding out for the Astropad and Luna Display for Windows to go with my iPad because their tablet support is amazing on Mac. They are still developing it at-the-mo'

I have a 27" cintiq which is an upgrade from a medium intuos... 

because I already had developed my drawing skills on paper it was easiest for me to have pen on monitor

the tablet and monitor always caused a disconnect in what I was doing...

if you are learning for the first time then the disconnect might not be as bad...

I would recommend the larger area is also dependant on how you learned or what your skill level is...

as for the cost you pay the money, you make the choice...

the wacom cintiq is the priciest option but I haven't been sorry for getting it...

hope this is of further help 

For me. I invest in something more the longer I keep at it. Almost like a reward mechanism. I get cheap stuff when I am trying something out as a beginner and once I struggle through the walls that I hit then I have had time to save up and get what I really want. Plus I have had time to decide what I also really need as far as functionality at this point. As a beginner I wouldn't know what I didn't know and I could have spent a lot of money and then just abandoned the project.

This is not the only way to do it but  it has been my way.

having started when wacom was a graphire tablet, I agree completely...

Hey dekorlp,

some time ago I bought my first graphic tablet. My experience so far is that I wouldn't have needed one with a monitor. Most of the time I use my PC monitor becaus it's way bigger if I want to get into details.

Greetings ,
tobles

Thanks for your answers :)

I found the post about the tablet, but it made me think more about the right tablet.

I think it will be the Wacom Intuos Pro M. I am currently only unsure whether it will be with or without a display. I think for 299 euros the tablet should be really good in terms of dimensions and pressure levels. If I notice that sculpting and drawing is fun and I have a little practice in it, I think I can still buy a more professional tablet, 
Hmm, another option would be to get a cheap one first (GAOMON M106K - 10 x 6 inches). In July or August I would have the opportunity to buy a better tablet. Then I would tend towards the Cintiq Pro. In short, I would buy a very cheap one at the beginning and then two months later, I would have saved enough money for a really good one. And then I could sell the cheap tablet again and I would also have gained a little experience.

thanks for your advice, it really helped me. :)
I have now decided on a tablet with a display.
I bought the Wacom Cintiq 16. Think that should be a good start :)

I use a XP-PEN Innovator 16   digital tablet with screen 15.6" for sculpting and the occasional bump map painting within Blender, mouse for everything else. 

the tablet is pretty nice, it's build well, and drawing with it is nice. Hooked up to a PC though it's great and works well with pretty much every program I've used. Takes a bit to get used to but it's nice especially since it can serve as an extra monitor you can open up your work flow a bit.