This nifty bit of kit has been with me since I started out and it's been as loyal and reliable as my own husband (maybe even more so). I think of my Wacom now as an extension of my hand. It's so wonderful, I haven’t used a mouse in six years. It's made the transition between sketching everything on paper and then wrestling with the pen tool in Illustrator a lot more fun and definitely a lot faster.
The control I have is amazing and it makes digital drawing much more fluid and natural. Not only that but it is definitely a very beautiful gadget, all smooth and curvaceous. (In case you can’t tell, I really like my gadgets.)
For those of you who haven't a clue what this is, think of it as a piece of paper and a pen that transfers every stroke you doodle on to your machine so that you can digitise the work. It's pretty darn wonderful and if I had to live without it? Well, I’d just be sat in front of my machine with no idea how to make the cursor thingamebob move.
I don’t just use it for artwork, I use it instead of a mouse or a track pad for everything. I really am severely attached to it, so please don’t take it from me!