Does anybody who uses a tablet have any advice for a newbie user? I've had my tablet for a few months, but I don't use it often. I know I should be getting practice in-- which is what I've been doing for the past few days with the Gash Bell - Diaper series I've been dishing out.

I have a Wacom Bamboo, it's relatively cheap. The tablet itself is small-- smaller than my keyboard, but bigger than my mouse... So, like 8 inches-- and it's not wireless. The connection is on the left-side, while the USB connects to my desktop on the RIGHT of me. The pen is, I'd guess, about one and half times bigger than a pen or the same size as one of those JUMBO BIC soft-feel pens. There's this annoying right-click/zoom-in feature near the tip that I always accidentally press... So... Any advice? XD

I've been trying to practice with different poses and perspective of body parts. The only thing I can't quite do on my own is the head... Any advice for the creation of head and face? So I don't have to use screenshots of Gash Bell anymore? When I try to wing it, the head ends up a strange shape, the eyes are an odd distance apart from each other and the hair ends up looking like something from Final Fantasy.

And my hand hurts after a while. Is there a technique that you tablets drawers use that I don't know about?