Xara Designer for artist that draws by hand

[amitairos]

so what does he use the tablet with at the moment?

I'm sorry, I meant I can give him mine to use and he'll try it. He doesn't use it currently since he's skeptical of using it.

If he looks at any of the work done by Bob Hann or Zeb he will notice that all bring in scanned pencil or pen drawing and trace the scanned drawing using a mixture of Shape Editor and Pencil. I know that I can work faster using this method rather than starting with a blank frame or trying to trace directly from a tablet from a sketch on the tablet. These methods or working are very personal and it is all dependant on what the person finds what suits them tell him to try all and not only once.

I think I should really just let him try out what suits his needs.
I was just wondering with what tool he should start with? The freehand which is close to drawing? Or the Shape Editor tool?
Thanks