Disney Artists Try Out The iPad Pro And Apple Pencil: What Do They Have To Say?

When Apple introduced its new iPad Pro tablet along with the Apple Pencil, the company waxed eloquent on how the device and the stylus would make life easier for designers.

Now the company has let artists in Walt Disney's Feature Animation studio test out the designing capabilities of the iPad Pro and Apple Pencil.

The designers at Disney spent a day trying out the 12.9-inch tablet, using it to sketch several popular characters such as Mickey Mouse and Frozen's lovable snowman Olaf. The Apple Pencil with its position and pressure sensing abilities was also used to recreate the classic characters, which are synonymous with Disney.

The team used apps such as Paper and Pro Create which are optimized for both the Apple Pencil and iPad Pro.

So what did the Disney artists think of the iPad Pro? Animator Jeff Ranjo revealed in a Periscope stream that the iPad Pro's screen had a slight "tooth" i.e., textured roughness which made tactile feedback possible when using the Pencil. At the launch, Apple had lauded the fact that it was offering the closest thing to the feeling of drawing on paper with its iPad Pro and Pencil.

The iPad Pro was also used by Ranjo and fellow animator Jeremy Spears to create each other's caricatures on the tablet.

Ranjo also divulged that the surface of the iPad Pro was not as rough as the solutions offered by Wacom. This change, per the animator, could possibly be a move from Apple to provide better image clarity than rival products.

Paul Hildebrandt, the senior software engineer at Disney, also documented the Apple visit via several tweets.

So enthused was Hildbrandt about the iPad Pro testing that he said "let's order a bunch." Here are some of the pictures Hildebrandt tweeted.

Here's one of the artists testing the Apple Pencil.

Here's another animator drawing Olaf.

The iPad Pro is anticipated to hit the shelves in the first week of November; however, Apple is yet to give an exact release date.