I agree, I started with a small Graphire, which was nice, and when I saw an offer at a discounter, I couldn't resist to buy that Intuos 2. It is 3 years old now, torn, but still 100% reliable and functional.
For me A4 would be too big. Recommend the smallest of them all, but if you draw properly (as in from the elbow and not the wrist like me) then bigger might be better.
do someone know this tablet : trust tb 4200 is this a good tablet for digital painting and sketching?? The Wacom Intuos are great, but 500E...
this trust only cost 100E
i tell u s.th..never buy a cheap or undersized tablet. i started with an intuos1 a5. far to small to work with. the problem is that u need a 1:1 mapping of ur screen (should be at least a 21" tft/ctr - the bigger the better!) in order to gain a real drawing feeling...
The next tablet of mine was an intuos1 a4, then intuos1 a3 oversized - a really good choice. My actual tablet is an intuos2 a3 oversized with an usb2.0 plug. I think this, in spite of the connection (usb/serial) is the best size to deliver realistic drawing results, or to put it more precisely the best way to work in a realistic manner.
So what's the problem with this very fine stuff? Yep. the price, which is far to high for a non-professional. there is one way to get a wacom to one's greedy fingers.
Go to ebay, search for a wacom intuos1, size as u like, with a serial plug - they are cheap. there is not much difference in the specs between an intuos1 and intuos3, besides of the design and the plug (serial/usb/agp). i don't think that the busspeed matter for the result of ur work, coz you'll not play 3d egoshooters with it. For each plugs (serial/agp/usb) are adapters available. For each wacom intuos (1 up to 3) are drivers for any plattform available (@wacom itself or @ sourceforge). So there's no reason why u shouldn't buy an intuos1, maybe besides of the desing...
c'ya
Go to ebay, search for a wacom intuos1, size as u like, with a serial plug - they are cheap. there is not much difference in the specs between an intuos1 and intuos3, besides of the design and the plug (serial/usb/agp). i don't think that the busspeed matter for the result of ur work, coz you'll not play 3d egoshooters with it. For each plugs (serial/agp/usb) are adapters available. For each wacom intuos (1 up to 3) are drivers for any plattform available (@wacom itself or @ sourceforge). So there's no reason why u shouldn't buy an intuos1, maybe besides of the desing...
c'ya
Thanks for taking the time to answer and giving me good tips, i will folow your advice.
I've got the 6x8 Intuos 2 and the 12x19 Intuos 3. The 6x8 is great for doing broad strokes, editing, and stuff like that but very difficult for fine detail. I got the 12x19 to start doing more visual effects, specifically rotoscoping. I have been able to get much greater detail with the larger one. Only problem is that it takes a while to get used to as you have to cover a lot more space with your arm and hand as opposed to the smaller ones. All of the illustrators that I know use the larger tablets or more recently the Cintiqs but I don't know many that can afford that.
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