I've decided it's time for me to go a different direction in the art world. What I'm currently doing in submitting my artwork is that I draw out my ideas, color them, scan them on my computer, then fix them up with a paint program. It seems pretty easy, but fixing my work with the mouse on my laptop is a pain in the wazoo. Sometimes my scanner doesn't pick up my shadings and I end up either messing them up, or leaving them out.
To make life more easier for me (my hands mostly), I've decided to search for a graphic tablet. From what I heard, they say that Wacom makes the best graphic tablets, so I'm thinking about getting me a Bamboo Create from that brand. It seems like a good tablet to me, at least its easier than painting with a touch pad mouse! Plus the price is not that bad and it has more software options. Its a pretty big tablet too, and I love stuff that's big to draw on. The only thing that bad about it I think is that the pictures doesn't show up on the tablet and you have to look at the computer screen. But I'll chose that over my old way any day. If I ever get good at using graphic tablets, I'll upgrade to an Intros 5 and give the other one away or keep it as a spare. If these graphic tablets work just like pencil and paper, the upgrade from paper to a graphic tablet would totally be worth it.