iPAD 10.2: DIGITAL DRAWING on a BUDGET! 💰 By Ian Barnard

When I first started out with digital drawing the only iPad available. There was Kama ta with the Apple Pencil was a very expensive first generation iPad Pro now four years on and the entire range is compatible with it and also has a cheaper entry point as well. In this video I'm going to be taking a look at Apple's, cheapest and latest iPad, and whether it's a good tool for creatives wanting to dive into the world of digital, drawing well I. Thank paper-like for sponsoring this video and also supplying the iPad and Apple Pencil I'll be using paper-like is a screen protector for your iPad. One of the main features that it makes writing and drawing for, like using paper I'd be using one over since I got my first generation iPad Pro and the increased resistance you get with a screen protector makes the experience much more like the pencil and paper method. I was used to I'll leave a link in the description below for version 2 of paper.

I can't wait to buy it, and also a video I did where I compared it to a regular screen protector. So the latest iPad, the 10.2 each version- is the cheapest available in the iPad lineup, that's compatible with the Apple Pencil, but is it any good if you're on a budget, and you want to enter the world edition of drawing? First, let's talk about some pros of the budget iPad starting with size. So this is the 10.2 each version, which is a slight increase on the previous 9.7 model. I like it because it's a similar size to the paper notebooks I'm used to, but I won't want to go any smaller than this going from the larger iPad Pro screens. I thought be doing a lot of zooming in and out when I was creating in stuff like procreate, but actually wasn't too bad.

Furthermore, I didn't feel too restricted. The overall dimensions are very similar to that of the iPad Pro 11 inches and the iPad Air, but this one has the smallest screen real estate of all three next, let's talk about performance I've, yet to find any drawing apps I regularly use where the budget iPad falls down compared to the iPad Pro even opening one of the example artworks in the affinity designer which has hundreds of vector and raster layers, it didn't seem to affect the performance. Even the vector brushes seem to perform quite well. The only time I saw a subtle bit of lag was in Adobe fresco when I was using their live brushes, but then again, I was dragging this pencil quickly across the screen to get that delay. So the last.

Let's talk about the price as I mentioned earlier. This is the cheapest iPad available, so eyeing at 349 pounds for the 32 gigabyte version, which is a whopping 420 pounds cheaper than the 11 iPad Pro. On top of that, you have to add the price of the Apple Pencil, which is an extra 89 pounds at the moment, which is still 30 pounds cheaper than the second-generation Apple Pencil. There isn't any difference between the two in terms of performance. It's just the added functionality you get with the second one, which is wireless charging and the double tap gesture.

In my opinion, I prefer using the second one. Only due to the fact it's got a matte finish, and it's slightly shorter. So that's the pros. Now, let's have a look at some cons of the budget. iPad first up the display, even though the display is nice and bright, there is a bit of a gap between the display and the screen which you can clearly see visible when you're using the Apple Pencil on all models of the iPad Pro and the latest iPad Air and either mini you get laminated screens.

This means that the display is stuck or fused onto the glass screen, whereas on the budget, iPad you've got a separate screen and set the display laid on top of each other, resulting in this little gap. I did get used to it after a while, but I found that my accuracy is a bit off when I was trying to do sort of finer details of a design. Next, let's talk about storage, so the entry-level budget iPad comes with just 32 gigabytes of space, that's small! Even for a phone storage, let alone a tablet. So by the time you've got a bunch of apps operating system, movies, videos, photos and any art you create on it. You'll soon run out of space.

So the options are you 32, gigabytes or 128, always recommend going for the large one. So you can happily create in apps like procreate enough to worry about running out of space thing about procreate. Is it saves its documents inside the app? So even if you've got an iCloud account, you have to regularly explore the documents to your goal Cloud Drive to save your device from running out of space. Lastly, let's talk about performance. I know: I mentioned this is a positive earlier, but it's running a slower chipset compared to the iPad Air and iPad Pro, and also only comes with three gigabytes of RAM rather than four and six view bytes of the iPad Pro.

This means you don't get quite as many layers in a procreated document. So, for example, if you've got a document size of 3000 by 4,000, pixels you'll get 40 layers available on the pro, whereas they only get 18 on the budget iPad if procreates the main reason you're getting this device- and you have to bear that in mind, especially if you're doing high-res artwork, because you'll get very frustrated with the minimum amount of layers available. So do I think you should get the budget iPad if you're wanting to get into digital drawing for the first time. My answer is both yes and no because a real stretch for you, two for the budget, iPad thing go for it. It's a great little device they'll happily create on.

But if you can afford an X 130 pounds, then I recommend getting the iPad Air. You get double the storage, so 64 gigabytes. You get that laminated display, which means minimal gap between the pencil on the screen, and also you get an upgrade from the a10 chip to the 812, which really helps with stuff like gaming or simple video editing, or you just want to extend the life of your device by having enough power for future iOS updates and apps, they will come out. Thank you guys for watching this review are highly fairly useful, got any questions about it then leave them in the comment section below don't forget to check out our sponsors, paper-like and other than that. I will see you in the next video.

Source : Ian Barnard