I bought my Drawing tablet :D

**ICY** · 01-21-2006, 05:03 PM

I can;t believe I got it! I've been playing with it alllll nightttt. When I saw it, it was love at first sight. I was about to make sweet love to it, except I didn;'t want to break it. I'm a little rough :P

Anyyyyyways...

I know, I know. I'm awsome, and superior to you all.

Ediot: I have been using it for abit.let's just say it 's going to get some taking used to lol

**Fragalot** · 01-21-2006, 08:43 PM

nice one, icy

but what i'm wondering...
do you see what you draw on the tablet itself?

**Watcher** · 01-22-2006, 02:46 AM

hum... what can you do with it ? is it something i wont to think about getting?

**Fragalot** · 01-22-2006, 03:43 AM

watcher: you can use it to draw something like you would on paper, exept it comes on your screen.

kinda acts as your mouse in photoshop.
but more precise as you use a pen to make the cursor move

**Sohlside** · 01-22-2006, 03:49 AM

Just wondering, how many people here at BP use one of those pads?

**wasahobo** · 01-22-2006, 04:47 AM

I would like to see some of the things you have done with it.

I have been thinking abouit getting one after you said something but, it sorda seems like a waste of money if it doesnt do that much.

**ICY** · 01-22-2006, 10:35 AM

Basicaly, you can get mroe accuracy with a pen, than you can with a mouse. So serious graphics designers, 3d graphics people, etc. Own these. It's not really worth the investment if you can't draw, or you don't want an awsome tool for vector graphics, then yeah, there's no point in having it. But I have talked to many graphic artists who make a living in my town, and they say that you only need these if you are into making more custom things, etc.

They said it's worth the investment fior the accuracy, but you should not get the cheap drawing tabletures. Those things are worthless. Usually the cheapest one you should go for is the one I have. The wacom intous 3 6x8 inches of drawing space. And, if you want to, you can draw on paper, put it over the bpad, and trace it, etc. etc. Anyways. When I finaly get used to it, I'll show you some piuctures. It's not very easy to use. Especially if you've never used anything like it before. Sort of the position im in. I was told it takes some dedication to get used to this. But it's very worth the practice for it. gives you a huge advantage over graphic artists for jobs.

**Sean** · 01-22-2006, 10:47 AM

Was thinking about getting one myself a while back, but then opted to stick with scanning.

**wasahobo** · 01-22-2006, 01:47 PM

thats what i do as well sean, hasnt failed me yet LOL

**Fragalot** · 01-22-2006, 07:47 PM

scanning takes hours on my end, lol

slow scanner, connected to a slow pc, then i have to find some space on the harddrive since the program wont let me write on my pc's harddrive over the net, and it can't save as jpg or something,
then i have to go back to my pc after i saved it, look for a shared folder on my dad's pc, put the file in there, access it trough my pc, and then i can use it...

so i just gave up on scanning