Picking and Choosing Products

If you want to buy bamboo or digital art tablets, I suggest buying them from a retail store. Usually Best Buy, Staples, and Micro sells them, and I suggest buying them at a store because it almost GUARANTEES no cracks or bumps or scratches. 

But if you looking for the cheaper route, I suggest Craigslist or E bay. When your on E bay or Craigslist, I usually look for things that say NEW and NEVER OPENED. Also look for GOOD QUALITY pictures. Usually these pictures can indicate that a person knows how to use a computer/camera, thus making them more prone to keeping better care of the tablet.

As for art programs, they can vary in prices. Adobe Photoshop is usually around 20-40 dollars (this is the cost for an online purchase that licenses you to ONE YEAR of the program). Paint Tool Sai on the other hand is around 50 USD, but you get a FREE one month trial before you buy it. GIMP is free c: