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  • Screenless Drawing Tablets Are Still A Thing

    From Lawrence D'Oliveiro@21:1/5 to All on Wed May 14 23:52:05 2025
    Using tablets (whether Android or Apple) for drawing does seem to be
    the fashion nowadays, doesn’t it. But the old-style tablet which you
    drew on while looking at a regular (non-touch-sensitive) PC screen
    hasn’t died out completely <https://www.zdnet.com/article/not-sold-on-screenless-drawing-tablets-this-new-wacom-won-me-over/>.
    And I’m glad of that.

    Sure, the screened-tablet paradigm more closely resembles traditional
    drawing with pencils/pens/etc on paper, but it does that for better
    and for worse: your hand obscures your view of what you’re drawing.
    The screenless tablet (not to mention being cheaper) makes possible a
    different way of working, where you can see your entire drawing while
    working on it. There’s no need to keep looking down at your hand: your feedback comes from watching what appears on the screen.

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  • From candycanearter07@21:1/5 to Lawrence D'Oliveiro on Thu May 15 19:20:03 2025
    Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote at 23:52 this Wednesday (GMT):
    Using tablets (whether Android or Apple) for drawing does seem to be
    the fashion nowadays, doesn’t it. But the old-style tablet which you
    drew on while looking at a regular (non-touch-sensitive) PC screen
    hasn’t died out completely
    <https://www.zdnet.com/article/not-sold-on-screenless-drawing-tablets-this-new-wacom-won-me-over/>.
    And I’m glad of that.

    Sure, the screened-tablet paradigm more closely resembles traditional
    drawing with pencils/pens/etc on paper, but it does that for better
    and for worse: your hand obscures your view of what you’re drawing.
    The screenless tablet (not to mention being cheaper) makes possible a different way of working, where you can see your entire drawing while
    working on it. There’s no need to keep looking down at your hand: your feedback comes from watching what appears on the screen.


    Well.. yes. They have always been a thing. I've been using a screenless
    drawing tablet for 5 years now.
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