02-21-2014, 05:46 PM
Lol You guys crack me up XD
@MEat. Thanks. Yes I am sure karmic diarrhea is heading over their way soon. :)
@Jaik: Thanks dude, yeah I recently read a really good scientific book on positivity and it has done wonders for...well everything. I totally get where you're coming from. My other option is a hardcore mobile workstation (16GB RAM, quadcore 2.9, etc etc) with a couple of screens and a regular intous. I don't think the Companion Hybrid is a great deal. It's almost 2K and for that I get something a little better than my current digital sketchbook (galaxy note 10.1) plus a "sort of" cintiq. I actually deleted "kick ass chair" from my list because well, I work on a drafting table, and I work mostly standing up. It's much better for your back, and I find that I don't feel so depleted if I'm standing than if I'm sitting after 8 hours. Also when a good tune comes on I boogie hard in between painting. Win win. :)
@Yolo: Lol about the scanner/Printer. I know my scanner is actually gathering dust and I haven't had a working printer in a couple of years. I guess it was a...don't people have this stuff? :) It is interesting what you said. I do totally get it. I guess my budget is more a not what can I get away with, but I have 5K I'm going to spend it, what is the MOST I can get out of it. I've been going the way of the ghetto for the last 2 years, it's probably time for me to spend some money on what is important, hence the nice large screens, etc
Thanks so much for commenting. I think I wasn't that clear. I was kinda asking what would you guys do if you had 5K to start from scratch with, for YOUR purposes. Just wanted to see the different stuff that came up, not necessarily want tailored solutions to my situation. :D
Also for the record. Wacom are monopolistic bastards. the Companion costs $1500 more here in NZ than in the US because "That is the RRP as set by WacomNZ" when I queried it. There is no justification including how "remote" NZ is. I am so tempted to look at Yinova because of this. I hate totalitarian capitalistic bullshit which is why I dumped Windows and went to Linux, dumped Photoshop and went to Gimp..etc.(happier for it too I might add) May need to dump Wacom too as much as I know they do make good products. *sigh
@MEat. Thanks. Yes I am sure karmic diarrhea is heading over their way soon. :)
@Jaik: Thanks dude, yeah I recently read a really good scientific book on positivity and it has done wonders for...well everything. I totally get where you're coming from. My other option is a hardcore mobile workstation (16GB RAM, quadcore 2.9, etc etc) with a couple of screens and a regular intous. I don't think the Companion Hybrid is a great deal. It's almost 2K and for that I get something a little better than my current digital sketchbook (galaxy note 10.1) plus a "sort of" cintiq. I actually deleted "kick ass chair" from my list because well, I work on a drafting table, and I work mostly standing up. It's much better for your back, and I find that I don't feel so depleted if I'm standing than if I'm sitting after 8 hours. Also when a good tune comes on I boogie hard in between painting. Win win. :)
@Yolo: Lol about the scanner/Printer. I know my scanner is actually gathering dust and I haven't had a working printer in a couple of years. I guess it was a...don't people have this stuff? :) It is interesting what you said. I do totally get it. I guess my budget is more a not what can I get away with, but I have 5K I'm going to spend it, what is the MOST I can get out of it. I've been going the way of the ghetto for the last 2 years, it's probably time for me to spend some money on what is important, hence the nice large screens, etc
Thanks so much for commenting. I think I wasn't that clear. I was kinda asking what would you guys do if you had 5K to start from scratch with, for YOUR purposes. Just wanted to see the different stuff that came up, not necessarily want tailored solutions to my situation. :D
Also for the record. Wacom are monopolistic bastards. the Companion costs $1500 more here in NZ than in the US because "That is the RRP as set by WacomNZ" when I queried it. There is no justification including how "remote" NZ is. I am so tempted to look at Yinova because of this. I hate totalitarian capitalistic bullshit which is why I dumped Windows and went to Linux, dumped Photoshop and went to Gimp..etc.(happier for it too I might add) May need to dump Wacom too as much as I know they do make good products. *sigh