Hello,
first of all, I'm roughly 70% sure that this is the wrong area for this kind of thread, but it still seemed more suitable than others since this is where artists converge. If it's still too wrong an area, please move the thread, I definitely wish to apologize for any trouble caused by this.
Anyway, I spent some time thinking about presents for Christmas and I think I actually had a good idea. My sister's had her fair share of problems and even though she's mostly recovered, she still spends her days doing nothing overly significant. Despite that, she's definitely one hell of an artist, but her current situation has left her without any real drive it seems. She's got lots and lots of drawings on paper, but her drawings simply remain untouched and unseen by anyone, which is definitely regrettable since this is one skill she could definitely put to use. However, she's never really gone and shown her works to anyone because there isn't anyone she can show them to except for the family, if even that. I think it would be a great thing if she had the means to show her works to people on the internet since that would enable her to display her works and have people give her their opinions on them.
I was trying to figure out what to do about that and I think drawing pads might be the answer. Am I right in assuming that you can use them to create art on computers, bypassing the whole "scanner is too small/quality is too bad"-problem? If not, what other solutions would you recommend?
Assuming that I'm right, which drawing pad would you recommend to a skilled artist who isn't overly good with computers (yet, I think she could get used to it)? What's more, is any additional software required and does the size of the pad play a role? I looked up a few on Amazon and some people were complaining about certain pads being too small. I'm mainly looking for something she can use to figure out the basic workings and actually create something that would enable her to display her skill.
That's about it for now I think, thank you very, very much for any advice on this matter and sorry if this is, indeed, in the wrong area. If you need any more information, please don't hesitate to ask me, I'll try to give you as much information as I can if it can be of help.