Amazing! and Wacom is the best!

Le gasp! A color version!? HUZAAH!

I would recommend the Wacom Intuios series at least if you want a good-but-not-crazy-expensive tablet.
 
It should set u back about 200 bucks.

I eagerly await the finished product.

@greaterlimits  
Oh, sure. Like any piece of art equipment a tablet is just a tool. You’ll get some benefit from avoiding the very cheapest equipment, but the returns diminish pretty quickly as the price goes up. Initially I dabbled with an inexpensive (and tiny) borrowed graphics tablet, the kind you can get for less than £30 most places, and found it too cramped to be useful (>>36091 is the only piece I ever completed with it, and even then it was mostly the shading - the line art was done with vectors). I ended up buying a second-hand Intuos 3 for under £80, and it was worth every penny. I doubt I could justify to myself spending £1,500 on a Cintiq though, as cool as they are.
 
BTW, I’ve seen and used tablet computers similar to your LE1600 before, but I never got the impression there was any pressure sensitivity and they were just basic resistive touch-screens (like the Nintendo DS or old pre-smartphone-era PDAs). Am I mistaken? I don’t know how I’d get on without being able to control the pen/brush strokes as I do with a tablet.

@Muffinshire  
Cintiqs are a waste of money… I’d still get one if I could afford one but you can look into old cheap computers that have similar features to a cintiq. Can strike a bargain on ebay if you know what to look for.

I’ve got a Cintiq like device, its called a Motion Computing Le1600, it cost me $150 but I can draw directly onto the screen and in one way it is actually better than a Cintiq, it is its own computer too!

I’ve got a Wacom Bamboo that only cost me $70 at Best Buy.

^This. If you really want to give a cheap tablet a try, I’ve heard really good things about Monoprice tablets. Larger and cheaper that Wacom’s, but the pen requires batteries.

@kruppenstein  
A tablet need not be some expensive touch-screen model like JJ uses. A basic one will do fine if you’re just starting out - Wacom’s Bamboo range is quite affordable and they perform really well. Even super-cheap, sub-$60 tablets are usable enough. You don’t need to sink two grand into a Cintiq to draw well.

@kruppenstein  
then go save up some money

i wish i could afford a tablet

ooooo really good