This is the Wacom Cintq 27 QHD. It is the Holy Grail of drawing tablets for digital artists. It is used in all forms and fields ... from animation to technical drawings. I have lusted after this device ever since Ernie Ramerez built my first computer. That was just about 20 years ago. My Love, Yoko was indulgent enough to let me buy some years back, the then newly released ... much ... smaller version.
It was a definite improvement over the entry level tablet that had you still glued to the monitor, struggling to learn to draw in a totally new eye/hand coordination, sketching without actually looking at your hands. This new version was ... do able and gave me a taste of the possibilities of drawing electronically. Even with the 13" screen ... the need to constantly zoom in and out, I was not working totally digital. I still scanned images into the computer and colored them in with the tablet. It's limitations ... especially in some animation programs ... have led me to believe a larger format is needed ... something bigger ... like the size of Montana. To me it's the giant monolith before the apes in the film "2001".
While I find this an important, pivotal, tool, I recognize it is also an indulgence. Does my work warrant such an expense? Do I deserve professional equipment? We certainly don't have room on the credit card for me to just whip it out and say, "Give me two." While Yoko has given the nod to move forward, I still feel the guilt. So I still have to justify ... if only to myself ... that I am worthy.
I am still in the process of research and if any of you out there have any experience with these marvels and have any thoughts ... please share. It looks as if they have a new model out ... Well actually two. One is a pen only and the other is a touch screen. The tablet should run me some where between $2,000 and $3,000. It also seems to be the general consensus that one needs also an Ergotron Arm for the best working conditions. Some assembly required.
On top of that, the connector for the Ergotron Arm needs another plate to align with the Cintq. Thank God, this is only $20! I will have to raise the money from extra funds ... and let's be honest ... who has extra funds these days? I figure this should ... with a bit of frugality ... if I'm lucky ... take me 2 years.
2 years to raise the money.
2 years to prove my worth.
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