What the best grapic tablet for doing stencil,art and realism manipulation ?

[nivek]

honestly the screen/tablets are the best - but NOT cheap

[slicksteel]

honestly the screen/tablets are the best - but NOT cheap

Any good brands/models you know?

[nivek]

Any good brands/models you know?

As mentioned Wacom has pretty much cemented their name. a friend has a pen a touch display - set her back around $2700 - its like drawing on a screen, she uses mostly adobe products. I got to play with it and man - its pretty awesome.

That being said - once the learning curve is over drawing with a non display pen works well.

Also, there are several lesser known brands that are MUCH cheaper than the wacom. Genius is the brand I got and for the same price as a 6 by 8 a very large one my brain says it was $120.