Reviews of all Wacom Tablets by a freelance graphic designer. J. Daley has been using graphic design tablets for the past six years. The purpose of this blog is to help other people looking to buy Wacom tablets make an informed decision.
Sep 23, 2011
Aug 30, 2011
New Wacom Inkling is Like No Other Drawing Tablet
The Inkling is yet another excellent drawing tool from Wacom!
When it comes to tools for integrating freehand art into the digital workflow, Wacom remains the leader. Its tools aren't perfect--and certainly aren't cheap--but it's hard to find any more respected. And when it comes to drawing, nothing yet beats pen (or pencil) and paper for fluidity and portability. Wacom attempts to combine the best of both worlds with its Inkling, a pen and receiver combo that tracks your penstrokes for up to 50 sketches and uploads them to a computer for use with applications like Photoshop or Illustrator.
Aug 22, 2011
Wacom Cintiq Rated 8 Out of 10 on Wired
If you think I might be biased about Wacom Cintiq 21UX, then check out Wired.com's professional opinion.
As an artist, I’ve always wanted some sort of one-to-one input when working in Photoshop or zBrush. I’ve used several of the traditional input tablets, but I’ve never been fully satisfied. I still ended up drawing on paper and scanning the results. It’s just more natural.
Input tablets have been constantly improving in the decades they’ve been around. But the technology remains imperfect. The pressure-sensitive pad sits on the desk, separate from the screen, which takes away some of that natural feel you get from drawing with a pen, especially when trying to add tiny details to your work.
So I jumped at the chance to test the Cintiq, a tablet that tries to do away with that annoying physical disconnect by allowing you to draw directly on the surface of an LCD screen.
Aug 18, 2011
NEW Wacom Cintiq 24HD!!
Few devices make you reassess your career choices, but the Wacom Cintiq is one of them. The interactive pen display device makes us wish we'd gone to art school and learned how to draw (instead of listening to our parents and study law). This newest model, the Cintiq 24HD has just been approved by the FCC and, while the documents don't reveal much, we presume it's a 24-inch (and HD-resolution) follow up to last year's device.