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silicone_milk:
Just bought a Bamboo Pen and Touch since I had some money in my pocket and happened to spot it in Best Buy when I had just went in to get some AA batteries :P

Crazy fun.

Here's a 10-15 second sketch just trying to get a feel for the tablet. One of my favorite features is the eraser nib on the back end of the pen. It just feels so right and natural.

kat:

--- Quote from: silicone_milk on February 19, 2010, 06:27:23 PM ---... just went in to get some AA batteries :P
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Ha! they saw you coming ;) Is Bamboo just one size? Don't Wacom do another type of low spec pad as well?

silicone_milk:
I don't know about the other low spec pads but Bamboo comes in I think two different sizes. I got the smaller one at  5.8" x 3.6" (147mm x 91mm) active working space for the pen (width x height).

I need to double check the pressure levels but I think it's at 1024. I use really small strokes so the working space is fine for me. I'm just having issues with the tablet not registering the pen if I attack it from anything greater than a 45 degree angle.

I like to rest my hand on the edge and use my fingers to move the pen but this gets the pen at around 70 degrees to the surface of the tablet and the taps don't register. So I need to move my arm when navigating to the top portions of the device.

ratty redemption [RIP]:
cool and I wouldn't of known that was digital ink, it really looks natural.

can these input device be used for low poly modeling as well?

kat:
Not too sure about low poly modelling but a good number of 3D artists use them when sculpting high resolution meshes in mudbox, z-brush and the likes. I've only ever tried/owned cheap small pads and was disappointed in them. I think this is one area where you do need to spend the cash to get the good kit, else you just end up wasting money, certainly from an artists point of view where you need the precision.

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