I am always disappointed and yet amazed that approximately six years after I try something, the real thing comes out that actually works. I saw the Cintiq 12WX mentioned on Moose News Blog and said that at that price, it just had to work. I tried my first tablet about six years ago. Actually, I used one with some odd cad software much further back, but I never really saw it as a way to draw - or get back to drawing; something I haven't done seriously since I was in grade school.* By golly, it just works. The hardest part about using a tablet (either the type you need to use a normal screen with or a screen-based tablet) is getting used to the tools you need to draw. Adobe Illustrator has some odd ways of defining brush strokes. Don't even get me started on the pen.
I'm loving it, though. It makes photo editing and simple drawing oh-so-easy. Like most things, I'll write a more detailed review when I've had much more one-on-one time. For now, if you're on the edge and aren't sure if it really is better than their normal tablets, it is. Hands down.
* No, not your doodle-because-you're-bored drawing, but real, landscape, animal, people drawing. I would love to think it is art, but it isn't... not yet. Maybe with practice.
