which tablet should I get?

[zenia]

Yeah, I was just looking up prices for the Bamboo Create (the one I think I will upgrade to) and on TigerDirect it was $199.95 and at London Drugs it is $199.99... so I think I will just go for the one at LD. lol It wasn't significantly cheaper on TD.

[starflier]

Staples lists that price too

[Neox]

I've used a Bamboo 4x5 for four years now; I just recently thought I'd try the pen/touch model for shits and giggles and I really like it.

The Bamboo is made for people who are interested in beginning in digital art and photo-finishing.  They feature less buttons and stuff, and I believe their resolution is a bit lower (less accurate than the Intuos series).  The Intuos has a pen tilt sensitivity feature and is built more for professional imaging.

As a hobbyist, I've not found that I really need anything as expensive as an Intuos.  My Bamboo suited me just fine for this long.

[zenia]

I believe their resolution is a bit lower (less accurate than the Intuos series).

hehe The Bamboo series has even more sensitivity than the GraphireET I currently have. XD

[Drake Wingfire]

Im gonna go against the grain here and say to not bother with a Bamboo and save up for an Intuos. It will last you longer and the Intuos has a lot better features.

I find Bamboos paper feel has the negative side effect of causing you to burn down your pen tip faster and it kinda hinders fluid motions, my Intuos 3 has a nice smooth surface and i am still using the original pen tip nearly 3 years later, I being known to be a bit heavy handed with how I draw and write. The intuos series just tends to be wacoms "Cadillac" brand, pricey but superior quality to their run of the mill bamboo. If you can afford to wait and save up some money, its really worth the price for what you get.

The intuos has superior resolution (meaning pen movement is more smooth and less jittery), Plenty of more programmable buttons and touch sensors, wider variety of pen tips, tilt effects to change brush stroke size. Its got quite a few legs up over the Bamboo which was really made to be a cheap every-man tablet. Not to say they don't get the job done, just they are not as refined and functional as their Intuos counterparts.

[starflier]

Aaand by the same token...

cintiq makes me happy ^^


....I didn't need need to make a down-payment on a house after all. All I needed was to be able to draw on my screen.

[zenia]

I just bought an Intuos4. :P Birthday present to myself. I was actually going to get the Create, but when I got there they were sold out... but they did have a small Intuos4 for the same price (sale day! woo) so I ended up getting it. It is nice so far, though the texture is throwing me off a little. hehe I do like the buttons on the side of the tablet and the nib storage in the stylus holder is genius. I kept losing my baggie of nibs before. XD