Hey guys!
I'm new to ///3 so pardon me.

I've never really experienced digital drawing. I've messed with photoshop before, but never for drawing.

What are some good tablets? Besides the Intous4 and Wacom brand. They are great quality and all, but a little out of my price range.
I'm looking at something good but at a budget of roughly $200-250.

Also do the pressure levels make a difference? Is it dramatic?


Thanks!

I'm also interested in this - I'm still using the original wacom tablet I bought 10 years ago and when I recently decided to look into upgrading it I was shocked at how expensive tablets have become.
All can imagine needing right now is a rightclick button on the pen and lots of pressure sensitivity, but perhaps I'm missing out. I don't like the idea of paper-like texture, I've got paper for that and I like my tablet smooth. And this might be a dumb question but sometimes I use my tablet on the desk top and sometimes I hold it in front of me - I worry that if the tablet has buttons I'd be pressing them by accident.

Thanks for any advice, ///3

welcome to /3 bro. Wacom Bamboo for sure.

I have the Wacom Bamboo Pen&Touch, it's great! Costed me only €90, definitely worth the purchase.

Well, it really depends on what you intend to do with it. Roughly said, the more sensible your tablet is, the more accurate you can work with it. But, if you're new to this whole thing and only want to practice at first, a Wacom Bamboo can both be fun and useful, since it's practically free and does a great job for most things.

If you want to get serious later on, get an Intuos (which is Wacom as well).

Normally, a bigger interface allows you to work more freely, but some people dislike anything bigger than say A4. It's up to you, to find out what you're comfortable with and really, a Bamboo is a priceworthy tablet to enter the game. But if you get one, a tip from me would be to buy additional tips (cost around 10 bucks), since they happen to wear out pretty fast.

I hope that clarifies the situation a little

Also, on a sidenote: the sensitivity is also a matter of the used software and how you set it up, so keep that in mind when you play around with tablets.