i think the ipad pro + apple pencil is really good (if you haven’t already, check out the app procreate for the ipad, much better tools, i think) & well executed though i feel like the things that make sketching difficult on a wacom are all true of the ipad w/pencil, maybe moreso (though a good hack is putting a matted screen protector for texture)…i think it is definitely the best incarnation out of all the styluses (stylii?) for the ipad; it’s worth playing with at the apple store, its accuracy, responsiveness, & sensitivity are impressive but i do feel like for those who aren’t already somewhat accustomed to sketching digitally, it is going to be every bit as foreign as using a wacom due to the slick screen, the hardness of the tip of the pencil; as good as it is, it doesn’t inspire the familiarity of putting pen(cil) to paper…
i feel like the best way to get used to it, is just powering through that initial awkwardness, and embrace it as something different from & an approximation of using traditional media. it definitely is always tempting with digital to try for that perfect stroke with the undo function at the ready, go crazy with the layers, or perpetually try to ‘fix’ in progress sketches, rather than just live with the looseness the medium by starting casually and build up to doing more finished things, if you are under the gun trying to use it professionally it will be more difficult to go through those growing pains on the clock…