juni_83
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| 15 Apr 2007 03:17 AM |
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A friend of mine sugested I would buy a drawing tablet to use it for my web design. It seemed a bit pricey though.
If any of you owns one, do you find it as a good investment? |
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juni_83
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| 15 Apr 2007 03:18 AM |
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I found quite a few items on tigerdirect. Some of them are pricey. They end up being as much as $450, but I found some good ones at a more reasonable price, under $100.
If any of you have a sugestion....I'm glad to hear it. |
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gsmile
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| 19 Apr 2007 02:28 AM |
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| What are you looking to use your tablet for? Do you mean something like Anime drawing or just designs? Complicated ones or simple? If you're looking for very simple designs, draw them on paper and then scan them. |
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10cents
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| 25 Apr 2007 05:38 AM |
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Posted By juni_83 on 04/14/2007 9:17 PM
A friend of mine sugested I would buy a drawing tablet to use it for my web design. It seemed a bit pricey though.
If any of you owns one, do you find it as a good investment? We have a here a digitizing tablet, or table really, for maps :D
It depends on what graphics you do. If you've got a talent for drawing and sketching, a tablet would be great to get your art into digital form. Anything that can make your work better is worth it.
I would like to have a small personal one, those with pens.
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nancy_kelpie
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| 27 Apr 2007 11:21 AM |
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I have a tablet and I LOVE it.
I don't use it for drawing tough. I always draw with pencil and eraser, and then scan it in. This is much easier. And then I use the pen tool to draw. (vector)
I use it instead of the mouse tough. It helps to prevent RSI. (I'm 10 hours behind a computer every day)
So I use it for EVERYTHING, webdesign, searching the web, etc.
Sometimes it's handy with drawing... for example I had to draw grass a week ago. With the mouse it would have take VERY long, but with the tablet it was much quicker. And if you want to make a lot of spots it's aslo handy. But that's the only drawing I do with the tablet.
If you buy a tablet I would recomment the A5 Wacom tablet.
Wacoms are great !!! I own a trust and a Wacom, but the wacom really is much better.
With the trust I still get RSI.
And A5 is a nice size, smaller is useless, and bigger takes too much desk space.
So tablets are not only for people who draw !! |
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gilipsie
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| 14 Jul 2007 01:45 AM |
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| I have not tried one of these. I am curious as to whether it would work for me. |
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nayr
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| 15 Jul 2007 06:48 PM |
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i guess it would if you do alot of design stuffs?
i'm considering wacom graphire 4. should i? |
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nancy_kelpie
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| 27 Jul 2007 11:25 PM |
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If you think the tablet will do the work for you, don't get one. It will not make you a better artist or better designer.
Some more tips:
- If you often make pressure sensitive outlines for illustrations or animations it's very handy. (if you use the pen tool a mouse is better tough) If you don't draw at all it will not help you to learn to draw.
- if you are a digital artist (really drawing) it's also handy for sketching, I still prefer my pencil tough.
- It really prevends RSI
- If you want to buy a tablet, buy a wacom! (I made the mistake not to, and really regret it)
- Most of the time an A5 tablet is big enough, and this one is really cheap :) |
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nayr
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| 04 Aug 2007 03:54 PM |
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I'm doing some sketching and drawings now.
I have to scan the pictures which eventually gets 'washed out'. so I thought with a wacom, I can skip the scanning step. Oh well, I'll take your words into consideration.
Thanks for the info nancy_kelpie! |
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aima123
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| 15 Sep 2007 04:53 AM |
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Posted By nayr on 07/15/2007 12:48 PM
i guess it would if you do alot of design stuffs?
i'm considering wacom graphire 4. should i? I also own such thing. But I don't ever used it, because I am not confident in handling, I still prefer using my mouse and keyboard in doing something with regards to designing and layouting.
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nayr
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| 17 Sep 2007 08:57 AM |
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| oh no. so your tablet is collecting dust now? |
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britjojo
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| 20 Sep 2007 06:03 AM |
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Scanning really can cause big loses in the quality of the finished digital product. You can avoid it sometimes by having a really top quality scanner that is clean and well maintained but if you can just put out the money for a tablet then it would be well worth it.
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gilipsie
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| 01 Nov 2007 10:13 PM |
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| But what does it do exactly? What would be the purpose of you having it? |
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ashmin
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| 09 Feb 2008 03:19 PM |
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| I have been looking at the Wacom Bamboo's. I currently scan all my drawings onto the computer. Other than that they stay sketches. I'm not much of an artist though, so its no big deal. |
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R1986
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| 12 Feb 2008 10:25 PM |
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I posted a similar kind of question a few forum subcategories over so it's good to see the discussion going on here. I do simpler type drawings and create some strip comics that I colour in Photoshop but I really wanted to get a tablet to make the process easier.
What are some good brand names for decently priced ones? I'm going to look up the Wacom Bamboo model that ashmin posted but any other |
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R1986
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| 12 Feb 2008 10:26 PM |
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I posted a similar kind of question a few forum subcategories over so it's good to see the discussion going on here. I do simpler type drawings and create some strip comics that I colour in Photoshop but I really wanted to get a tablet to make the process easier.
What are some good brand names for decently priced ones? I'm going to look up the Wacom Bamboo model that ashmin posted but any other suggestions would be great. |
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silversong642
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| 01 Mar 2008 12:56 PM |
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| Tablets are very very useful for artists who want to give graphic-making on the computer a shot. Sometimes pen and paper doesn't look as good as what a tablet can provide. It is expensive though, heck, I've been trying to buy one for myself for years, but I do believe that it's a good investment. |
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TosMel
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| 17 Mar 2008 01:48 PM |
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| I know very little about these tablets, but I always heard about them in the realm of sketching and drawing for artists. I never considered that you could use them as a large touchpad type of thing - like on a laptop. I can see how that would be easier on the hand, although I'm so used to my mouse I don't know if I could give it up. |
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iceprincessa
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| 25 Mar 2008 05:20 PM |
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| I have one and it is useful, just trying to get used to drawing on it... the feel is definitely different than that on paper and with pencil, but with practice it should be just as good lol Wacom is a good brand |
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gale
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| 06 May 2008 03:06 PM |
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I have the Wacom Bamboo. I bought it because I heard from a lot of people that Wacom is a great investment and the best drawing tablet around. The Bamboo is the cheapest and it's been great so far.
Aima123, you have a Wacom Graphire and you don't use it? If I only had the money, I'd get that! Try using the tablet little by little. you'll eventually get used to it. :) |
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