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# F is evil
Threadjack:
I'm gonna buy a drawing tablet...anyone got any advice. What should I buy? What shouldn't I buy?
(MrChimp previously Monsieur, Fri 26 Dec 2008, 0:23, archived)
# Wacom
(I helped save b3ta! epiphany coming live from sweden, Fri 26 Dec 2008, 0:24, archived)
# wacom ftw
. wierd to get used to though
(I helped save b3ta! skeltonator Needs some new daps., Fri 26 Dec 2008, 0:28, archived)
# Indeed they are
but I have been using them for years now.. my mouse is lonely and dusty tucked behind my monitor I never use it.

Awwwwwwww.
(Captain_lambkin adifferent.me, Fri 26 Dec 2008, 0:29, archived)
# awwwww!
poor mousey!
(I helped save b3ta! skeltonator Needs some new daps., Fri 26 Dec 2008, 0:34, archived)
# Always WACOM..
A4 in size the A5's are too small.. have a look on ebay you can pic up some older USB WACOMs for good money.

Any of the intuos ranges are good, the newer the better it terms of accuracy and pressure levels. Also gettiing spares for older ones (nibs) can be a bit of a pain.

If money is not an issue WACOM graphire.

EDIT: Ignore the Graphire comment intuos 3 is what you want A4 new you'll be paying about £350 squids...

Although from experience I have discovered a serious flaw with the Intuos 3 it is NOT coffee proof, spill something on it and you may well break it, the Intuos 1 and 2 are pretty much water proof, a design tool that is not Coffee proof, thats crazy



(Captain_lambkin adifferent.me, Fri 26 Dec 2008, 0:27, archived)
# I got an A5 one
Bamboo - but as all I do is shit doodles its fine for that
But for a proper one this^

Like this
(I helped save b3ta! epiphany coming live from sweden, Fri 26 Dec 2008, 0:28, archived)
# Couldn't resist . . .
(I helped save b3ta! Valin I changed glasses while I wasn't looking, Fri 26 Dec 2008, 0:39, archived)
# haha he looks well angry :D
(I helped save b3ta! epiphany coming live from sweden, Fri 26 Dec 2008, 0:40, archived)
# He hasn't eaten the carrot . . .
(I helped save b3ta! Valin I changed glasses while I wasn't looking, Fri 26 Dec 2008, 0:41, archived)
# little shit
(I helped save b3ta! epiphany coming live from sweden, Fri 26 Dec 2008, 0:41, archived)
# ^this, but a5 is generally fine for sketching for b3ta worthy pictures.
(k3b/-\b Peace man., Fri 26 Dec 2008, 0:34, archived)
# I find the larger size one enable
you to make more acurate shapes, especially curves as you can use traditional sketching techniques to get the curves, which I why I got an A3, but then I am a twunt.
(Captain_lambkin adifferent.me, Fri 26 Dec 2008, 0:38, archived)
# I can certainly see advantages to the larger ones, i suppose it's
limited by budget, but also the general size the images you're used to drawing (on paper).

I just happened to obtain an Intuos3 A5 for free and I'm used to drawing small pics on A4 paper...suits me nicely
(k3b/-\b Peace man., Fri 26 Dec 2008, 0:47, archived)
# This^
(I helped save b3ta! epiphany coming live from sweden, Fri 26 Dec 2008, 0:39, archived)
# Yeah
I use a Wacom Bamboo. It's very slightly bigger than A5 I think. Or was it very slightly bigger than A6? Fucked if I know. IT'S A THING WHAT I DO THE PEN AT AND THE LINE ON THE SCREEN HAPPENS.
(I helped save b3ta! Shada, Fri 26 Dec 2008, 0:39, archived)
# Thats what I do
But you seem to do it better
(I helped save b3ta! epiphany coming live from sweden, Fri 26 Dec 2008, 0:41, archived)