Drawing Tablet or Mouse?

[dumpworth]

Never really done pixel art before, but I just recently bought aseprite. I use a drawing tablet for regular digital art, but I guess pixel art is not really the same. Does anyone here use a drawing tablet for pixel art or would a mouse work better?

[◢ k r i s ◤]

It's all user preference, but I think most people prefer mouse for the grid-precision. That said, tablet can still be useful for sketching silhouettes and such.

You'll figure out what's right for you after a while.

[solipse49]

when drawing small things i prefer a mouse,but when drawing a little larger i prefer a tablet.

a mouse is good for selecting individual pixels,but a tablet is more natural.
good drawing tablets have pressure sensors,something a mouse simply does not have.
pressure sensors are better for fine lines.
a line on a mouse,is always straightforward,but one of a tablet,can vary from thick to thin.
more pressure == thicker line,less pressure == thinner line.
its something you just cant do with a mouse.

[oddo]

With relatively small sprites like 32x32 or 48x48px, I use mouse and tablet interchangeably. Bigger sprites like character artwork will require many sketches so a mouse will probably slow you down.