It is essentially a Bamboo equivalent tablet. Works great. I bought a surface cover for like $10 because I didn't like the surface texture. Has the added benefit of keeping nibs from wearing down as fast.
Been with the same Intuos 4 tablet for about 5 years now as well. The connections are really loose and the tablet has to sit on my desk just right or it goes dead, but other than that its been great. Hopefully get a couple more years out of it before I need to upgrade.
Always Wacom. Funny thing is though, I've seen Intuos' come and go over the years with dodgy ports, failures and all sorts but my travel/backup Bamboo has survived the ages despite having gone around the world, come on daily commutes, been taken on location all the time etc. It's lost half it's paintjob from wear and is scratched to hell but works flawlessly :O Tip for prospective buyers: Don't assume you need the biggest one! Some people prefer medium or even small -- its more about how you draw. I'd suggest working your way up in size!
Yeah. As a general rule if you draw or paint on larger canvases and tend to use your whole arm, go for a bigger one, but if your strokes are generally done with just the hand and wrist go for medium. if you purely draw in a5 style books and the like, then go for a small.
I bought the Wacom pro medium, great bit of gear but I have to restart the Wacom service every time I plug it in. I also found it had a bit of lag in zbrush when I used the wireless function. I could be the odd one out though.
Wacom Intuos 4. Used the cintiq 13 hd for a while but switched back to the old trusty intous 4. Kind of felt uncomfortable drawing directly on screen, guess you have to become accustomed to that.
I have an old Intuos 3 from about a year before the Intuos 4 came out. I really need to resurface it, it's beginning to get divots here and there. Not bad for a 7-8 year old tablet, though.
On the other hand, I'd LOVE to get my hands on a 13" Cintiq, or Cintiq Companion... if I had da monies...
Home, Cintiq 21ux, about 8 years old I think? Work: some sort of Intuos, I don't recall what model. With the large Cintiq I can draw fairly accurate straight lines by kind of dragging my whole arm down the screen. A bigger tablet helps when you follow the art school mantra of "draw with your arm, not your wrist"
Home: Intuos 3 and a 22HD Cintiq, which I wish I had more time to use - bought it on a hunch when I saw how cheap it was in Japan. Work: super old Wacom Graphire 4. I mostly code and manage stuff these days, so it's okay. If the pen had a different shape I wouldn't have any compaint about it. But I really don't like the thin pen. Otherwise it's got great build quality like all Wacom stuff
I can't recommend the Cintiq 22HD enough. Were I doing concept/illustration, I'd probably go with the 27HD, but the 22HD is perfect for sculpting and texture work, imo.
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Wacom makes some pretty solid products and most of the tablets are fairly reasonably priced until you get to the Cintiq.
It is essentially a Bamboo equivalent tablet. Works great. I bought a surface cover for like $10 because I didn't like the surface texture. Has the added benefit of keeping nibs from wearing down as fast.
7+ years old
Tip for prospective buyers: Don't assume you need the biggest one! Some people prefer medium or even small -- its more about how you draw. I'd suggest working your way up in size!
It works I've no quarrels with it.
Used the cintiq 13 hd for a while but switched back to the old trusty intous 4. Kind of felt uncomfortable drawing directly on screen, guess you have to become accustomed to that.
On the other hand, I'd LOVE to get my hands on a 13" Cintiq, or Cintiq Companion... if I had da monies...
Work: Cintiq 22HD that Daniel Kim, thank God, found for me at half price because of cosmetic damage that didn't actually affect the active area.
Work: super old Wacom Graphire 4. I mostly code and manage stuff these days, so it's okay. If the pen had a different shape I wouldn't have any compaint about it. But I really don't like the thin pen. Otherwise it's got great build quality like all Wacom stuff