Looking to buy a graphics tablet.

[khelath]

Hi there,

Recently I've been really interested in creating matte painting or concept art in photoshop but find the mouse to be a horrible tool so I thought the obvious solution would be to buy a graphic tablet But here's my problem:

I don't know where to start

Now with a forum jam-packed with equisite CG artists I thought this would be a great place to get some advice / reccomendations.

This will be my first graphics tablet so I wont be looking for the top of the range tablet. I have a modest budget but I don't want to buy a simple "MY FIRST TABLET BY EARLY LEARNING CENTRE". The only brand of tablet I've heard of / looked into so far has been Wacom so if anyone reccomends looking at other brands I'd be greatful for link to homepages.

Thanks,

[greeney]

wacom are generally spot on m8

Tecso.com got the voliot on offer at the moment for £28!! but never in stock!

but


I use a Tesco cheap "trust" tablet and it also works perfectly! cost me the grand total of £20!

id buy a cheap one to begin with ad see how you go but tbh when starting out a cheap one is always good

[geldslaw]

hey funny you should ask, the best place to get a pen tablet is from amazon, only yesterday was I researching where you could get one that was both mac and pc compatible

they had an A4, hang one let me get the link

just want to share some good info with my fellow artists - Amazon.co.uk: Aiptek Slim Tablet 600U: Aiptek: Electronics & Photo
mac & windows compatible pen tablet A4 size for less than $60

thats what I posted on my uni animation forum, it's got four stars and is the best buy I have come across

[khelath]

That aiptek looks great! Just what I'm after, I'll definetly look into buying it soon. Thanks.

[Gettin_Started_modeling]

i just bought a Vistablet mini graphics tablet it is really good and only 70 dollars.

[OzziGuy]

I bought one of these a couple of months ago and im pretty happy with it.
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