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Re: Trying to get into digial art, but couldnt use the wiacom tablets

Conscious Bob — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 06:32:58 GMT

Penabled:

Actually...even buying a used iPad would likely cost more than a couple of the solutions I mentioned above but you're right about visibility....it is definitely more well known.

smaher doesn't mention a budget and given the context of the original question... leaving out the iPad is an omission.

Re: Trying to get into digial art, but couldnt use the wiacom tablets

Penabled — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 01:40:16 GMT

Conscious Bob:
Or you could get an iPad.
I really like my wee Graphire now although I did have issues with hand/eye coordination at first, I don't know how difficult using your tablet is for you but if you want to draw direct without spending megabucks the iPad could be a useful alternative.
I'm not a fan of the iPad, wrong kind of screen ergo no pressure sensitivity, but it's hugely popular and has credibility with the general public as a drawing tool unfortunately more so than Wacom's range of excellent products by being better known.

Actually...even buying a used iPad would likely cost more than a couple of the solutions I mentioned above but you're right about visibility....it is definitely more well known.

Re: Trying to get into digial art, but couldnt use the wiacom tablets

Conscious Bob — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 22:52:12 GMT

Or you could get an iPad.

I really like my wee Graphire now although I did have issues with hand/eye coordination at first, I don't know how difficult using your tablet is for you but if you want to draw direct without spending megabucks the iPad could be a useful alternative.

I'm not a fan of the iPad, wrong kind of screen ergo no pressure sensitivity, but it's hugely popular and has credibility with the general public as a drawing tool unfortunately more so than Wacom's range of excellent products by being better known.

Re: Trying to get into digial art, but couldnt use the wiacom tablets

Penabled — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:51:56 GMT

Well I don't know how committed you are to your new hobby....but I found an older HP TX 2514 convertible tablet for sale on a site that had a few refurbished models. At the time (about 3 years ago) it was quite a bargain for the model at $600. You could probably find a newer version of this (The HP TM2) for about the same cost. This model is the one that has a Wacom penabled screen so that you can draw directly on the screen. My particular model has some issues with heat after a while of use but I understand the TM2 has mostly done away with that problem.

If you take some time to do some research you may find a good price on one of the Motion Computing slates...which many are Wacom penabled devices. Wacom used to have a page on their site listing their partners to make it easier to search for a device in the Ebay market or on some other used tech site. I think they may have removed it because they never seemed to update it.

I'll get you started with the devices I know of which have Wacom digitizers built into them....but there may be a lot more that I either missed or don't know about: HP TX 1100 series, TX 2500 series, TM2 , Motion Computing (almost all of them), Fujitsu has several but I'm not sure of which models and Lenovo laptops but again I'm not sure which specific models.

I really do like my HP....it has the Wacom sensor, it looks nice, can be converted to a slate style device and is relatively portable though I think I may have to get a new battery soon. Some of the old HP slates (Tx 1000) can be had for under $200.

To cap it off....I believe that all of the older penabled devices have a downside to them...none of the sensors have tilt detection, which is standard in all Intuos tablets. The ability to draw on screen more than makes up for this to me personally. You will need to judge for yourself if one of these is something that will help you draw digitally.

Good luck!

Jon

Trying to get into digial art, but couldnt use the wiacom tablets

smaher — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:05:13 GMT

I've been interested in drawing for a long time, I've wanted to learn how to draw digital art, and some time ago I bought a waicom tablet thinking that this would be the way to go. I do however have slight dyspaxia along with dyslexia and I've found that it was very hard getting my hand eye coordination while I was drawing, simply because I had keep my eye on the screen while drawing on the tablet. It seemed very unnatural to me, I know wiacom do touch screen tablets but there very expensive.

Just wondering if anyone has any advice.

Thanks

Simon