Actually, bigger is not necessarily better, it's up to the individual though.
My job is an animator/FX artist, so I'm on my tablet every single day for at least several hours. My preferred tablet right now is the Intuos 3 (6x8). We had some larger ones, but got rid of them a few years ago, and the 4x5's are almost useless to us (too small)
Also, drawing on the screen isn't as big of a jump as I thought it would be, and I actually prefer to use the "detached" tablet for now. I'm looking at the possibility of getting a Wacom enabled tablet pc at some point, so I may change my mind on that. The Cintique that I used a while back didn't really set off anything for me, but it might have had a lot to do with the price.
My job is an animator/FX artist, so I'm on my tablet every single day for at least several hours. My preferred tablet right now is the Intuos 3 (6x8). We had some larger ones, but got rid of them a few years ago, and the 4x5's are almost useless to us (too small)
Also, drawing on the screen isn't as big of a jump as I thought it would be, and I actually prefer to use the "detached" tablet for now. I'm looking at the possibility of getting a Wacom enabled tablet pc at some point, so I may change my mind on that. The Cintique that I used a while back didn't really set off anything for me, but it might have had a lot to do with the price.