![]() ![]() If you’re not too concerned about budget and you just want a drafting table with a sheer size advantage, then the Mayline Ranger Steel Four-Post Drawing Table is an absolute beast. So many of the items you put in these trays could fall out on the floor. Plus, I find that the style of trays that sit on the sides of the tilting top tend to be relatively shallow. The drawers which can be mounted to sides or underneath the table may get in the way of your legs. This is good enough for most tasks but not the 60-90° that some of the other tables tilt to. The tilt angle of the table is a relatively limited 35°. The first being that the table, unlike some of the others in this review, is not height adjustable. However, there are a couple of negative points. Overall, this is a contemporary and full featured drafting table. ![]() If a light box is a significant part of your workflow then this could well be the deciding factor in your decision. The main feature of this table, however is the large Artograph LightPad light box that fits the full size of the glass working area. There is also a convenient slide out pencil tray that sets just underneath the work surface. It also has a variety of storage options, including three plastic slide out drawers and side trays. It has a 38″ x 24″ tempered glass work surface which makes it easy to wipe clean. ![]() If you’re happy to spend a bit and want a decent size drafting table with a lot of functionality and a full size light box, then this is the one you want. It’s non-height adjustable and under table drawers can get in the way. Pros: Large light box, easy to clean glass surface, lots of storage.Ĭons: The equivalent model of drafting table without a light box is a lot cheaper. Artograph Futura Light Table by Studio Designs this would be a fantastic table if your room space is limited, and you want somewhere to easily view reference material. The shelves can be raised or lowered to create a unified larger, flat working surface. However, this is still large enough to comfortably accommodate an A2 sheet of paper. This makes it the smallest tilting work surface in this review coming in at 31½” x 19¾”. The downside of this configuration is that it limits the available size of the tilting top. It also comes with an additional side table at the same height as the tilting worktop (which tilts up to 50°). The Safco Split-Level Drafting Table is an interesting design with a convenient higher-level shelf that’s ideal for a monitor, tablet or traditional reference material to be placed at eyeline view. All shelves, raise or lower to the same height to become a unified flat working area.Ĭons: Small tilting worktop for the cost, no additional storage aside from side table and higher shelf. Pros: Higher level shelf, which could be useful for a monitor or tablet to display reference material. Whether you are an animator, illustrator, designer or artist, you’ll surely be able to find a drafting table for your practice… And if you’re thinking of taking the plunge and splurging out for one, then check out our comparison review of drafting tables below. If you too have your own fantasy art studio set-up, then there’s a good chance that a drafting table forms a core element (if not the centrepiece) of it. I can almost smell the ink and paper, feel the grain and edges of the old, wooden drafting table… ![]() That idealised image has always stuck with me. The first page of chapter 1 displayed an illustration of one of these mighty heroes, sat at a drafting table, tilted at a 45° angle with a t-square hanging off the side, crafting away at the pages of a future comic masterpiece. I slurped thirstily from this fount of knowledge. Here was the knowledge I so fervently sought-the secrets of how to draw like my artistic heroes! Opening the pages of the book, felt like being bathed in golden light. Many moons ago when I was a teenager with a comic book obsession, I was given a copy of the classic “How To Draw Comics The Marvel Way” by Stan Lee and John Buscema. ![]()
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