Who owns a drawing tablet?

[SilverVixen]

Avis-yam

Luckily, my birthday is soon so yay TABLET HERE I COME! Anyone have suggestions on brands?

If its affordable for whoever would buy it for you, I highly recommend Wacom, I've tried another brand and it just didn't compare. biggrin  

[Bolweevil]

Avis-yam

Luckily, my birthday is soon so yay TABLET HERE I COME! Anyone have suggestions on brands?

I would suggest Wacom Graphire3, but thats just me.. not much is offered locally, and its hard to really get a sense of quality online.. I love the no wires/batteries setup wacom offers, and I've had it a couple years now. so far it hasn't let me down. I saw another brand mentioned here. Safest bet would be getting one you have heard about from someone here.

Anyone have any tablet horror stories about brands to avoid?  

[DuctTapeEd]

ive been looking for a cheap Wacom, but havent found one yet. i may just have to bite the bullet and buy one at the usual price. now that ive got a job i dont mind so much. i just want one by the end of this month so i can use if in my Interactive Media class.  

[Vickles]

That is on my long list of things i want.. sweatdrop I'm glad to read that you can get a pretty inexpensive one and what you suggest is better that helps... whee  

[Katherdante]

I have the Intuos3 9x12 --> it was $449.95 ninja


It is muh baby! gonk heart

Here is some fan art of us togeather!

Tis entitled, "Mr. Tablet and Me"

 

[peeguin07]

J0EL

I want one but they're just too expensive crying

i no i want one too but cant afford one either. crying  

[dievian]

I actually found using a tablet harder than a mouse or maybe i'm just not used to it  

[StreetFame]

I'm tryin 2 get 1 myself. As a matter of fact my father is comin 2 visit 4 the weekend.Yea I'll bother him about it. He already said he'd get 1 4 me so this is the perfect opportunity mrgreen  

[dievian]

I was also supposed to be getting a new one for xmas this year whee but I want it now gonk  

[Bob_the_evil_Faerie]

I have one, I got it out of a half price discount bin as V.O.S. I thought it would take forever to get used to but I caught on almost right away. Mine's just a little Wacom Graphire but its made art on the computer happen a hell of a lot faster then before and I can draw as well now.... I'm am always impressed by those that can draw and do good work with a mouse though.  

[Bolweevil]

http://www.digitalgraphicsresources.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=619
I drooled, then I got sharp stabby chest pains when I got down to the price.

Flash tour:
http://www.wacom.com/lcdtablets/21UX_tour.cfm


Wacom, why do you taunt me and my limited funds? gonk  

[IzumiZagari]

I just got my tablet a couple weeks ago, a Graphire4 (4X5). I love it. 3nodding

Cost a good $100 though. sweatdrop  

[Koiyuki]

Bolweevil

http://www.digitalgraphicsresources.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=619
I drooled, then I got sharp stabby chest pains when I got down to the price.

Flash tour:
http://www.wacom.com/lcdtablets/21UX_tour.cfm


Wacom, why do you taunt me and my limited funds? gonk

OMGWTFBBQSAUCE!? Did that say $3,000!?

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*kicks self for being poor*

Maybe if my webcomic gets big, I can put it my busniess expense. rofl  

[Bolweevil]

Koiyuki

Bolweevil

http://www.digitalgraphicsresources.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=619
I drooled, then I got sharp stabby chest pains when I got down to the price.

Flash tour:
http://www.wacom.com/lcdtablets/21UX_tour.cfm


Wacom, why do you taunt me and my limited funds? gonk

OMGWTFBBQSAUCE!? Did that say $3,000!?

...

...

._.

*kicks self for being poor*

Maybe if my webcomic gets big, I can put it my busniess expense. rofl

Yes, it says $3000. And from what I understand, they are in limited supply. They aren't exactly churning them out at alarming rates.

Maybe I'll hit the lotto and buy y'all one, after I get a few for myself..

I'll probably learn to draw somewhere along the line before that happens, so that I could properly take advantage of a $3000 drawing instrument.  

[rogue_designer]

fwiw - I've used the cintiq tablets, and while it's nice being able to draw right on the image... I didn't really go gaga over it.

It was heavy and hot, so didn't work well at lap level - and there is some parallax issues with close work (the pen sits a little bit off the image surface, so lining up precisely gets interesting). It also seemed to be slightly less sensitive than a regular tablet - but that could have been a calibration issue, since I was borrowing it and couldn't really spend to time to work out kinks.

Don't get me wrong. It was nice. Really nice... just not worth the high cost to me.

For my money, I'd buy a large regular intous tablet, and an extra nice calibrated monitor (dual monitor set ups are fun to work with) ... and spend the extra on a few months worth of pocky and black black gum.

And renew my subscription to Communication Arts... and probably my Art Institute Membership... and my AIGA membership (didn't mean to let that lapse... gets expensive tho) redface