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jeph:
Anything by Wacom is fine. I've used everything from their cheapest to their most expensive product and they are all reliable, solid products for making digital art.

The learning curve on a tablet is, in my experience, really steep though. It's not like drawing on paper or painting or using a Cintiq or anything else. You might have a different experience than me but a large part of why early QC art is so shitty is because I was learning how to use the tablet as I went.

JD:
It's like drawing on glass.

Eris:
Something simple that I have found helps with the lack of friction is to tape a piece of paper over the tablet surface. Won't work with a cintiq, and is probably only a quick temporary fix, but it helps with the learning curve a little.

Wayfaring Stranger:
I used a Graphire at first, and the surface was really hard to draw on, but the Intuos has a more nicely textured drawing surface on it, providing a little bit more friction.  The Graphire was okay (I think it's called Bamboo now?) but it's well worth the money to upgrade to at least an Intuos. 

spinn:
Ah, wanted to post on this while I was waiting for registration. (and search doesn't work for me either? man this smf thing hates me...)

I just got a Bamboo Pen & Touch, and they've textured it somewhat, so it feels more like writing with pencil. Though the touch part refuses to work for me properly. Don't know if that "fun" one is textured as well, but it feels a little more paperish than other wacom tablets I've had.

Unosuke: the "mouse" for wacom tablets (which are basically just another stylus, but mouse-shaped) are a lot more annoying to deal with than you'd think, so I wouldn't consider that mouse a selling point if you're thinking of it replacing your existing mouse. This bamboo touch/pen was actually just $84, which isn't too much more than the one you linked, and it's new.

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