I use an old Intuos 2 at home and the pen is falling apart. I hate it. I'm counting the number of times that the button falls off and the sleeve falls down before I get fed up enough to spend money on either A) a new pen or B) a new tablet altogether. I hate to spend $70 on a stupid pen, but I'm having an equally hard time justifying the much larger expense of the tablet.
I do like the Intuos 4 though. I spent about 10 minutes scratching out this color sketch on a coworker's new intuos 4, and then spent another 20 minutes polishing it up on my rickety tablet at home. The quality difference between the two was pretty big, but I have to weigh that factor against how cheap I am. So at least for now, cheapness wins.
once every month or so I have this same debate in my head about a cintiq. Then I always just end up feeling fine with my intuos 3.
ReplyDeleteI'll probably start doing the same thing with the iPad, a life size boba fett, and puppies.
Hey, didn't Hemingway write a book titled this?
ReplyDeleteBoo! Your time is worth so little?!
ReplyDeleteNew tablet = more art for me to look at.
sounds like its interrupting your flow, zen, zone. might be time to bite the bullet. nice work!
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Tax deductible ;)
well it turned out pretty awesome even with the struggles. You always achieve so much form in your pieces, something I really enjoy and personally need to work on
ReplyDeleteI fought with myself for over a year before finally buying a new tablet. I decided it was at least worth ending the internal debate and overcoming the sin of coveting :)
ReplyDeletei'm the same, I have to re-attach my button everyday and I gave up on the rubber thing and tore it off long ago. you tried CS5's new paint tools?
ReplyDeletepretty fun stuff
Well, I still do with a small Wacom Bamboo Fun, and eventually it does the job just fine. Of course we'll have to change it for a new one, but it will be when it starts to rot or disintegrate.
ReplyDeletei guess i'll save my breath about the joy of using a cintiq....
ReplyDeletewow. Exactly my same debate. Intuos 2 that I've had or 7 years? or brand New Cintiq. Cintiq wins as soon as I have some extra coin.
ReplyDeleteWas this done in Painter?
ReplyDelete.Perhaps , you could sell your old wacom by internet, so you new wacom intuos 4 won´t be expensive.
ReplyDelete.Think about it Sam , The whole world would like to get "The Sam´s old wacom" ;)
by the way , i like taht guy , who´s he?
Fun exaggeration!
ReplyDeleteHaha, looks awesome dude, and don't be cheap with tablets - it's probably the one thing I never regreted spending money on :D
ReplyDeleteWho needs a new tablet when you can splat great work like this out of the old one? Great work :-)
ReplyDeleteI still have my Wacom Intuos I, from 9 years ago...and I still love it and works like a charm.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to buy a Cintiq 21, but no money for that...If I sell any picture in my next exhibition this summer, I may think about this again...
Great work! A perfect mix of abstract and realistic...
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Mona
Mark Robison: Luckily, there's no joy for me there. While I like the Cintiq in concept, the reality of it for me is a sore back and messed up colors. Maybe someday when they figure out how to make it a better monitor and more comfortable to use (a faster response rate to my actions would be nice too).
ReplyDeleteRuss Cox: Yep.
Jose: Just some guy, I didn't have anyone in mind.
Thanks everyone else for the comments!
first off, awesome portrait. second, i'm in the same boat. i almost just wish the wacom i have at home would just break altogether so i'd be forced to get a new one. i'm using an intuos one at home and a three at work. huge difference of quality.
ReplyDeleteReally really cool! I love the expression he has
ReplyDeleteSam, maybe you should try a cintiq...
ReplyDeleteThis might or might not work for you.
ReplyDeleteKeep all your receipts and note any other expenses that didn't involve receipts for 1 month. Then take a long hard look and see how much money could be considered "wasted".
It might surprise you how soon you could afford a new tablet by temporarily tweaking your spending just a little.
I wasted $178 in the last week alone. If I'd saved it and had another $60 I could have gotten the small intuos 4 :(
My kid gave me her old tablet last week. I"m still trying to figure out how to plug it in. My heart aches for you.
ReplyDeleteI concur
ReplyDeleteCool painting! Character reminds me of Pete Townshend (The Who).
ReplyDeleteI'm with Mike Bear - awesome portrait!
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