Graphics Tablet: Wacom Bamboo
November 30th, 1999
My reasonable friend Sean (who previously recommended an electric kettle) is back with another recommendation:
I recently decided I was going to try to spend an hour a week practicing some sort of basic graphic art (Calligraphy, paint, etc) and that a cheap graphics tablet would be the optimal way to do this without using $ and space for art supplies (and cleaning up).
A glance at some reviews and some personal shopping made the choice obvious. The clear winner in this category is the Wacom Bamboo tablet.
It’s currently on special at Dell for less than $50:
It’s a nice little USB drawing tablet with double-sided stylus and some control doodads at the top. It supports 256 pressure levels, has great reviews from both tech pundits and actual producers of graphics (some claim that they use the cheap Bamboo line of peripherals more than the high-end expensive tablets from Wacom and others.)
I purchased one (used) for not much less than dell’s sale price, and it’s been great so far. I’ve used it with open source software to start practicing pen-style calligraphy.
The Wacom Bamboo would be great for a student, freelancer, or hobbyist.
I’m actually thinking about getting one of these for myself, since I’ve been playing Broken Picture Telephone and it’s nigh impossible to draw with a regular mouse. Thanks Sean!
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