First is the Wacom Cintiq 21UX. I love this thing, best thing I have seen for making art digitally. I really love it with Photoshop, Painter and yes ZBrush. I have had some issues with using it with Maya when the monitor is in the vertical position.
I mainly bought the Cintiq because I have been getting into this digital comic book creation kick. I have found to get the monitor into the vertical orientation (Like in the photo) I have to have the Cintiq enabled as the primary monitor and then using the NVIDIA Control Panel I have to use the "90 Degrees to the right (Inverted portrait)" setting. (Other wise the pen motion is inverted in the X and Y axis for some weird reason. It took me awhile to figure this one out but it is all good now that I understand how to get it working.)
I know that the Cintiq is a lot of money, but if you get the chance to use one for about a week, I think you will fully understand how it is totally worth every penny.
Well after getting nice and spoiled with the Cintiq, I started dreaming about having the same digital drawing set up but only having it on the road. Well then the IPad information started rolling out. I thought that this might be the answer to my prayers. Unfortunately Steve Jobs didn't hear my prayers. (God did and hoooooked me up)So in Steve Jobs eyes, if a device like the IPad needs a stylus then the device has some how failed in his eyes. Well in my eyes, along with a lot of other artist, a stylus is exactly what I am looking for with this type of device. (Oh yeah, it needs to be a pressure sensitive stylus as well.)
So after my disappointment with the IPad I found this thread on Concept.org
LE1700 - portable cintiq - IT WORKS! - now with video!
I ended up buying a Motion Computing LE1600 off of EBay. I was able to pick mine up for under $300.00. I was able to install and use Photoshop CS5. It took me some time to learn how to work with no keyboard but after some custom set up using Wacom's pop up menu I was able to make it work.
I ended up buying a Motion Computing LE1600 off of EBay. I was able to pick mine up for under $300.00. I was able to install and use Photoshop CS5. It took me some time to learn how to work with no keyboard but after some custom set up using Wacom's pop up menu I was able to make it work.
Now I have a portable digital sketchbook, and to be honest I don't use the Cintiq all that much now that I have this. Defiantly different experiences but the portability really wins out for me. Now I can draw on the couch while watching a movie, draw in the car on little and long trips and drawing in bed at night. It really is great, don't get me wrong I love the Cintiq but after this it feels like you are tied to a ball and chain after having a portable digital sketch pad.
If you end up buying a Motion Computing LE1600, you can upgrade the ram to 2 gigs (even though it says 1.5 is the max) I would also get the "View Anywhere" screen. If I had to do it all over I would get the LE1700. Better processor. But I view this machine as a temporary solution until a real Windows 7 Tablet PC Comes out that is the right fit for what I am looking for.
Asus Releases The Eee Pad 121 Tablet PC
Asus Releases The Eee Pad 121 Tablet PC
