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I was referring to graphics tablets, but I've just realized that their are laptops that can generally do the same job. (Microsoft Surfacebook).
Though I don't the the quality of it's pen/ on board tool set.
I wouldn't be really concerned with the details when using a graphics tablet. I'm looking more for a way to make general color blotches and shaping for large pieces, which I have a hard time doing with a mouse currently.
I find the use of a mouse for larger pieces unnatural and meticulous,and I see it as more of an obstacle than anything. I messed around with my friend's graphics tablet ,and I immediately noticed how easy I could very quickly and naturally create color blocks and shapes, which is what I intend to use it for. I would leave the finer details to the mouse.
Pixelart made with the aid of a graphics tablet still falls under the domain of what is pixelart in my view,if pixel level detail is incorporated and purposeful.
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>Pixel art
>Not concerned with
details
>Mouse obstacle &
unnatural for
larger pieces
>Doesn't want to be
meticulous
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easy & quick
>leave finer details until very end
Not pixel art.
If you're digitally painting for 90% of the process why even make pixel art? Stop wasting your time and continue to paint the finer details in.
>Blotches & shaping
Pencil tool, bump size up to 5-100
Pixel art will always be unnatural, detail oriented, and meticulous. A graphic tablet may only set you backwards as you will need to relearn to use your primary tool. In the end, it's a comfort thing, and if you've been using a mouse all this time it might be a better idea to invest in a better mouse & mouse pad. That is, for pixel art. If you want to do strictly painting oriented art, go for the tablet as its meant to aid natural medium artists transition to digital painting by offering the same *comfort as natural mediums.
tl;dr Once upon a time, an experienced caveman could chop down hundreds of trees a day with his trusty axe. He got a chainsaw and spent a couple days learning how to turn the darn thing on, after realizing that swinging just would't work. When he finally got it going, there was a possibility he would chop his own limbs off. In the end, he was better off with his trusty axe.