Thread: Cheap tablet, worth it?

Chinese Handwriting Tablet USB new version - (eBay.ca item 330205665847 end time 26-Jan-08 12:00:54 EST)

Me and some friends are looking for cheap noname tablets.

Anyone have any reccomendations?


What do you guys think about the tablet I linked above? Worth it at all?

it's cheap either way. Does it do english or just chinese

I'm not sure..
i just want it for Drawing.

that's it.
I could care less about the asian character functions.
it says it has english instructions and whatnot. :\

If it's not pressure sensitive, then I don't think you'll have much fun drawing with it. The main advantage of using a tablet is that you can (usually) use pressure to determine the stroke or density of your brush.

But at that price, it's worth it just to find out if it's junk or not.

Thanks alot kerosene!

That's the one thing i didn't notice, I knew there would be something like that.

I would recommend using Genius if you need a cheap one. However, the best tablets are Wacom tablets, but quite expensive. I have both, I bought a 9x11 Wacom, as I need it for advanced design sketching - I'm an industrial design student.

My classes have sketching in them, where he suggests we use a tablet, but I couldn't be bothered.


Now I'm contemplating getting into digital painting, so I decided to look into it.


Thanks for the suggestions andrej

Originally Posted by Kerosene

If it's not pressure sensitive, then I don't think you'll have much fun drawing with it. The main advantage of using a tablet is that you can (usually) use pressure to determine the stroke or density of your brush.

But at that price, it's worth it just to find out if it's junk or not.

heh, you said stroke

heh, you seriously gravedug this thread.

I was looking for posts from kerosene, and this was one.

Come on Wiki. Admit it: you were searching for [MENTAL]stroke[/MENTAL]

Originally Posted by Halobitt

Come on Wiki. Admit it: you were searching for [MENTAL]stroke[/MENTAL]

my thoughts exactly.

Originally Posted by WikicyloN

I was looking for posts from kerosene, and this was one.

Originally Posted by Halobitt

Come on Wiki. Admit it: you were searching for [MENTAL]stroke[/MENTAL]

I don't know which is worse mg:

i looked into these and everyone told me not to go near them sort of ones but i didn't buy one in the end as all others were expensive... wish i did now they look cool

Originally Posted by lewi

i looked into these and everyone told me not to go near them sort of ones but i didn't buy one in the end as all others were expensive... wish i did now they look cool

That's pretty much what everyone told me.

Goo look at the Wacom Bamboo,

Amazing!

Im looking into buying a cheap one too, just for college work, thanks for the above sugestions.

Cheap ones aren't worth it, IMO.
Like was already said, you want pressure sensitivity.
The best is 1024 points of pressure. That will emulate the feeling of drawing with a pencil. You can apply pressure for shading like you would with a pencil.

lol for "strokes" haha
this "wacom" tablet pc is good for drawing too right? anyone heard/seen/have it? i heard it's pretty cheap.

I think cheap tablets may not allow for pressure sensitivity. If you are intending to use the tablet for drawing, that can be a limitation.

I have this one works nice. I like it...but haven't had much time to use it. Hoping to get back to it soon though.

Looks nice, thanks zap.
Maybe I can find a cheap one on ebay!