Tech for Animators

Listicle by Animation & Whatnot | animationandwhatnot.com 

Treat this comprehensive list as a resource for those of us looking to enhance our creative processes with the latest tools for drawing, animating and different types of animation.

Tech for Animators 

Tablets with pens

• Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE
• Lenovo M11
• Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra
• Samsung Galaxy Tab S7
• Apple iPad and Apple Pencil

Phones with a stylus

• OnePlus Open and OnePlus Stylo
• Samsung S24 Ultra
• Motorola moto g stylus 5G

Laptops with pens

• Lenovo Yoga 7
• Surface Pro 9
• HP Spectre x360

Lightbox and Drawing Tablets

• XP-Pen Artist 24 Pro
• Huion KAMVAS Pro 16
• Xencelabs Pen Display 24
• Wacom Mobilestudio Pro 16

E-ink / E-paper Tablets

• BOOX Tab Mini C
• Meebook P78 Pro with Pen
• BOOX Note Air3 C
• Bigme inkNote Color Lite Eink Tablet 10.3″

Scanners

• Canon LIDE 400
• Epson V39
• HP Envy 6000

Digital Notebooks

• Rocketbook Core Reusable Spiral Notebook
• ReMarkable 2

VR setups for Virtual Art

• Quest 3 
• HTC Vive Pro 2

Rigs for stop motion 

• AS ProPlus Stop Motion Rigging System
• MOREZMORE HPA Stop Motion Animation Puppet Rig Arm Kit