As I’ve mentioned a few times over the last couple of months, I’ll soon be getting a new laptop. The one I really wanted had a neat tablet feature, which would be perfect for the illustrations I enjoy doing. The only problem with getting that particular laptop is that it only had a 12″ display. If it was only a bit larger, I would’ve gone with that one rather than the one I wound up picking out.

No worries though, it’s not the end of the world for me! I have a solution. Since I obviously want a larger display and the laptop doesn’t come in any other size, I’ll just buy regular tablet. Naturally I don’t want to spend a fortune doing so, so what better place to look for a good sale than Buy.com? In this weeks deals, they feature the Genius MousePen tablet, for a price I can definitely live with - $34.99, which features free budget shipping. It comes complete with the tablet (8″ by 6″ working area), and a cordless mouse and pen. This will make a great addition for me, because I do a lot of designing, which almost always features my own illustrations which were done with a regular mouse (hasn’t been easy). I’m not sure how I was able to pull off some of those illustrations, especially when I’ve had some trouble with my mouse locking up.

Having a tablet will definitely make it easier for me to draw the illustrations though, and hopefully it’ll motivate me to finally do that greeting card collection I’ve been talking about for the last year. I’ve already got a few ideas for some illustrations, so I really look forward to having a tablet. I wonder if I can create fonts with my own handwriting with it? That would be neat!