Friday, March 29, 2013

Wacom Bamboo Stylus for iPad

Came in the post today which is great considering its a bank holiday! On my morning travels to work on the train I come across a wide variety of looking people that i'd love to sketch for something to do, so i thought I'd make more use out of my iPad, sure I cold use pen and paper but when I want functionality, brushes and other great things that come with photoshop...sketchbook pro is a great alternative for when I am away from the pc.

I keep thinking I could just use a sketch pad though.

The stylus itself is pretty neat as a stylus, the nib is soft and spongey and relatively small too, which is nice i guess. The grip is whack though, it doesn't feel like tablet pen. I really don't know why they didn't design it like a normal tablet pen, the grip is uncomfortable as its metal and not a non-slip material.

For some idiotic reason there's a bloody metal clip on it which will get in the way and does not come off. I thought that the stylus should have come with a lid to protect the soft nib.

All that is minor when it comes to actually using it on the iPad because in all honesty, I can see myself using my iPad even more now, especially for artsy stuff like drawing. I really don't like using my finger to draw on the iPad for the obvious reasons, hence the stylus purchase.

I'm sure there cheaper and better stylus's out there.



3 comments:

  1. I got the wacom stylus in a 50% off sale from amazon, and i'd agree that it's nice but totally replaceable with something cheaper. I recently got the adonit jot stylus as a gift, and while it has the same fat-finger parallax as any other stylus/finger, it's nice to be able to see the center of contact. will be interested to see if the pressure sensitive ipad styli are any good!

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    1. Oh wow, that adonit jot stylus looks fantastic. That's one thing I'd like is to be able to see the point of contact.

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  2. i purchased the adonit Jot touch 4. months ago. and have used it probably 3 times. maybe i need to play with settings and have been too lazy to, but the pressure sensitivity is horrible! plus it makes a clicky noise every time it makes contact with the surface as its plastic and not soft.SO i gave up on the whole sketching on ipad with stylus idea.waste of $120. but i would really like this to be possible. have seen some good reviews on the wacom stylus which has made me reconsider the idea.

    hows the pressure sensitivity?

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