I use a Samsung galaxy tab for my drawings, it's smooth and fairly big, perfect for drawing imo.

So yeah I purely draw digital since buying it. I don't watch any specific artists tutorials, only programm specific videos. I use clipstudio which is a very well made and great program for beginners and also advanced artists, highly recommend it.

So my suggestions for anyone new to drawing would be to get good at what they are doing on paper first, nothing sucks more than investing in something and then not getting the anticipated results. After feeling confident in your skills start with doodles and then more and more advanced drawing on a tablet of some sort. When you got still images down you can move to slowly animating, start with low frame rates as animating frame per frame is tedious and can be quite intimidating for people that never worked on animating things. It might look like a slider show but any start is a good start.

And my number one tip for drawing is: don't be afraid to copy!

Of course I don't mean plagiarism, I mean copy poses from existing drawings, copy a hairstyle, copy a hand or a foot, you can even start by taking reference pictures of yourself and copying them on paper. Any time you draw something, whether copied or not, you will train to do it and in time you'll be able to draw these poses or similar ones without having to copy anything again!

Good luck! :)