re: ipads have become popular for drawing tablets recently, there's even screen overlays that mimic the "grainy" paper texture for the pen. ipads are more funtional than drawing tablets and worth the money, if you ask me...

Also, YES. I can use a pencil, but they're annoying. Especially when you erase something, draw back over it and your strokes get f ucked because the eraser destroyed the paper...Might as well just draw with a pen if you can't undo your mistakes without it being obvious. :/

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dammit