From the course: Illustrator: Drawing without the Pen Tool

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Do you need a drawing tablet?

Do you need a drawing tablet? - Illustrator Tutorial

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Do you need a drawing tablet?

When talking to people about drawing inside of Illustrator one of the first questions I get is, do I need to have a drawing tablet? Now there is a company out there called Wacom which makes fantastic pressure-sensitive tablets that work very well when using Illustrator. However, it really depends on the kind of artwork that you are going to create, and more importantly, it also depends on how much drawing you are going to be doing. The Illustrator itself, from a utility perspective, can create tons of graphics and Illustrator can also be used to create technical drawings and more drawings that fit within a drafting realm. In that area, you really don't need to have a pen tablet in order to get your work done. When you have an illustration like this for example like I have this Mister Zee, and you are actually kind of looking to create something that has more fluid motion inside of it, maybe these types of curves or this curve that we have it here on the back of the zebra, you'll find…

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