I'm an artist and I do fine with a 13" laptop and a Wacom tablet that fits next to it in my laptop bag, to be honest. I consider myself to be pretty discerning about my tools.
If I was doing a lot of 3d stuff I might want more horsepower but I'm pretty happy to be able to go sit out in the park and draw with all the Internet off to conserve power.
If I was doing a lot of 3d stuff I might want more horsepower but I'm pretty happy to be able to go sit out in the park and draw with all the Internet off to conserve power.
YMMV, obviously.