Tablet Troubles

This christmas, i recieved a tablet from my mom as a gift :) (i was very, very surprised, like this: :o )

Its a 4x5 in. wacom intuos 3 tablet, and as far as the ratings go, its the bestest kind of tablet :)

however, im not used to using it at all, and i truly find it easier to draw with a mouse. :(

since the size of it is so small, when i go from the top left corner to the bottom, my curser only goes halfway across the monitor screen :mellow:

it's very strange having to "levitate" the pen to make the curser move (touching it makes it click) :huh:

i think it would be easier to have a tablet pc which you can actually draw on the monitor itself instead of looking up and drawing at the same time, or a cintiq thing which is like a monitor. however, no one will ever pay like $2000 just for me to have one :P

since i dont want to seem rude and never use a $200 gift that my mom put a lot of effort into researching etc., i need to get used to it! :D

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Should i practice tracing things to get used to it, or should i just use it a lot?

please help by suggesting methods that worked for you


thanks,
Kate :D

practice makes perfect! :) You'll get the hang of it with more use.

I just wrote with my tablet thing. Although mine is awful.. it's still the same idea.

I used it instead of a mouse for a while also , just an evening or so. That helped =)

aww i want a tablet so bad, i wana see art now :D

you can press down on the tablet and draw?! wtf?