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Welcome to the Wacom blog

The Wacom Community blog is a dynamic showcase of the artists, designers, editors, and creators who inspire us every day with their creativity — like Kirk Wallace aka Bone Haus, who created this illustration. Learn more about his process here.

It’s also your go-to source for tips and tricks from industry experts, whether you’re a beginner or an experienced professional. We hope it’ll provide the inspiration you need to take your creative journey to the next level.

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The latest content from Wacom

Whether you’re a newcomer to digital art or a seasoned expert, a touch of creative inspiration is always welcome. Let’s plunge into the freshest updates from the Wacom Blog and explore the latest trends in the realm of digital art and design.

Preparing Students for Careers Using Professional Tools: A Wacom Case Study

Preparing Students for Careers Using Professional Tools: A Wacom Case Study

The South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities ...
Connected Ink is Back with More Ways to Enjoy the Creative Chaos 

Connected Ink is Back with More Ways to Enjoy the Creative Chaos 

Wacom’s yearly Connected Ink returns with even more events for ...
Making the most of your Wacom, with Pablo Muñoz Gómez – Tip 2: Physically customizing your pen

Making the most of your Wacom, with Pablo Muñoz Gómez – Tip 2: Physically customizing your pen

Welcome to Making the most of your Wacom tablet, a 10-part series of ...

Wacom pen display & tablet promotions

Explore a variety of discounts and promotions for significant savings on new and refurbished Wacom products. Upgrade your creative toolkit with limited-time offers for artists, designers, and enthusiasts. Stay informed about the latest promotions on our website and through our newsletter, so you never miss a perfect deal.

 All prices and promotions are valid in the US only. For information about promotions in LATAM or Canada, please visit your local store via the LATAM Store Finder or the Canadian eStore.

Wacom Movink pen display

Wacom’s lightest and thinnest pen display ever

Enjoy the freedom of working wherever you feel creatively inspired with Wacom Movink OLED pen display, our lightest and thinnest pen display yet. As thin as 4mm* and weighing just 420g, Wacom Movink pen display is 55% lighter than Wacom One 13 touch and 66% thinner. Connect it to your Mac or PC, and you’ll have all the processing power you need for your professional work.

*4mm is measured at the thinnest part.

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Follow Wacom on YouTube

Wacom’s YouTube channel is your home for all of Wacom’s video content – tutorials, interviews, process videos, new product releases, product guides, technical support, and more, including recordings of live webinars and events like our annual Connected Ink event.

Check out this enlightening interview with Nobu Ide, Wacom’s CEO, at the recent Dokomi 2024 event!

Explore Wacom content

Professionals in nearly every creative field — comics, 3D art, design, illustration, editing photos or video, 2D animation, and much more – use Wacom. But beginners, hobbyists, and everyone getting into digital creation have found that Wacom is the perfect creative partner, too. Check out all of the great stuff our creators have made with Wacom, or get tips, tricks, or tutorials for your next creative project.

Making the most of your Wacom, with Pablo Muñoz Gómez – Tip 2: Physically customizing your pen

Making the most of your Wacom, with Pablo Muñoz Gómez – Tip 2: Physically customizing your pen

Welcome to Making the most of your Wacom tablet, a 10-part series of videos full of tips and tricks for how to maximize your productivity and creativity ...
Vera Brosgol’s On-The-Go Spot Illustration Process With Wacom Movink

Vera Brosgol’s On-The-Go Spot Illustration Process With Wacom Movink

Vera Brosgol had a great opportunity -- to kitten-sit for her friends! But there was a problem -- the deadline for her new book was only a week away. ...
Making the most of your Wacom, with Pablo Munoz Gomez – Tip 1: Mapping touch to a separate monitor

Making the most of your Wacom, with Pablo Munoz Gomez – Tip 1: Mapping touch to a separate monitor

Welcome to Making the most of your Wacom tablet, a 10-part series of videos full of tips and tricks for how to maximize your productivity and creativity ...
The Art of Enamel Pin Design: From Digital Sketch to Wearable Art with Wacom Cintiq 

The Art of Enamel Pin Design: From Digital Sketch to Wearable Art with Wacom Cintiq 

Today, we're diving into the fascinating process of creating super cute enamel pins, guided by the expertise of Lina Vork!
Wacom Sessions 2024: Optimizing Your Artistic Workflow with Rebelle and Wacom

Wacom Sessions 2024: Optimizing Your Artistic Workflow with Rebelle and Wacom

Whether you’re a longtime Rebelle user or a Wacom user interested in the realistic digital paint effects possible in Rebelle software, this engaging ...
Missed Creativity Camp 2024? Watch the sessions you missed on YouTube

Missed Creativity Camp 2024? Watch the sessions you missed on YouTube

Creativity Camp 2024 was a month-long series of free, live workshops from brilliant artists, creators, and educators took place throughout the month of ...
How to get the most out of Affinity Designer with your Wacom tablet, with Vivienne Le

How to get the most out of Affinity Designer with your Wacom tablet, with Vivienne Le

Vivienne Le shares some tips for making the most out of Affinity Designer using the Wacom One tablet. First, she goes over why she prefers the drawing ...
How Kirk Wallace, aka Bone Haus, created The Many Faces of Skully

How Kirk Wallace, aka Bone Haus, created The Many Faces of Skully

Kirk Wallace, also known as Bone Haus, is a freelance illustrator, animator, art director, and much more who has created designs, ...
Etherington Bros’ Comics Crash Course #4: Storytelling through character design

Etherington Bros’ Comics Crash Course #4: Storytelling through character design

Want to learn to draw comics? The Etherington Bros have created hundreds of free tutorials and resources. Here's a preview -- how to tell a story through ...
Inspiring Illustrative Poster Designs

Inspiring Illustrative Poster Designs

What makes a good poster design? In this blog post I will show some excellent and inspiring posters and discuss what makes them great.
How Wacom Movink helps @figisisters capture ideas whenever they happen

How Wacom Movink helps @figisisters capture ideas whenever they happen

Georgina Cahill, known online as @figisisters, is an animator, motion designer, and Illustrator. We thought she'd be a perfect person to give the new ...
The Best Free Tutorials To Get Started in Photo Manipulation With Adobe Photoshop

The Best Free Tutorials To Get Started in Photo Manipulation With Adobe Photoshop

Photo manipulation is a great skill that can be used for branding, marketing, and even as a fun hobby. We’ve compiled a list of YouTube tutorials to help ...
Wacom Cintiq Pro vs. Wacom Movink

HD vs 4K: The truth about screen resolution on drawing display tablets

There are many different drawing tablets and pen displays on the market these days, from many different brands. Each of them has different features, specifications, build quality, and price.

Something a lot of consumers are looking at is screen resolution. But what does screen resolution really mean? How important is it for artists? And why do different Wacom products have different resolution displays?

Movink with watercolor Rebelle

Wacom Bridge Now Available for Public Beta with NICE DCV 

Exciting news! Wacom Bridge is now available in public beta with NICE DCV. The public beta is available to current users of NICE DCV and Amazon AppStream 2.0.  

Wacom Bridge is a proprietary technology offering a like-local experience for creatives on remote systems. It ensures creators can work seamlessly from anywhere by allowing the use of local Wacom tablets as if they were directly connected to the host computer.

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Disclaimer: US Only. Not valid on Wacom Cintiq Pro 17, 22, or 27, stands for Cintiq Pro 17, 22, or 27, or Wacom One (2023) pen displays and tablets.

 

The power of digital ink

Humans have been using ink for thousands of years to express ourselves and preserve knowledge – from plant-based paintings on cave walls to writing and illustrating foundational cultural manuscripts. In the 20th and 21st centuries, digital ink has taken this uniquely human impulse to the next level, with Wacom at the forefront. Wacom created the electro-magnetic resonance (EMR) technology that powers our devices, and we’ve been perfecting it ever since. Today, creatives worldwide use Wacom technology to empower their work through the use of digital ink.

Wacom One tablet

Wacom drawing tablets

Wacom has a pen tablet for nearly every creative pursuit. One by Wacom is perfect for the beginner or student. Wacom Intuos bridges the gap between traditional and digital, empowering digital drawing, painting, and photo editing for creatives of all levels. The new Wacom One pen tablets are convenient and customizable. And Wacom Intuos Pro is trusted by creative professionals who need the ultimate in precision, performance, and productivity.

Wacom Cintiq Pro 17

Wacom drawing displays

With a Wacom pen display, you use our pressure-sensitive pens directly on the screen for ultimate control and accuracy. Available in a range of display sizes and feature sets – from the 13” display of Wacom One, portable and perfect for beginners, to the Wacom Cintiq Pro in sizes from 16” to 27”, with best-in-class color, gesture controls, and ExpressKeys for customization – there's a Wacom pen display to empower every creator’s wildest dreams.

Keep Making History

For 40 years you’ve relied on Wacom products to help bring your creative expressions to life, including our latest innovation, Wacom Movink. We're committed to continued innovation and collaboration that will ensure that you have the tools, services and support to keep making history. Click “learn more” to see where we’ve been – and where we’re going in the future.

Wacom Movink and Wacom's 40th anniversary logo

Connect with Wacom on social

Nightmare on Hand Drawing Street 🧟‍♂️🤌🏼😱
Tips from @lplucas to overcome fear of drawing perfectly. 
What are some of your drawing nightmares? 
#wacomtips #digitalart #arttips #clipstudiopaint #madewithwacom #halloweenart
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Go go goooo @javadoodles 🏁✈️🧳🌎
Coast to coast, from one project to the next, always ready to go with Wacom Movink. 
#WacomMovink #creativesonthego #creativeprofessionals
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Ricardo Alves @ricardoalvesj , a seasoned artist with more than 12 years of experience developing characters and creatures for the entertainment industry, met us at this year’s @thu_official and shared with us how Wacom has been a part of his career from the beginning. 🚀

Currently, he uses the Wacom Movink to get the quality he needs while he’s on-the-go!

Stay tuned for part 2! 👀

#WacomMovink #CreativeProfessionals
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Meet @zeythehuman 🎨 She started out as a traditional artist, but everything changed when she switched to digital with Wacom. In today’s digital world, creating isn’t the only challenge—you’ve also got to protect your work.

That’s where Wacom Yuify comes in, helping artists like Zeynep secure their identity and keep their creations safe.

🔒 Want to know how to protect your art?
Visit Yuify.com for more info.

#WacomYuify #Yuify #CreativeRights
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We bring you serious art tips from @theonewithbear on this fine day. 🌹
#arttips #digitalartist #artistsoninstagram #digitalart
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Why to create in just one place when you can create anywhere? Follow the lead of the amazing illustrator @mr.donothing 

With Wacom Movink, the world becomes your studio✨

Link in bio to know more.

#WacomMovink #CreativesOnTheGo #CreativeProfessionals
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Digital art tips with @lplucas using @clipstudioofficial 🤘🏼🤘🏼
Pen pressure, stabilization, file sizes, installing drivers and more! 
What are some digital art tips you would share with a beginner? 
#madewithwacom #wacomtips #wacompen #digitalart #digitalartist #clipstudiopaint
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Rebelle 7.2 introduces a groundbreaking feature: the integration of Wacom’s innovative new digital rights management service, #WacomYuify​

As the digital art landscape evolves, protecting your creations is more essential than ever. With artists shifting from traditional canvases to digital platforms, safeguarding intellectual property is key. We’re excited to share that Rebelle is one of the first to integrate Yuify, enabling artists to claim ownership of their digital masterpieces with ease.​

Visit yuify.com and register for free!​

🚨 Also, check out Rebelle’s super sale running now! 🎉  @escapemotions 

#WacomYuify #Yuify #CreativeRights​
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That new tablet smell can awaken very strong feelings... and @bronksson knows it 🤭 ⁣
Head our the link in our bio or our stories to watch his full review #WacomMovink review!⁣
#wacommovink #animation #anime #bronksson #artist
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✨ Protecting your creative work shouldn’t be complicated. With Wacom Yuify, artists can easily manage licenses and safeguard their art, no matter where they are in their journey.

It’s all about keeping control over your creativity while making sure your rights are protected.

👉🏻Visit Yuify.com for more info.

#WacomYuify #Yuify #CreativeRights
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