Drawing tablet recommendations please? Never had one~ c:

[Princess Cannabis]

So I've decided that the one thing I would like for Christmas is a drawing tablet to entertain me in the winter months and so on.
I've been looking up tablets.. I will NOT buy anything Apple. c; But I've heard the Bamboo series is really good.
I found the Intuous Pro series... it looks fascinating. Does anyone have those?
349 for a medium tablet and 499 for a large one...
I'm a pretty good artist, you see. I like realism and anime very much.
I've been drawing all my life and I know having a drawing tablet will give me so much practice to experiment and get better.
I'm not too familiar with digital drawing but I can learn fast!~
Does anyone draw out there? What brand do you use? Any advice...?
I would really appreciate any feedback!

[TheFearsomeJabberwock]

I do! I use Corel painter 2015 and an intuos pro large. I actually know quite a few brands that would make pretty good starter graphics tablets c: bamboo series, the new plain intuos, a basic monoprice, and from what I have heard huions are good too!

Because you do traditional art already, getting something like a cintique, or a monoprice screen tablet would probably make you the most comfortable with digital drawing, as it can be really weird not looking down at what you are drawing.

[Psychonautic]

From personal exp the biggest thing you will have to worry about is usb failure. Its a common problem in intuos and cintiq tablets. Make sure you have a warranty!
My first tablet was a small bamboo. They don't make the model I had anymore but it was pretty good minus the fact that the pen pressure kept disappearing. Currently I use a 8x6 monoprice. It's inexpensive and serves me well. I draw in photoshop but paint tool SAI is a preferred program among many anime artists.

[vanileii]

I can recommend a (large) Bamboo if you use a desktop monitor and perhaps a Intuos for laptops and stuff.
I owned both of those, Bamboo is really nice to use with (since I use a desktop monitor) and Intuos Manga is also nice to use too! I bought a small one and I can say it's good for travel purposes, especially when you own a laptop. You can also buy a separate wireless thingy for Intuos, which doesn't need you to plug in the USB cord. Well, that's all I can say :> Feel free to ask about this~ <3

[Imature Dork]

You really can't go wrong with the Wacom brand.
I used a Wacom Intuous 3 for like 6 years, and it still works to this day. (But I had to re-sodder/fix the wires on it like 4 times.)
and last year I upgraded to a Medium Intuous 5. Absolutely love it.
They are pretty expensive. (Not as pricey as Cintiq ) But personally worth the investment because how long they last.

Bamboo is a perfectly acceptable cheaper alternative.

I would be a little wary of monoprice tablets only because a lot of people have driver issues when setting them up.