Graphic Design (noob) Needs advice for tablet/graphics Options

[bcurko]

Hi fellow @tomic gurus,

I was wondering if you guys could help me decide what I need to achieve the required tasks. Basically I'm self employed and having products designed with my own label and I'm having some problems trying to get the manufacturers to understand what I mean when I ask for them to modify a design. So I was thinking of getting a wacom bamboo tablet or something that would allow me to sketch and draw so I could show them what I meant rather then telling them.

The thing is I've never really done that much graphics design aside from a bit at school with Photoshop/Illustrator Year 11/12 so could really use a hand.

What do you guys think I should do? I don't want to spend more than $150 of the tablet just as a precaution if I can't draw for crap..

[kikz]

pen and paper costs considerably less than a Tablet.