Johnny Depp's Digital Portrait Drawing

This is my drawing of Johnny Depp. It was the second drawing I made in digital. (I'm still in the learning curve). I did some changes from the original photograph.
I hope you guys like it!
Technique: Black and White.
Gear: Wacom Intuos Draw Tablet and Ugee M708 Tablet.
Software: Sketchbook Pro.

Este es mi dibujo de Johnny Depp. Fue el segundo dibujo que hice en digital. (Todavía estoy en la curva de aprendizaje). Hice unos cambios de la fotografía original.
Espero que a ustedes les guste!
Técnica: Blanco y Negro.
Equipo: Tableta Wacom Intuos Draw y Tableta Ugee M708.
Software: Sketchbook Pro.

My Nephew's Digital Portrait Drawing

I made this digital drawing of my oldest nephew on December 22, it was my first digital drawing.
Technique: Black and White.
Gear: Wacom Intuos Draw Tablet.
Software: Sketchbook Pro.

Hice este dibujo en digital de mi sobrino mayor el 22 de Diciembre, fue mi primer dibujo en digital.
Técnica: Blanco y Negro.
Equipo: Wacom Intuos Draw Tablet.
Software: Sketchbook Pro.

Ugee M708 Graphics Tablet

This review is for the Ugee M708 Tablet, the tablet was provided for free in exchange for my honest and personal opinion.
Let's see the tablet by parts!

1-Looks:
The Ugee is a big tablet, the measurements are 14'' by 8'', and the working area is 10'' by 6''. It's really big but enough for your desk, specially if you don't have much room for it. It has 8 expressive keys that can be mapped as your like and it's very easy to set up. The pen also have two buttons that can be mapped. In the box you'll find the tablet, the manual, the cd driver, the pen, ten extra pen nibs, and a pen holder. Two of the extra nibs came broken!
One thing that bothers me of this tablet is the mini usb port, the usb cable fits really really really tight, it's hard to plug it in the tablet, and it's even harder to take out. It connects well, I mean because it's working well so it makes the connection, but as it is so hard to take in and take out, I'm afraid it can break (the mini usb port).
The pen is a little bit thicker than I thought but it's fine, and it needs a AAA battery. The tablet is well built, it's sturdy and it looks amazing!

2-Driver:
I downloaded the driver from ugee.net the problem was that my laptop doesn't hace the winzip app and my windows didn't open the rar archive. So, I installed the driver from the CD that came with it.
When I first installed the driver, I didn't have connected the tablet to my PC, I installed it, and nothing happened, I connected the tablet and nothing happened, the Tablet Properties didn't show up. So, I deleted the driver, connected the tablet first and then installed the driver, I restarted the PC, and then the Tablet Properties Logo showed up in the tray, so I opened, I mapped the expressive keys and then I opened the program I use; Sketchbook Pro. And it worked perfect. I mapped the expressive keys for Brush Larger, Brush Smaller, Zoom In and Zoom out were already mapped as default (I let them liked that but nothing happened), I mapped the other keys to the Zoom/Scroll/Move Canvas wheel, Undo, Redo, and the Picker Color. I've been having problems with the expressive key for the Zoom/Scroll/Canvas Wheel, sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't, it's well set up, so I don't know why it behaves like this. The other functions using the expressive keys work like a charm.
I also have a Wacom Tablet, and I have installed the Wacom Driver, I read before that you have to uninstalled other drivers before installing the Ugee driver, I didn't want to uninstall my Wacom Driver, so I installed the Ugee having the Wacom Driver in my laptop, and let me tell you that both work completely fine. I tried then my Wacom Tablet and continues working flawlessly. And also the Ugee tablet works fine too. The only different thing that I made is that when I use my Ugee tablet I plug it in a different usb where I use my Wacom tablet.
3-Performance:
I tried the Ugee Tablet with my Sketchbook Pro, the surface doesn't feel as a smooth as the Wacom Tablet, however it's really comfortable 'cause its size. Every now and then if I use the pen really light I get ghost lines, but if you press a little bit harder if will be fine, you'll get the right strokes.

OVERALL:
My drawings are Black and White Portraits, and the tablet is been working really well, the size helps a lot, it feels really comfortable, it's really thin and it's easy to find a case for it. I bought a 14'' laptop sleeve.
It has a price of $57.99 in Amazon which is really well considering the size of this tablet.
I would definitely recommend this Ugee tablet for professionals and hobbyist artists with a tight budget who are seeking for a nice and comfortable drawing or painting tablet for your digital art.
I'll give this tablet 4 stars just because the expressive keys doesn't work well with the Zoom/Scroll/Rotate Canvas wheel, the two broken extra nib tips and the mini usb port in the tablet.

Pogo Connect 2 VS Pencil by 53 Stylus for iPad

This entrance is about both stylus, let's begin with the Pogo Connect.

The Pogo uses one AAA battery, it has two buttons, and one round nib.
Despite the battery, it feels good in my hand, not heavy but not very light. The nib is sturdy, it seems it will last for a fea months at least, or maybe a year.
It connects with Bluetooth but it's not necessary to look for it in the Settings. Just turn on the bluetooth, and then enter into your drawing app.
The app I use is Sketchbook Pro, and sometimes ArtRage. You can find the Pogo stylus between the Stylus options in both apps. Turn on the Palm Rejection, map the two buttons for some functions like Undo or Redo, and you're ready to go! Or at least that's what I thought...
The Pogo it's not very accurate, and you have ghost lines very often, you do a stroke and the Pogo sometimes will not draw the line. For me it's kind of uncomfortable because of the round nib, maybe it would be good for just painting or shading, but not for thin strokes. And other thing is that it looses a lot the bluetooth connection, so you have to press a button and wait to get connected again, and sometimes you have to turn off the bluetooth connection, turn it back on, and press a button of the Pogo.
OVERALL: If you just gonna use this stylus for writing, painting or drawing for fun it would be fine for $9, but if you're looking something more Pro, this stylus is not for you.

Now, let's see the Pencil by 53:

The Pencil by 53 uses an usb charger (remove the nib tip), doesn't have buttons and it's made of metal so it's a little bit heavy, but still it feels natural in my hand. It also comes with an eraser in the other end.
It connects with Bluetooth just by turning it on and then find the app you use and set the Pencil in the Stylus options. In the app setting you'll find the Palm Rejection (at least in Skecthbook). The Pencil is very very accurate and you will not have ghost lines at all. The round nib is good for painting, shading or drawing big lines, it's not very comfortable for thin lines, for example for tracing.
The Bluetooth connections is very strong, it only disconnects if you get far away the Pencil or change to another app, and if it disconnects it will connect again by itself. The Stylus would had been amazing with a different nib (thinner), and it's weird, because I think they can make another tip special for this Stylus, the nib can be replaced if it's damaged, so I think the company can make another nib (thinner) for this Stylus. The Pencil by 53 comes with an extra nib tip and an eraser for replacing when necessary.
OVERALL: The Pencil's 53 is actually really good! I really like it! I plan to use it mostly for shading or painting, or for making heavy lines. It's very sturdy, uses usb charger, and it's a a great stylus for professional use! You can find it three versions: (Gold $59.95, Walnut $57.95 and Graphite $49.95). My Pencil's 53 is the Graphite and it actually costs me $29.99 as a special offer from Amazon.

Case and Tricks for different Stylus for the iPad!

Most of the Stylus you buy, like the Pogo Connect and the Pencil by 53 come in small boxes with no case, so if you wan to keep protected your stylus this might be helpful for you!
A lot of people wear glasses, so find a case of glasses that you no longer have in use, you can keep inside up up to 3 stylus.

A trick for your iPad or Samsung or other tabley you're using with you Stylus and your drawing app like Sketchbook Pro, ArtRage, Pencil by 53, Adobe Draw, etc

Eventhough mostly of the Stylus and apps support Palm Rejection for unwanted strokes, and uncomfortable drawing resting your palm on the surface because the canvas will move around (zoom/Scroll/Rotate), it's almost impossible to draw something without you canvas been moved. 

And definetely you can't turn off the palm gestures because at some moment you will need to zoom the canvas, or move it, or rotate it. 

So.... a way of not turning off the palm gestures is using an old glove, I found an old glove for cold, it's not very thin so it works perfect! I just cut off the finger tips for the middle finger, the pointer and the thumb. So I can rest my palm and my picky finger without moving my canvas like crazy, and with the fingers that I cut off the tips I move the canvas when I WANT to zoom, scroll or rotate it.

I hope all this can be really helpful for you if you're looking for a great stylus for you iPad or other tablet.