Drawing Tablets

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Hey everyone, i was just wondering if anyone could give me advice on buying drawing tablets. You see, i just bought an Wacom Intuos4  tablet. Unfortunately, i don't think i put much thought into it too well, because i found out that this was a type of tablet that needed the use of a computer to work, and you cannot draw on the actual screen of the tablet. yeah, stupid me )=


I know now that there are two types: the desktop one (the intuos 4) and the ones where you can directly draw on it. I just wanted a type of drawing thing where I can just "get away" from the computer which I already use for many things. What i was hoping for in a tablet would act like the nintendo DS with that drawing program on it. Unfortunately the tablet that i am thinking of buying, the Wacom Cintiq is extremely expensive compare the the Intuos4. Does anyone have any ideas on finding a better tablet and possibly a cheaper one, or do you think i should maybe do the easy way, and simply get a DS and the drawing training program on it. What sort of tablets do you all use, are the desktop tablets the only ones to get?

There are some choices that i was thinking of.

1. buying a Intuos Cintiq from ebay, hopefully it won't be that much expensive
2. buy a gameboy 3DS with Art academy (I am still an amateur and I haven't truly mastered drawing)
3. Or maybe i should just buy Intuos4 first, and then later on save up for one that you can use without a computer (e.g. cintiq)
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NguyenHuuHongVan's avatar
Well, I start drawing digital with a genius pensketch tablet, currently drawing with a intous 5. I have a Inkling to walk around and sketch things, but it just useful and handy for sketch.
About wacom Cintiq, it good, but extremely expensive. I choose intuos 5 due to it level of sensitivity and in some forum, some user have successfully upgrade an Intuos 5  in to some kind of homemade cintiq. There are couple other product cheaper and have same feature, but quality not as good as Wacom's products. As I know, Intuos 4 and 5 have develop wireless feature, but it require Bluetooth in your PC, and when you draw, you could sit somewhere else more comfortable, as long as you still can see your pic on screen. Not sure that what you mean about get away from computer?

I'm don't know about your financial state, so here couple option I can come up with if you can't afford a Cintiq:
For long or medium run, buy an Intuos. It very effective, and only took me 1 week, 1 - 1,5 hours of practice per day to get use to that kind. of drawing, but it need a computer to run, of course (even for wireless kind).
If you just need some cheap product with same feature to practice now and save up later for cintiq, there are other "stuck in computer" products like Bamboo or Genius pensketch (it was largest tablet with cheapest price, but it's pen need battery); or Inking for walk around sketch, but it hard to control and only effective for sketch and pretty delicate, so I not recommend it.