: How can I determine which drawing tablet is right for me? I do some caricature, cartoons and illustrations, as hobby. I believe that I am okay'ish with pen and paper, but recently decided to

@Gloria351

I can really only offer an answer to your first point about how it will differ from what you're used to.

Have you used a graphics tablet before? Because when I first got one I felt like I couldn't draw any more and it took me a long time to be comfortable with it, and I'm still not brilliant (not as good as on paper). My tablet is very small but somehow, it doesn't seem to matter. You have as much movement as the mouse, when you put the pen tool at the edge of the active space of the tablet, the cursor is at the edge of the screen. So, if you wanted to draw something big, you wouldn't be making a single stroke bigger than your screen anyway, so it's fine.

This is the only thing I have drawn properly with my tablet (and it's pretty lame):



It wasn't a struggle to do. The only thing that makes a difference is how sensitive it is, and mine isn't all that sensitive, so small detail and the lightness of your touch isn't translated very well onto the page.

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@Caterina889

Can't go wrong with any Wacom tablet.

Preface... I do NOT know Inkscape. I've only ever used Adobe Illustrator. I do not know how well tablet drivers are integrated into Inkscape and what may or may not be possible with Inkscape or other vector apps. This post is more about general tablet use than any specific application.

Wacom, being the most prolific tablet manufacturer, generally has wide support. So if an app is going to support a tablet, it's likely to support Wacom tablets to some degree. Based on my experience with Illustrator, many non-Wacom tablets are not well supported. Again... I don't know other apps though.

Which tablet you get often depends far more on your drawing style than other factors. Do you draw from the wrist/fingers or from the shoulder/elbow?

If you use your wrist and fingers far more, then smaller tablets will be fine. Since the overal motion of drawing is more limited for those that draw that way.

If you tend to draw in more sweeping, elbow-based, movements you would do well with a larger tablet to take advantage of your drawing style. You'll feel constricted with smaller tablets because you won't be able to make the motions that feel natural to you.

Of course, I'm generalizing. Most use a combination of wrist and elbow movement when drawing, but really there tends to be some favor towards one motion. You'll have to evaluate that yourself.

In my experience (with primarily Wacom tablets) a 6x8/6x11 or "medium" tablet fits a great many users and is, from what I see, the size most feel is a good balance between budget and functionality. The Wacom Bamboo One CTE 660 Pen Tablet is classified as a "medium" so that's probably a good size to start with. Being that your focus is primarily vector you won't really benefit from any of the added pressure sensitivity of other Wacom product lines (the Intuos having 2x more pressure levels).

If it were my money, and I wasn't certain the tablet would be for me, the Bamboo would be my place to start.

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@Ogunnowo857

In my opinion, the best size for drawing tablet is one that at least
covers the area that you are used to in traditional drawing.

It is important to take into consideration the actual size of the area that you use per drawing usually because you may draw into A4 size paper, but you might not draw one drawing per one A4. Digitally you can always use bigger document and pan all around it if you want to make another drawing.

Though.. Since
you work digitally with drawing tablet, you can use things like
Zooming and Panning which can be used to kinda make up for size, but
it takes less getting used to drawing with a drawing tablet the less
you have to change your habits.

Since you are on a tight budget, you might want to consider Trust drawing tablets Which are nowadays a bit more expensive than what they used to be I believe, but still quite cheap.

When it comes to Wacom you can't really make a wrong decision as long as you consider what it is that you need from the tablet. Of course newer ones are better than the older ones :) I would however like to add that other companies like trust may give you more or less the same features with bigger drawing area and cheaper price. ( Meaning that you don't necessarily have to buy older or cheaper model of Wacom drawing tablet )
As long as you scale vector by preserving the aspect ratio, then
yes, it will scale up and down nicely.
If this was about other free vector drawing programs.. DrawPlus
starter edition is one of those.

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