I'm Totally Bringing this to Every Site I'm On
But here I'll be bringing the actual details of my new lovely wacom intous4. I'm sure once I stop freaking out I'll look back and see how obnoxious I've been about it. Let's see if I can persuade my few readers (who don't own tablets/haven't owned a wacom) here why this fucking rocks.
1) For the past 5+ years I've been using a Hyperpen 12000U.
I don't regret it. I almost got it for free anyways. My mom and I were hired to train a supposed crazed dog to be calmer. We soon discovered that there was nothing wrong with the dog, but the owners never did the magical thing called research to see if having a Rat Terrier would be appropriate for a nice, quite, calm household (the answer is no).
So in payment, I got this Aiptek tablet that the daughter in that family didn't want anymore. I had never own such a piece of technology until that moment (didn't even know they existed) so I really had nothing to compare to. It took a few hours to understand the basics of how it worked and I loved the idea of it. But it was always hard to draw on. Especially in it's last years. To anyone who watches me on DA, you wouldn't know it, but I'm a fast sketcher. I like getting my basics of my drawing down in less than a minute. I have to slow myself down big time to make sure my tablet at least gets the important strokes that make the figures I wish to portray. And in it's last years this tablet would freeze/glitch even in the midst of THAT.
It's seriously thanks to everyone who watches me on TE and DA that I still kept going on that thing. Otherwise I may have dropped it altogether. People complain that the internet has made people unable to communicate in RL, you guys did the opposite for me. For all of the traditional art contests I lose, I know I'm making someone laugh with my comics digitally. ^_^
2) It's a Freaking Wacom
For those who do nothing with tablets, it may already sound like an upgrade to replace something that old. And if anyone has even glanced at a price from Wacom, you know it's bloody expensive. So what's the deal? Coming from my perspective-
The pen is a normal thick pen size, not obnoxiously large as the other. And it doesn't need freaking batteries to work.
Neither does the mouse.
So the pen is lighter, and thinner, perfect for my small girly hands.
I don't have to press hard to make it draw. Which makes it easier on said girly hands.
It can tell different pressures, so I can actually properly shade instead of taking a smudge tool
If you seriously want more, look them both up for comparison. The numbers alone should show.
Seriously, the only thing to really improve what I have is to either get a Cintiq or get a tablet that was deliberately made for my own home use. Whilst I was doing research for a new tablet, every time I answered the question to fellow artists what I had, they always made pity sounds. Wishing me the best of luck for me to rack in the money for a wacom.
Now I know why. It's the best tablet you can get out there. They have every reason to charge what they do. 2 year warranty and free art programs to mess with. I'm set.
3) It's Freaking NEW
Every computer device I have ever owned was previously owned by someone else. Possibly thrice before me. My only exceptions before this was my gameboy colour and advance (a few of the games), and headphones. It's cheaper to buy something someone else owned (even cheaper if it's from family). Plus, if it was reported to have had problems and it's been refurbished that makes it even cheaper (I've never had a problem with refurbished computers, after all they are full of new parts!). But my dad kept on my case, every time he thought I was leaning into a used tablet (even a wacom) he pushed me back.
And then BOUGHT me my new tablet.
*dies in disbelief and pure happiness*
4) I Didn't Know Cardboard Could Look That Nice
I've basically stated everything that needs to be said, but this was the icing on the case, I mean cake. Yeah. Excuse me for being low middle class here, but there was a time when someone said a present was given in a nice box I thought the box was wrapped in fancy wrapping paper. I didn't realize that cardboard itself would be designed to look so welcoming.
After cutting the security wrap and pulling off the ad wrap that told of all of it's special features I met with a nice, sleek black box. Lifting the first lid I was greeted with the Wacom's harmony logo in 10+ languages. And nothing gets me going than something that knows at least 5. Plus, this is a worldwide company, I should've been expecting it.
But it continued as I went through the box and installed. I don't have to have English if I don't want to~ <3
*Cough* Okay, I think I've calmed down enough. Let's see what I can draw!
(I'm totally hoping to give my old tablet to STWW. While he's not a big drawer, it still would be a lot of fun if I could get him on TE.)
(If you are reading this, STWW, yes I know you lurk on TE. Lets draw stupid stuff together!)
1) For the past 5+ years I've been using a Hyperpen 12000U.
I don't regret it. I almost got it for free anyways. My mom and I were hired to train a supposed crazed dog to be calmer. We soon discovered that there was nothing wrong with the dog, but the owners never did the magical thing called research to see if having a Rat Terrier would be appropriate for a nice, quite, calm household (the answer is no).
So in payment, I got this Aiptek tablet that the daughter in that family didn't want anymore. I had never own such a piece of technology until that moment (didn't even know they existed) so I really had nothing to compare to. It took a few hours to understand the basics of how it worked and I loved the idea of it. But it was always hard to draw on. Especially in it's last years. To anyone who watches me on DA, you wouldn't know it, but I'm a fast sketcher. I like getting my basics of my drawing down in less than a minute. I have to slow myself down big time to make sure my tablet at least gets the important strokes that make the figures I wish to portray. And in it's last years this tablet would freeze/glitch even in the midst of THAT.
It's seriously thanks to everyone who watches me on TE and DA that I still kept going on that thing. Otherwise I may have dropped it altogether. People complain that the internet has made people unable to communicate in RL, you guys did the opposite for me. For all of the traditional art contests I lose, I know I'm making someone laugh with my comics digitally. ^_^
2) It's a Freaking Wacom
For those who do nothing with tablets, it may already sound like an upgrade to replace something that old. And if anyone has even glanced at a price from Wacom, you know it's bloody expensive. So what's the deal? Coming from my perspective-
The pen is a normal thick pen size, not obnoxiously large as the other. And it doesn't need freaking batteries to work.
Neither does the mouse.
So the pen is lighter, and thinner, perfect for my small girly hands.
I don't have to press hard to make it draw. Which makes it easier on said girly hands.
It can tell different pressures, so I can actually properly shade instead of taking a smudge tool
If you seriously want more, look them both up for comparison. The numbers alone should show.
Seriously, the only thing to really improve what I have is to either get a Cintiq or get a tablet that was deliberately made for my own home use. Whilst I was doing research for a new tablet, every time I answered the question to fellow artists what I had, they always made pity sounds. Wishing me the best of luck for me to rack in the money for a wacom.
Now I know why. It's the best tablet you can get out there. They have every reason to charge what they do. 2 year warranty and free art programs to mess with. I'm set.
3) It's Freaking NEW
Every computer device I have ever owned was previously owned by someone else. Possibly thrice before me. My only exceptions before this was my gameboy colour and advance (a few of the games), and headphones. It's cheaper to buy something someone else owned (even cheaper if it's from family). Plus, if it was reported to have had problems and it's been refurbished that makes it even cheaper (I've never had a problem with refurbished computers, after all they are full of new parts!). But my dad kept on my case, every time he thought I was leaning into a used tablet (even a wacom) he pushed me back.
And then BOUGHT me my new tablet.
*dies in disbelief and pure happiness*
4) I Didn't Know Cardboard Could Look That Nice
I've basically stated everything that needs to be said, but this was the icing on the case, I mean cake. Yeah. Excuse me for being low middle class here, but there was a time when someone said a present was given in a nice box I thought the box was wrapped in fancy wrapping paper. I didn't realize that cardboard itself would be designed to look so welcoming.
After cutting the security wrap and pulling off the ad wrap that told of all of it's special features I met with a nice, sleek black box. Lifting the first lid I was greeted with the Wacom's harmony logo in 10+ languages. And nothing gets me going than something that knows at least 5. Plus, this is a worldwide company, I should've been expecting it.
But it continued as I went through the box and installed. I don't have to have English if I don't want to~ <3
*Cough* Okay, I think I've calmed down enough. Let's see what I can draw!
(I'm totally hoping to give my old tablet to STWW. While he's not a big drawer, it still would be a lot of fun if I could get him on TE.)
(If you are reading this, STWW, yes I know you lurk on TE. Lets draw stupid stuff together!)