10 Best Stylus Pens For Drawing Today

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In this day of ever-growing technological innovation, it has become a must for smartphones and tablets to have a big screen.

For the artist, on the go, a big screen may provide a larger surface to draw on. But there is always the fear that the screen might just be ‘too big’ for the average illustrator.

QUICK COMPARISON: Our Top 3 Picks For Stylus Pens for Drawing

What happens when your thumb doesn’t reach all the way? Awkward finger positions while drawing will lead you to drop your phone or accidentally ruin your sketches.

Now, without further delay, let us dive in. 

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Perhaps it is time to give the stylus a try!

The smartpen stylus will help you do it all. From artistically expressing yourself in the form of digital art to charting an accurate statistical graph for office work. Nothing will feel impossible anymore.

And today we bring you 9 of the best stylus pens which are a must for every traveling illustrator.

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Now, without further delay, let us dive in.

Best Stylus Pen For Sketching & Drawing

1. Adonit Pro 4 (Black) Luxury Capacitive Stylus Pen, High Sensitivity Fine Point and Precision,Stylus for iPad, Air, Mini, Android, iPhone, Surface, Other Touch Screens, Compatible for All Touchscreens

A neatly designed stylus opens up our line-up, the Pro 4 from Adonit recently surfaced, the 4th reiteration now improving on the already extraordinary performance of the Pro 3, in short, the Pro 4 is stunningly beautiful crafted and efficient.

The pen comes in three color schemes, it supports palm rejection to emphasize precision and it comes worry free of possible scratches, smudges or other physical trails due to the state of the art materials used in the process, the sculpted aluminium body is in a league of it’s own entirely.

The soft touch precision disk  ads great stability in movement yet at a certain, albeit unnatural angles, it restricts movement a tad taking a bit of getting used to.

2. Digiroot Universal Stylus,[2-in-1] Disc Stylus Pen Touch Screen Pens for All Touch Screens Cell phones, iPad, Tablets, Laptops with 9 Replacement Tips(6 Discs, 3 Fiber Tips Included) – (Black)

In case you are like many people who are victims of OCD, then you too might be a germaphobe.

Hence, touching your device screen or accessing the public ATM with grimy fingers can turn out to be a gruesome task indeed.

This is where Digiroot’s Universal Stylus comes in handy. From typing on touch screens to capturing the beautiful world around in digitised sketch, the transparent disc of the stylus tip will allow you to see exactly where the mark is pointing, thereby providing you with great accuracy.

3. Lynktec TruGlide Mesh Fibre Stylus

Lynktec puts their customers before anything else, and that is why they have come up with the microfiber knit tip for their stylus pens.

This patented conductive fiber tip glides smoothly along any surface, making it ideal for writing, drawing, texting and gaming.The pocket clip attached to the pen makes it easier for you to carry the stylus around.

Additionally, the fiber tip will not stick or skip like the ordinary rubber tips, and they last longer than the rubber tips also.

4. Heiyo iPad Active Stylus

If you are looking for a way to digitize your art in your iPad, then Heiyo has just the right stylus for you.

Their Amber iPad active stylus feels as smooth and comfortable as any ink pen. It comes with a USB cable and supports a 30 day standby time and 40 hours playing time with a 4 hour charge.

The fine point stylus comes with 3 rubber tips which makes it easily replaceable when damaged and saves you from damaging your iPad screen.

5. Evach Active Stylus Digital Pen with Ultra Fine Tip Stylus for iPad iPhone Samsung Tablets, Compatible with Apple Pen,Stylus Pen for iPad Pro, White.

The heavier stylus in the best of times can feel clunky and ineffective, even in the most experienced hands. And more often than not, the usual marketed digital pens tend to be on the heavier side.

But Evach have created a solution to that problem with their active stylus pens. The barrel supported by the stylus is very light, thus allowing you to have a firm grip. The 1.5 mm tip provides you with the much needed accuracy if you are attempting to digitize intricate patterns.

The long lasting battery life lets you keep working indefinitely; you won’t be needing to worry about frequent charging anymore.

6. Ormosia Precise Point Stylus Pen

The Ormosia brand of Stylus works optimally with all capacitive touch screens, making it one of the best stylus for your smartphones and tablets.

If you are into calligraphy, then the precision disc tip installed into the pen will indeed bring a smile to your face. It lets you see exactly where your mark will be made, helping you achieve that smooth digital stroke on any illustration.

Unlike most rubber tips which tend to be fat and stiff, the flexibility of Ormosia’s precise point lets you freely draw from any angle.

7. E-SDS Active Stylus

What most substandard Styli miss out on, is giving the user a smooth writing experience one has when using a simple pen and paper.

E-SDS, with their range of active stylus, have aptly addressed that problem. With a 1.45 mm durable thermoplastic tip, E-SDS promises their customers the classic feel of writing with a pen on paper.

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The Active Sensing technology lets you put the pen to use whenever and wherever, without the help of any additional receivers or a Bluetooth device. Just touch the tip to the screen and you are good to go.

8. MEKO (2nd Gen)[2 in 1 Precision Series] Universal Disc Stylus Touch Screen Pen for iPhone,iPad,All Other Capacitive Touch Screens Bundle with 6 Replacement Tips,Pack of 3 (Black/Rose Gold/Aqua Blue)

The aluminum barrel and sleekness of Meko’s stylus pens will make you feel confident among your office peers.

The addition, clings on well and gives out an overall luxurious feel as you smartly take it out for use during board meetings and presentations.

The curved design of the rubber paint groove and the fiber disc tip help you get the right amount of accuracy to seamlessly draw out your pie charts and statistical graphs.

The upgraded 2nd gen disc is thinner than the previous versions, thus allowing you to see where exactly you are pointing giving you a more precise drawing experience.

9. Zspeed Stylus Pen for Apple iPad, Active Stylus Rechargeable Fine Tip Stylus Compatible with All Apple iPad/iPhone/iPad Pro/iPhone X, Android Windows Capacitive Touchscreen Phone & Tablet (White)

What is unique to Zedspeed and their stylus pens alone is the use of a double tip. A 1.45 mm point tip at its head and a blunt tip at the bottom.

The blunt tip is an ingeniously designed magnetic closure cap which protects the USB port from damage and dirt.

As the fine tip is copper based, the magnetic cap on the other hand is comprised of fiber mesh with a rubber tip.

Active stylus technology reduces the offset and lag times between motion and digital trace.

10. Sensu Digital Artist Brush and Stylus

The two-in-one Sensu is both a digital brush and a stylus, which seamlessly works on any capacitive device.

With a patented pending technology, Sensu gives their pens let’s this brush function like a real artist’s brush on your device. If you pull at the nib of the fine tip end, the protective cap gets removed, thus revealing the brush.

This dual feature will no doubt give you the most authentic painting experience on any digital platform and help you create even the hardest of digital illustrations with the most complicated color contrasts.

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Final Thoughts

We hope our catalogue today was able to convince you in choosing the right stylus by lighting some of the way if not all of it.

Till next time!

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