Looking to buy a tablet

[Daniel13]

I've been drawing all my life, no color though. And im looking to start coloring,rendering, touching up my pictures with photoshop. I never realised how much better a pictutre looks from the stages of paper sketch to when its colored etc in photoshop. I want to buy a tablet because the mouse isn't very good.


So all in all, can anyone recommend me a tablet,i need a good one as im attending art school in 1 year. I'd like to keep it under 1000$. But i could go higher if needed. Thanks :)




edit: i will be posting some of my art in a few days

[Jason Rainville]

Holy crap, 1000? Are there even any tablets so expensive? I got my 9X12 inch (which is aparently pretty large) wacom from ebay for $400. Brand new it would probably be under $600, with software and such to boot.

[2100]

Buy a medium size Wacom Intuos 3 (http://www.wacom.com/intuos/6x8.cfm).

Save the rest for b00ze. :P

[Elwell]

http://www.wacom.com/

[Daniel13]

what size should i get? Is smaller better or is bigger better? Or is there any difference at all. I want to be able to do fine detail if needed.

[Jason Rainville]

Any size would work, all you have to do is zoom in. For me, I've been working on my 9X12 for so long I couldn't imagine going smaller, but aparently the 6X8 is (according to intuos) the most popular size.