@emily_elizabeth > Can you not use photoshop on the ipad?
Not really yet. They keep improving it, but I think Adobe is still not quite sure how to approach the different workflows. The amount of tools available I think start to make process issues on the iPad where on a PC it's not as much of a setback. Without the keyboard it's kinda rough.
Affinity is trying to also break into that market, and in my opinion has been a bit more successful.
Fresco was an app they built specifically for painting, but it isn't super good either.
Probably the best app that's on both platforms is Clip Studio.
I guess the advice I am seeking is, can I accomplish the same things on an ipad as I can on a cintiq (using photoshop)? Thank you all so much!
I'm going to say yes, but with a caveat.
You can 100% accomplish the same illustration related things on the iPad. Personally I like Procreate better than PS for the actual drawing process. The issue is going to be more on the process side, like color correcting, formatting, resizing, cropping, etc. People you work with might send you PSD files to work with and you won't be able to work with them all that well. Or maybe a publisher sends you a file to work within so you have all the margins correct. Since Photoshop is the industry standard, everyone is going to assume you have it and can work within it.
I would venture to guess if you asked pro illustrators that work 100% in procreate, they will probably also have photoshop for manipulation.