good luck b

thankyou popola
Every time you comment it reminds me that I want to draw you something .. I wish my birthday was nowww

Can't you pencil something and afterwards ink and color it on the computer? That's what I do.

oh yeah I can still scan ... but I use a laser ball mouse and using that to color is nearly impossible! lol

huuuh how? I use a laser ball one and I do just fine?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...../media1-25.jpg is it one like this? Mine is directed by the thumb and I find it incredibly difficult to draw or color with it. :X

oh God that IS INSANE

I thought it was a laser optical mouse, jess christ why would you have asuch a thing

hahaha it's like five years old aswell. It was given to me ... I hang on to electronics for a long time. :X

Just because you can do it doesn't mean everyone else can ;3

I STILL need to draw something for you
bloodyasses i am so lazy

My advice is get the Cintiq 21UX http://www.wacom.com/cintiq/cintiq-21ux.php
My experience with the Cintiq 12WX has been nothing but disappointment. I used the ones at my school so maybe they've just be insanely used, but I found them to be more annoying than helpful. There's no incredible difference in pressure sensitivity (at least I don't remember there being any) and the screen not big enough to make a huge impact. Also, the colors on the cintiq's screen were different than the ones on the computer so that fucks up coloring and painting. Though the colors can be fixed, I say save up a little more for the 21UX. For a cheaper new tablet, I just bought a wacom intous4 and I LOVE IT. I know you want to try out a screen tablet, but the intous4 (medium) is really really nice if you're coming from an older tablet. I just replaced my old intous2 that I've had since highschool.

I also want to say you should try using a cintiq first if you can. I've found that I prefer using an intous and like to look at the computer screen, but I've also never tried the cintiq 21UX so my advice is pretty bias and I apologize for that.

Good luck!

er, try out a cintiq before you buy it. I'm sorry that my comment has tons of grammar and english typos. I'm on the run!

hmmm yeah ....I've worried that the screen might be too small for me ... but I dont think I can justify paying over two thousand for a tablet since art is nothing more than a hobby to me. I got big student loans to pay back. :X
I absolutely know I dont want an intous tablet though ... I just dont have the coordination for them lol! I have never enjoyed drawing with the tablet I have now.

I'm not sure anyone locally sells cintiq tablets so I dont know if I can test one out. I will try hard to track one down though. Thanks so much for the info ... it's going to take alot of thinking for me to comitt to buying one! haha

My friend has a 12WX and while I agree that the screen is really small, I don't remember the colors being off.

I prefer looking at the screen too though, I got the Intuos4 too <3

I've never tried the Cintiq, but I've seen how it works for friends of mine, and it seems a bit excessive.

There's no major difference in pressure sensitivity, there is often a difference between monitor and tablet screen colors, which has a big effect on your work, and the cost is a pretty hefty one.


In short, You pay a lot of extra just to be able to look down at your hands while drawing... :/

Gosh darn it ... the color difference seems terrible to me. I dunno what to do :(

You can mess with your adjustments, but it's time consuming and often inaccurate.

Friend's got a 12WX. I use a 21UX.

Don't know what's with people and the pressure sensitivity, I've had no trouble with it, but then I'm quite a light touch so I know when I'm pressing.

Cons:
- There is a distance between the pen and screen of about 4mm, so you should still follow the pointer for fine work.
- Colour is funny (I actually like it, tho I use dual screens to check anyway)
- As a monitor, it's not very good and quite pixelated.
- if you like to get close for detail, you get a face full of pixels.
- Pricey as fuck.
- Not paper.

Personally, I learned on an A3 size Wacom Digitizer II and the move to a 21UX was excessive. Neither me or my friend use our cintiqs enough to warrant its purchase and we both regret it. However neither of us will give them up for anything, and heck, when I need the goods, it delivers.

Personally I went for the big 21ux since you want to keep arm length from the work and I don't particularly enjoy drawing in a letterbox.

If you draw a lot on computer already, you'll love it. If you don't draw on computer much for whatever reason - it won't make you.

Hope that helps, if you've got any specific questions: shoot :)

This was really helpful. Thanks alot! Man it's really sounding like I should find someone who owns one and test it out.

No worries, and yeah, trying it might make you love it. It did to me.

I think in some stores they let you test out the tablets before buying them.
there are also sites like epinions.com where people talk about their experiences.

I used a little bitty graphire3 exclusively for like 4 years and kind of regret it. I personally hate/find it impossible to do line art on a tablet and just use it for coloring now. I'd advise you to just get a cheaper and smaller tablet for coloring and keep your lines traditional, since it really does give you more direct control I think.

ooo, when you get yer tablet, we'll hang out an i'll show you more photoshoppage