I picked up a Lenovo Thinkpad Tablet a couple weeks ago and I can honestly say it was a completely worthwhile purchase.  The big selling point was the included pressure sensitive stylus.  I’ve had Sketchbook for my iPhone for a couple years now, and you can see some of my finger painting results in my portfolio page.  Its cool, but I lost interest.  The Lenovo is the real deal.  Its like a $500 Cintiq.  There was some trial and error at first.  Sketchboook’s pressure senstive option is kind of hidden, and it was a great relief when I found it.  Photoshop’s was the same way.  I’m not going to argue one program over another since they compliment each other very well.  The only thing I miss is custom brushes in Photoshop.  I like taking abstract shapes and making a mess to start from.

The sunglasses are actually my sunglasses.  I wanted to do a still life to really test out all the features and see how it held up.  I was pleasantly surprised at how fast it was.

The sphere may have been an hour.  I did it entirely in Photoshop.  One of the things I like is painting with selections and masking, which Sketchbook can do with layers, but its not the same.  Still, I do the majority of painting in Sketchbook now.

The dragon eye was maybe an hour, but I was on my back on the couch after a long day.  This was really fun.

The guy in the rain… yeah defeated superhero.  I painted this after my last day at a job I decided to leave.  Walking away from a full time paycheck with health benefits is a crazy decision in this economy, but it was the right thing to do. I hope:)

The dragon was just pure fun still done on the couch.  I had a telemarketing job in college for a few days, leaning on my left elbow with the phone to my ear.  Eventually I pinched a nerve and got pins and needles through the pinky side of my hand.  Holding the tablet up actually gives me a similar sensation and leaves me wondering if I did any permanent damage years ago.