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AdamAntz
May 15, 2005
The One
Can someone here give me a little advise?

I have never used a tablet or done any digital drawing. I'm a painter and work with graphite, charcoal, pastel, oil, acrylic. I want to get into digital painting though, and I'm looking for a good first tablet to buy.

My budget is rather small. I really dont want to spend more than around $200 or so. From reading this thread I get the impression that bamboos aren't really meant for serious drawing/painting, and that the best option would be an intuos 3. However, its a bit more expensive than I'd like and I'm not entirely convinced anyway. I mean I've seen people make nice paintings with their loving ipads (http://underpaintings.blogspot.com/2010/11/free-online-ipad-demo-from-david-kassan.html) and I also know people with Cintiqs that can barely draw so I really believe that this is mostly about the talent of the artist rather than the hardware.

I want something cheap. I'm looking at Genius tablets and they're bigger and cheaper than the Wacom ones. Should I go for one of those instead?

Edit: After further research I just found out that Wacom tablets in my country are like $700. Yes, the same tablet that is sold for $300 in the US is $700 for me. I might be willing to pay $300 for one, but $700? gently caress. No. Genius tablets are the same price as in the US though. Seems like I have no choice.

http://www.geniuseshop.com/p-10554-9-x-12-cordles-mouse-pen-tablet-high-resolution-graphics-tablet-PenSketch
or
http://www.geniuseshop.com/p-10553-12-x-7-multimedia-graphics-tablet-cordless-pen-tablet-for-Windows-and-MAC-G-Pen-M712X

Much cheaper, bigger tablets than a Wacom, not the same pressure sensibility but honestly thats the least of my worries considering my situation.

AdamAntz fucked around with this message at 22:37 on Dec 28, 2010

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