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So after years and years of drawing/inking with mouse and trackpad, I finally got a tablet. It's a Wacom Bamboo Pen and Touch, and I love it to pieces. The pen function is pretty fluid, and I've been pleasantly surprised to find that I actually can crank out work much more quickly. The four programmable buttons have been awesome as well. I've set them to toggle between two essential drawing tools, and the save and undo commands. This alone has cut down so much time.

Initial tests aside, my first tablet piece:

Fuck. Yea. Best $47 I ever spent.

But the tablet is not without a few drawbacks. The Bamboo also has a number of multitouch gestures, very similar to the ones found with Apple's Magic Trackpad. However, while the gestures are just as intuitive, they are by no means as smooth. There have been times where the tablet was a bit slow or hesitant with some movements. But overall, it's been a great investment. Inking and Flash and coloring in Photoshop has never felt so...analog.