Preferred Drawing Tablet for Embroidery Design? (lemmy.world)

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My wife has had a Baby Lock embroidery machine for a few years now. She also has the Floriani software that'll let you convert regular images into embroidery patterns the machine can work with. Now she wants a drawing tablet for creating and modifying designs.

She uses her machine for everything from clothing to 3D interlocking decorations. I can hear her machine going right now in the other room making shadow boxes for Christmas.

What drawing tablet would you recommend?

She has a dual boot Windows/Mac MacBook so I'm not too worried about compatibility. She doesn't have a particular model in mind and says she's open to ideas because she hasn't looked yet and doesn't know what to expect. The only requirement might be that it uses a stylus. She asked for something basic: "color fills/lines and easy editing." It's for Christmas so I can't ask her too many obvious questions, that's why I'm here hoping you'd have similar needs/wants.

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[-] indomara@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

I bought a drawing tablet for an artist in my family, and it prompted a deep drive into the different types and their features.

One thing I never realised is the screen and pen tips are sort of ... Disposable. As in they get more and more scratched as they are used.

The pen tips should be replaceable and the screen should either be glass or have replaceable screen protectors.

I ended up settling on this one, as it was the best combination of features and compatibility as well as price.

I liked that it has a glass screen and comes with the drawing gloves.

https://amzn.asia/d/fbAlN6N

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