{"id":819966,"date":"2025-05-30T11:55:30","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T18:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/?p=819966"},"modified":"2025-05-30T11:55:36","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T18:55:36","slug":"alex-simoes-animation-flow-reviews-intuos-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/alex-simoes-animation-flow-reviews-intuos-pro\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Ferreira Sim\u00f5es of Animation Flow Reviews the New Wacom Intuos Pro"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alexferreiraa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alex Ferreira Sim\u00f5es<\/a> is a senior animator and is the creative force behind <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animationflow.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Animation Flow<\/a>. His journey from a 3D generalist in S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil to animating iconic characters for League of Legends is a testament to the power of passion and perseverance in the creative industry.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We profiled him and his journey earlier this year in <a href=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/alex-ferreira-simoes-animation-flow-journey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">this blog post<\/a>. But since then, we\u2019ve released the new <a href=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wacom-intuos-pro-2025-drawing-tablet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wacom Intuos Pro pen tablet<\/a>. As a professional animator working in 3D, we wanted to get his opinion on the new device! His quick review is below.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Alex Ferreira Simoes of Animation Flow Reviews the New Wacom Intuos Pro\" width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XZQAvhtMBQk?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Alex\u2019s review:<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>By using the new mechanical dials, it\u2019s easier than ever to track a character\u2019s arc back and forth\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ergonomic improvements help reduce wrist strain for long animation sessions\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Manipulating characters with the pen feels more natural than using a mouse\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His final verdict? \u201cThe Wacom Intuos Pro really helps me with my workflow.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Want to get your hands on Wacom Intuos Pro? Small, Medium, and Large sizes are now in stock at\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/estore.wacom.com\/en-us\/tablets.html#wacom-intuos-pro-link-anchor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wacom\u2019s eStore<\/a>. You can also purchase from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/stores\/page\/8B3897DC-9D60-4B28-8531-F7927B09C59C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amazon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbuy.com\/site\/searchpage.jsp?qp=brand_facet%3DBrand%7EWacom&amp;id=pcat17071&amp;browsedCategory=abcat0513006&amp;st=categoryid%24abcat0513006\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Best Buy,<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/buy\/Intuos4\/ci\/18557\/N\/3587502584\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">B&amp;H<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/01\/Alex-Simoes-Headshot.jpg\" alt=\"Alex Simoes Headshot\" class=\"wp-image-818309\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/01\/Alex-Simoes-Headshot.jpg 500w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/01\/Alex-Simoes-Headshot-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 500px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the artist<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Alex Ferreira Sim\u00f5es<\/strong> is an animator at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.riotgames.com\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Riot Games<\/a>, and is a mentor at and the founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animationflow.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Animation Flow<\/a>. Follow more of his work on social media on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alexferreiraa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/aferreirasimoes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">X (Twitter)<\/a>, and check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animationflow.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Animation Flow's website <\/a>for more about their offerings, including lectures on 3D animation through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/animationflow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">their Patreon<\/a> as well as 1 on 1 coaching\/mentorship for aspiring animators.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a professional animator working in 3D, we wanted to get Alex Simoes&#8217; opinion on the new Intuos Pro pen tablet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":819968,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2438,2326,2329],"tags":[5525,6057],"class_list":["post-819966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-3d","category-animation","category-intuos-and-intuos-pro","tag-alex-ferreira-simoes","tag-animation-flow"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=819966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819966\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/819968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=819966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=819966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=819966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}