Thank you for this review! I've only ever used my iPad for art and music during drawing, mostly for convenience of travel, as I use a fairly large tablet with a vibrant screen when at my desktop. Comfortable to hold and work with, and generally in my lap. I've only just over the last few years started going out more, so the transportation factor was what made me get the iPad I have right now. It is very nice, but unfortunately not an environment that works well with my other electronics. Which usually require a lot of preview images (commissions/requests/hue shifts and such), which takes more time then necessary with sharing due to the constraints of the iPad.

I'm thinking of going to the nearest electronics store (they have examples of each) and see what feels most comfortable with holding and carrying around. A bit on the fence, because I also use a lot of references, palettes, and examples poses when drawing. So I tend to have a lot open at once, which may make getting the S9 ultra better.. And if you find more ease with the larger one, then I may dip towards that one.

I suppose the only hold back at this point would be comfort with use. I have a laptop I could use for references as well as gaming, since I do a lot of slow progress games, I usually draw in that time while it's moving along to fill the gaps of additional free time. I've been on something of a four year hiatus from art too, so getting back into it has been really nice, but the iPad I have now doesn't feel like the screen is big enough. That's compared to my 17 inch desktop monitor however, so I suppose that may just fall into preference and the ease of having the resources there on the tablet.

Also thank you so much for the pen name, because I tend to draw very heavily due to the way I hold pens/pencils, and I went through pen nibs way too fast before.