Woohoo! I finally got rid of ~100 html code errors and validated my main project – boredpanda.com.
Wait, what does validation mean?
Well, this means that a site is error free and built in accordance with Web standards. It also provides one of the most reliable guarantee that future Web platforms will handle it as designed.
I finally got rid of my crappy TRUST tablet (Wireless Design & Work Tablet 100) and bought probably the cheapest Wacom’s product “Bamboo pen“.
I can only say “WOW”. Not even it looks very stylish and professional, the best part is – it works like a charm. I believe Bamboo pen is a perfect first tablet for every beginner.
As I’ve written before, a Germany based start-up asked me to test their project www.createmychocolate.com where people like you and me can create their very own chocolate designs. They gave me a special permission to access a soon to be released website and design 3 chocolates for free. I liked their offer, because they haven’t asked anything in exchange.
The funny thing was, that when I finished creating my chocolates and went to checkout to provide my shipping details the only country available was USA. I entered “outside US, Lithuania” and no problems – this morning I got the little package. Here it is:
To tell you the truth, I expected those chocolates to taste like crap (because I’ve googled and found one bad review), but on the contrary, the chocolates were incredible. You can read my review here.
I always let people know what I want for Christmas in my Skype’s profile message , and this time I wanted Wacom Intuos 4 Graphics Tablet. The message “I want Wacom Graphics tablet for Christmas” was hanging on my Skype profile for weeks, but this time, I instead of Wacom I got Trust. Well, ok I thought – it’s better than nothing, and I really wanted a graphics tablet! To tell you the truth, it must be the cheapest tablet in the world, but I’m still really happy, and thankful to Santa Claus.
My First drawing with a Graphics Tablet
No, I’m absolutely not religious! I was just playing around and that’s what I got :)
Testing
“Wireless Design & Work Tablet 100″ was a real pain in my ass. I couldn’t make my Photoshop Cs3 recognize the pen pressure. So I googled and found out that I needed the newest drivers from www.trust.com. Wow, it worked!
However, it works absolutely awkwardly – 1 minute it works, the other minute I can’t draw any line. I don’t know, whether I’m doing anything wrong, or all those comments about crappy graphics tablets from Trust were truth. I’ll find out it of course.
My second attempt
This one after some tweaking will be probably used for http://www.boredpanda.com (one of my projects).
Final Thoughts
I think it’s much much easier to draw with a graphics tablet, than with a real pencil on a real paper. To tell you the truth, I have never thought I could draw so well.
So, if you are wondering, whether you really need one – go for it, but maybe not with Trust.
