Wacom Intuos With Meet the Masters DVD Bundle

For those living in Europe, you are fortunate because Wacom is including Meet the Masters on DVD with an Intuos4 purchase (excluding the XL). This DVD provides great tutorials from internationally known designers

The DVD includes:

• Digital drawing and painting in Photoshop – Learn to create an entire illustration from scratch, from setting up a workspace to sketching, drawing and colouring techniques. 
• Photo Illustration – Follow digital artist Uli Staiger as he uses Photoshop to create a breath taking composition. Through the process, learn about everything from 3D tools and blend modes to masking and layer adjustments.
• Drawing in Illustrator – Find out about the different brushes in Illustrator that create a wide variety of effects in images.
• Painter crash course – Explore Corel Painter’s artist’s tools and use them to create a piece of artwork from start to finish.

There is picture-in-picture video of the teachers using the Intuos4 pen tablet. There is also a mode called watch & work that displays the tutorial in a small window on screen allowing you to practice along with the video.

If you are only interested in the DVDs, they can be purchased separately or together on the Wacom estore.

I'm a bit jealous that we don't get this same deal in the U.S. I have no idea why they don't make it available here, but it's a very good deal for anyone in Europe who is interested in buying an Intuos4 right now.

Wacom Bamboo Create Pen Tablet Rebate

Great deal on Wacom Bamboo Create graphics tablet!

The discount is major so I had to post this even though I don't get any money from the link. ;-)

Dell Small Business offers the Wacom Bamboo Create Pen Tablet, model no. CTH670, for $199.99. Coupon code “BZRB2NTGK?M73V” cuts it to $139.99. With $8.99 for shipping, that’s the lowest total price we could find by $16. Sales tax is added where applicable.

via 9to5toys.com

I can't vouch for Dell's online customer service since I've never bought anything from them, but I bet they aren't bad. Hrm, even if they have poor customer service, I'd still recommend buying this Bamboo pen tablet. It's too great of a discount to pass up!

GameDev.net Forum Thread About Wacom

More proof that Wacom is the preferred tablet of graphic designers and digital artists! Read the full thread at GameDev.net.

I considered buying a tablet. I’ve heard here and there that WACOM is one of the best choices to make. Since I am planning to use a tablet mainly with Photoshop and rarely Autodesk products I read the certifications in the official websites. I, however, thought it would be better if I asked “know how” people about the choice of a tablet.

via gamedev.net

Wacom Bamboo Comic Pen Tablet

Wacom Bamboo Comic pen and touch for aspiring anime artists is exclusive to Japan.

On my recent trip to Japan, visiting the famous electronics district in Akihabara was a must and it was amazing! One particularly large store was selling the Wacom Bamboo Comic pen and touch tablets. I hadn't even heard of them before. If I had the extra money to spare, I would have bought it, but it's possible it wouldn't be compatible with my OS anyway. It is a drawing tablet specifically for manga artists and features the Pixia Edition. Illust Studio Mini, Comic Studio Mini, Corel Painter Essentials 4 and Pencil LITE. These applications replace the standard Adobe Photoshop Elements and other software that come with the U.S. Wacom Bamboo packages.

There is no word on whether the Wacom Bamboo Comic will ever be available anywhere besides Japan. The closest version we have to the Bamboo Comic is the Bamboo Pen and Touch. We don't benefit from the comic and manga specific software. That doesn't seem to stop artists from being able to create manga using any of the Wacom pen tablets though.

For example: http://youtu.be/I0-Je3brwvs