At 4/21/18 05:50 PM, CitizenGoose wrote:
All this time, Ive either used free online sprites, asked somebody to draw some for me, or did a really shitty job at doing it myself with the mouse.
[edit] Didn't see you asking how they work. Honestly, I think that if you don't know how they work then it might not be a good time to invest in one and that you'd be better off studying art first. But basically how they work is: imagine a piece of paper right in front of your screen. You hover a pen right over the piece of paper, and the cursor on your screen will mimic it's coordinates on the screen. The hovering mechanic is known as "pen pressure," which is why it's better to get it when you know a decent amount about art so that you can properly utilize all of it's features (the equivalent is "line weight," where light strokes = smaller lines so that the line art looks nicer. Also density is important too).
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Only buy a tablet when you think you're at a certain "level" in order to properly use it. Although I'm not saying that you're doing this, I'm only giving a small warning, many people think that a tablet will instantly make their art skills better. Though it does help you improve a lot, it's not going to magically make your art better or anything.
So basically: get it if you're really devoted to art and are going to use it to practice a lot, or if you've already improved a lot and feel as though you're ready for it. Otherwise, you might lose interest or get disappointed. But really, it's your call. Just know that if you're not going to use the pen pressure, you might as well be using a mouse anyway (and I say this because I myself started out like this when I first got it).
Also, I personally like wacom the best. I got my tablet in 2012 when I was 12 and it's lasted me ever since. I do not recommend buying off brands, since I feel like they break sooner.
