Acania and The Murtail Coast

[vorropohaiah]

I've tried using my tablet and phablet for maps using the phototshop app, but struggle without a stylus

[The_Buce]

Yeah - it is difficult without. You can buy generic ones quite cheaply if you want to - otherwise you can go high-end and get some really nice stylus(es? i? 's? Plural aid, please!) that work as though you weer using a wacom tablet. In fact, that Note styluses (we're going with 'es') were developed by Wacom so they're really good.

I'd recommend Autodesk software for phablets over Photoshop; the apps Adobe is churning out now is way too focused on photomanip for the Instagrammers, etc. so it's pretty useless for art (in my opinion).

[vorropohaiah]

couldnt agree more on the focus on photo manipulation - lots of recolouring, cropping etc, and not enough stuff like pen tools etc. ill have to try the autodesk app again. had DLed a free version a while ago though never got round to using it again.

and i'd go with styluses

[The_Buce]

Go for it! Sketchbook is really quite powerful and has pressure support for styluses, too (styluses it is!)