cintiq worth it or should I suck it up and get used to my tablet

[iamnothyper]

i'd obviously buy a cheaper alternative to wacom, but right now I have the intous5 touch and idk.... I cant get used to it. maybe im just being lazy and a baby tho.

how long it take u guys to get used to pen tablets?

 

[Astro0]

i'd obviously buy a cheaper alternative to wacom, but right now I have the intous5 touch and idk.... I cant get used to it. maybe im just being lazy and a baby tho.

how long it take u guys to get used to pen tablets?

I can't really recommend the tablet but I sure as he lie know it took me about a year to get to my level of comfort with my Wacom bamboo. It was hard but now it's natural to me... I think there will always be a period of "omg this sucks this is hard to get used to" with anything tbh

 

[windfall]

How long have you been using your intuos? Keep drawing on it and you should get use to it, no need to drop more $$$ on a cintiq.

Although tools are helpful, they rarely define the artist.

 

[pengutango]

It is a learning curve to get the hand-eye coordination to work for drawing tablets like the intuos you currently have, but once you get the hang of it, it's really not so bad.

Honestly, I wouldn't recommend the cintiq unless you're really serious about drawing. (and perhaps want to have a career in the digital art world) If it's only for fun, don't waste your money, well, unless you loaded and have the cash to spend.

EDIT: OH, forgot to add it in~ but it took me a week or two to get used to my bamboo tablet (recently-ish upgraded to the regular intuos when my bamboo's pen died).

 

[ssvv227]

Cintiq is really for the professionals who use it 27/4. All it does is that it speeds up the drawing process because it simulates the traditional art drawing process and the pad is more sensitive to pen pressure. I would honestly say that unless your art is of that level, Cintiq is probably not worth the money. Like what the other posters have said, it is only a tool in the end, just like water colour vs. oil. It's awkward for me to use my Intuos when I first got it, but it gets easier as you do more art works on it. Intuos is a fantastic fantastic tablet. Good luck

 

[Reenhard]

I started to use a tablet in age 12, it takes some time to get used to it. I got an Intous 3 and it is pretty old

 

[Finnian]

oh crap if you don't want it i'll take it. i'm on a bamboo fun.

 

[g u m m i]

SUCK IT UP, BRUH
I mean, what i should say is, I was in the same boat. I was all sucked up with "ImmunabuyaCintiq!'
But I went with the better option. Many beautiful art [cough Finnian] comes from unprofessional tablets
I chose the Wacom Intous Pro, because I thought "if i want to be professional I don't have to buy a new tablet, and It's pretty recent so I can get repairs." So, really, it doesn't matter. Go for the cheaper option: Intous, or Intous pro. It knocks off almost 700 bucks, so you can still afford to live rather than be a hobo with a Cintiq...
If you're REALLY enthusiastic about the Cintiq, you can buy an iPad w/ a stylus by Wacom or another company.
What I thought was the Cintiq would magically make my 22 years old and a professional and stuff, but that's not true. I'm still 12, and Cintiq or not, that ain't gonna change.
Just..consider it.

 

[Mega_Cabbage]

It took probably 3-5 pieces (I don't do digital art regularly, so I don't really have a time span) to get used to my Wacom Graphire. I believe I do decent work, but I'm still not "used to it" in terms of technique/paint tools. Maybe you need to try a little experimenting? My pics used to have boring, blandish hair until I discovered the string tool. I've been playing around with the watercolor tool and it's producing some nice effects as well. This was all on SAI.

Like others have said, getting a new tablet won't automatically make you any better.