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[Max Rambone]

BTW, Santa brought me an awesome 12.1" digitizer tablet for Christmas this year.

~archi

[Kerafym]

I was thinking of buying a tablet then I remembered that I have no artistic abilities whatsoever.

[Caesar]

Ha im glad i made u laugh magyk. But really i dont know what that is or whats ffs is? All i know is microsoft word. Well i must be off in order to finish (part) of science fair today. None the less i dont like it.. in reply to the artistic thing, I can draw to some degree tho.... Well for tose of u in college i wish i had that long off too......

[Magyk]

Ceasar, photoshop is basically like MS Paint on steroids. It's a professional program that is basically like a digital art studio. It's how I made my signature, and all other things in my gallery here: viewtopic.php?f=29&t=1231

I just used a tablet for the first time a few months ago, very cool. Takes a little getting used to, but it's great once you warm up to it. Thinking of buying my own soon, actually. Where did you get yours, Archi?

[Ranger Bob]

What kind of tablet are you thinking of, Magyk? I have one, but I don't yews it for anything but drawing, lol

[Max Rambone]

Where did you get yours, Archi?

BTW, Santa brought me an awesome 12.1" digitizer tablet for Christmas this year.

Lol...

http://www.amazon.com/12-Inch-Touch-Scr ... 667&sr=8-1

I've never really used one, either...it's kinda weird...but cool.

This one seems really nice for the price.

~archi

[Magyk]

The one I used was a Wacom tablet. I'm assuming they all work in generally the same way. That does seem like a good price too. Maybe I'll throw that on my to-buy list below a mic for vent.

and after doing a quick amazon search, I'm pretty sure this is the one I used. Sadly it's out of my price range by about $700.
http://www.amazon.com/Wacom-Intuos4-Ext ... 21&sr=1-14

I found that there wasn't a significant difference over a mouse in drawing. Largely because anything you can do on a tablet can be replicated using the pen tool in photoshop if you know what you're doing (so I guess it did effect the ease of drawing, and cut off a lot of time - but there was no increase in quality) but it was SO MUCH easier and more accurate in terms of zooming in and erasing around edges.

[Ranger Bob]

Actually, I've found that it's a LOT easier for me to draw with a tablet rather than a mouse. It's true, you can replicate with the pen tool, but it takes a lot more time and effort (It already takes me 1 hour+ to complete something, depending on the intricacy of the work).

If I had more money I'd consider getting a more professional (and larger) tablet, but for now I'll stick to my Wacom Bamboo

[Caesar]

wow those things are expensive!

[Magyk]

I guess it depends on your drawing skill really, I preferred the pen tool because I could see where the line would go before I placed it and backstep out of section of my sketch - but I also have no drawing skill. =S