I am worried about my Wacom Intuos Pro tablet. It’s still new, my sweet mom gifted me a new one <3. My old one died when the power connectors stopped working and my attempts of contacting Wacom for a solution has so far been ignored.
The old one had two plugs for the power cord. Now the new shiny one only has one and it’s starting to feel rather wobbly. I bet it’s a matter of a short time before it breaks too. The tablet works in wireless mode just fine, even if the plug breaks. But there’s no way to recharge the battery.
A quick search on Google taught me that you can actually recharge the battery in a universal recharger that works with a Samsung Galaxy S2. “Girin Studio – Arts and Everything” had a blog post “Can you save a Wacom Tablet with broken USB port?“. And so tonight we had a search on Ebay. Now I am happy knowing that a recharger like that is about to be shipped to me from Hong Kong – with two extra batteries. So when this Wacom thing breaks (I am tempted to say: “As usual”. The Google search made it clear I am not alone in my Wacom struggles) I am prepared! It’s quite a relief to know I soon have a backup because I vividly remember my panic when my old tablet died.
It puzzles me that Wacom doesn’t offer an official recharger themselves, since so many people seems to be struggling with this. Or even better: Finds another more durable solution for the power plug on the tablet.
I use my tablet constantly like on this drawing I made a few days ago. I finished this Christmas-inspired gnome girl with a goose. I used it as a gift and I might use it for Christmas cards. So because of that, today’s post is only part of a painting, as I don’t want to spoil the surprise. The drawing is digital, experimenting with coloring digitally too.
