I've got a Wacom tablet - one of the little itty bitty ones - and it has its uses for art, but the small size is just too fiddly for really serious precision work.
(Or, rather, my hand is too shaky. I generally don't draw pictures on paper so small as this tablet, blow them up as large as my screen, and expect them to look good.)
I keep a trackball plugged in, for general use. I don't like using the Wacom for general computer use - trying to select folders, and that sort of thing. It's usable for that, but it's not practical for tedious file-shuffling maneuvers I often have to do when I need to process several files in sequence, such as when making fonts.
All that said, while the tablet is too small and fiddly for me to draw pictures entirely on the computer, it does seem quite sufficient for coloring in pictures. (Most of my coloring methods are a little more forgiving of where the color goes than the detail required in drawing line art. But then, I don't exactly consider my color jobs to be expert.)
And as for rebates ... I have no luck with them whatsoever. I especially dislike how they generally require that I send in the receipt with them. I suppose that if I were more competent, I would simply photocopy or scan receipts as proof before mailing them off, so I have something to fall back on when nothing materializes ... but I've been so disgusted by the consistent failure of rebates to pay off as promised that I generally steer AWAY from anything that has a rebate listed on it. (I know that probably sounds fairly illogical, but I am not often shopping for expensive electronics or other items that would regularly have rebates offered, so it's usually a moot point.)
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Date: 2003-09-07 07:48 am (UTC)(Or, rather, my hand is too shaky. I generally don't draw pictures on paper so small as this tablet, blow them up as large as my screen, and expect them to look good.)
I keep a trackball plugged in, for general use. I don't like using the Wacom for general computer use - trying to select folders, and that sort of thing. It's usable for that, but it's not practical for tedious file-shuffling maneuvers I often have to do when I need to process several files in sequence, such as when making fonts.
All that said, while the tablet is too small and fiddly for me to draw pictures entirely on the computer, it does seem quite sufficient for coloring in pictures. (Most of my coloring methods are a little more forgiving of where the color goes than the detail required in drawing line art. But then, I don't exactly consider my color jobs to be expert.)
And as for rebates ... I have no luck with them whatsoever. I especially dislike how they generally require that I send in the receipt with them. I suppose that if I were more competent, I would simply photocopy or scan receipts as proof before mailing them off, so I have something to fall back on when nothing materializes ... but I've been so disgusted by the consistent failure of rebates to pay off as promised that I generally steer AWAY from anything that has a rebate listed on it. (I know that probably sounds fairly illogical, but I am not often shopping for expensive electronics or other items that would regularly have rebates offered, so it's usually a moot point.)