I am studying painting, on computers, and I want to reconfigure a set of hardware. Can I ask for help from experts?

I am a professional cartoonist, so I will tell you the specific configuration directly.

Digital Tablet:

I have been working in the industry for five or six years. I deal with pressure-sensitive pens every day, so I can give you some advice.

Beginners to digital painting recommend Wacom’s bamboo, as well as the domestic Youji and Huion.

Wacom’s bamboo costs around 700 to 800. Apart from the pen being a little brittle, it’s still pretty good and very suitable for beginners. The better one from Wacom is the Intuos series, which costs at least more than 2,000, close to 3,000. I have Intuos 3 and Intuos 4, and they feel just like that when used. They have a delicate pressure feel. The appearance and workmanship of the Intuos 3 are better. The Shadow 4 is much more detailed. The appearance of the Shadow 4 feels a bit cheap. I don’t know how the new Shadow 5 is going to be. I don’t plan to buy another Shadow series at the moment because it’s too expensive. Intuos has a better reputation, but it also has shortcomings. The pen sensor of the Intuos is not easy to use after a long time. The pens of the Intuos are heavier. The pens of the Intuos are much lighter than those of the Intuos, but Over time, the elasticity of the pen is not very good. You cannot draw too hard. If you use a little force, the pen will not be lifted. I think the most durable board from Wacom is the Guifan series. The board I bought when I was in college, the pen broke, but it still works normally, it's very powerful! It's a pity that it has been discontinued...

Domestic Youji and Huion are also available. They are cheaper and very durable. However, the battery of the pen needs to be replaced, but an ordinary AA battery can last more than a year, so it is also suitable. I didn't find it inconvenient. I have been using the Youji 8060 for 2 years, and apart from replacing a battery (an ordinary AA battery on the market) there is still no problem. I now have a special edition of Youji and a G5. During a recent event, the organizer gave away a piece of Huion's K58 (it seems that it can only be pre-ordered now). These are very useful and look very beautiful. I don’t recommend Hanwang’s, it’s a rip-off!

When buying a board, you should mainly look at two aspects:

First, the sensing area, which is generally medium or larger (6*8, 5*9, 5*8, etc.) , the accuracy of drawing is incomparable if it is too small. My experience is that large sizes are too tiring to draw, so I personally prefer medium sizes. Some boards have a large appearance but a small sensing area, so pay special attention when purchasing.

The second is the pressure sensitivity level, at least 1024 pressure sensitivity level or above. If the pressure sensitivity level is slightly more than 512, you will find that it is not enough. For example, Intuoso, Bamboo and Youji's Manying 8060 are all 1024. Intuos 4, Friendship G5 and Huion K58 are all 2048 pressure sensitive.

Experience can tell you that the shortcut keys are all in vain. Once you start drawing, you will know that those few shortcut keys are simply not enough~~so you don’t need to think about this aspect!

Monitor:

To draw, you must use a professional monitor or a large head-mounted monitor. Ordinary LCD monitors generally lose color and cast colors. It doesn’t feel like playing games or watching movies, but drawing had a great impact. If you want to protect your eyes with an LCD screen, it must be a professional screen. Apple is the first choice, but it is too expensive, more than 8,000... I use the cheapest DELL one, and I bought one for my colleagues before and after.* **I bought four or five units, all of which cost less than 2,000 yuan. The rest of the professional screens are more expensive, and prices in the tens of thousands are common. My model is very cost-effective. It basically got full marks during testing, and the wide-angle display is not prone to chromatic aberration.

Computer configuration:

For computer configuration, you can go to the technology market where computers are assembled to get a set. Just pay attention to a few points:

1. Independent graphics card : Needless to say the reason, it’s a diagram. My graphics card used to be more than 800, but now it seems to be only 400 or 500.

2. The hard drive is large enough: it is indispensable for us to draw. Material works take up space, at least 1T. In addition, a mobile hard drive must be prepared to back up data in case the hard drive fails. If it breaks, at least there is a backup, so the loss will be less.

3. The memory is large enough: one of mine is 8G and the other is 12G. I recommend that if you draw, you must have at least 4G of memory.

4. The power supply is stable

That's enough.

The rest

CPU: One of mine is AMD and the other is Pentium. I don’t really know the specific model. Anyway, I let the computer specifier provide it.

Motherboard: Both Meijie and Gigabyte are fine

An ordinary mouse and keyboard will do, and I’m not playing eSports.

Because many things need to be matched together, I suggest that you only need to give them a basic requirement for assembling the computer, and they will be more reasonable than doing it yourself.

Excluding the pressure-sensitive pen and monitor, there is no problem if the chassis + mouse and keyboard cost less than 3000. Even if you add the monitor, it won’t reach 5,000.

With the addition of domestic pressure-sensitive pens or bamboo pressure-sensitive pens, you can spend less than 7,000 without any stress