We’ve picked out the best laptops and tablets for digital artists so you can work on your creative projects from anywhere.
Drawing on the go – on a touchscreen, no less. Having the power to directly interact with your creation, and having the battery life to manage doing this all day, wherever you are. That’s the dream, right? Well, if you’re an artist, if could be. With that in mind, we looked at the vast array of options open to you with a particular focus on performance (those high end drawing apps do need a fair amount of power), portability, battery life, and the quality of the display. Thankfully, we at TechRadar have been checking out computers for years, and have amassed a substantial number of reviews, meaning you could use the handy search field to locate the device that would be right for you. But we can’t let you wander down this rabbit hole on your own, so we thought we’d locate what we feel are the best laptops and tablets currently out there, perfectly suited for drawing and artwork, and gather them here for your reading pleasure. This computer attempts to bridge the gap between a laptop and a tablet, by being either, whenever you need to. On the surface, it looks like a sleek traditional portable computer, but you can flip the screen entirely back, and use it as a touchscreen enabled tablet-like device. The biggest upgrade on the HP Spectre x360 (2021) over the previous model are its components and performance, with the laptop being a showcase for Intel’s latest mobile processors. Overall, as a result of the new CPU, along with a hefty 16GB of RAM, this machine is a great little performer, with Windows 10 feeling fast and responsive. Multi-tasking, with numerous apps open at once, alongside plenty of Edge tabs too, didn’t really slow down its performance, either. One of the biggest quality of life improvements Intel is pushing with its Intel Evo platform is long battery life, and the HP Spectre x360 doesn’t disappoint here. It lasted an excellent 11 hours and 22 minutes in our own battery life test, which loops a 1080p video file at 50% brightness until the battery dies. Overall it’s a great and powerful portable machine, albeit pricey, which will do whatever you need it to. Read the full review: HP Spectre x360 (2021) This Dell’s 4K display is simply incredible. Dell sent us the 4K touch version, and while the OLED Dell XPS 13 is still better – it is OLED after all – this is still one of the best laptop displays we’ve used, and it’s excellent for media work Because this laptop is packed with an 11th-generation Intel Core processor and an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060, it probably shouldn’t be super surprising that it absolutely chews through most workloads.
