Currently I’m using the Surface Pro pen for this tablet as it feels better in your hand than the one that comes with it.
http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/Surface-Pro-Pen/productID.291878000
The problem with Zbrush is…it’s just not very tablet friendly. Especially for the Asus VivoTab Note 8, because it doesn’t have a dedicated keyboard and smaller screen than the SurfacePro.
I think I might look into a smaller bluetooth keyboard for this guy.
The buttons in Zbrush are also incredibly tiny.
Sculptris works better, but you’re still lacking the keyboard, or some type of hotbar to use keys for masking and such. Because you’ll need to press down Ctrl.
I haven’t really taken Zbrush through the paces yet because I’ve been lacking the keys, Shift, Ctrl, Alt. So I’m not really sure on the polycounts yet as I got distracted with trying to get ArtDock and the QToolbar to work with this thing.
ArtDock doesn’t work as it’s suppose to. I’m not sure why, it just doesn’t. You can try and tap the icon for Photoshop and Zbrush, but it doesn’t activate.
Needless to say, pretty darn frustrating and this is the reason I’m thinking of looking for a smaller keyboard.
QToolbar is just too long, and with this tablet, it needs to be consolidated to just the keys needed like Shift and all that jazz.
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I’ll dump a high poly character in the scene later and see how it performs.
Let me tell you about Wacom really quick. Out of the box, the Asus VivoTab Note 8 doesn’t have pressure sensitivity support with Zbrush or Sculptris. But with the new driver that was release, it now has the pressure sensitivity.
Also with the Surface Pro Pen, it feels good and responsive.
http://us.wacom.com/en/feeldriver/
I still want to use this device for strictly Zbrush, but I can’t see doing anything detailed until I get a keyboard.
Lately I’ve been using SketchBook Pro instead and it’s awesome, so I’ve been doing more 2D work with the Device than 3D.
TLDR = Bottom line, you need a keyboard.