Self-healing cutting mat makes your Wacom Tablet feel better than paper!

The drawing surface of a new Wacom Intuos4 is coated with a textured surface that unfortunately rubs off quickly with use. Worst of all, it rubs off where you draw the most - so you get a glasslike smooth surface in the center and a resistive, paperlike surface as you draw further out. Inconsistent!

Texture is important because the slight resistance gives you control over your pen - like drawing on paper.

Here's a solution that makes your Wacom feel better than paper and even better than when it was new: Put a self-healing rubber cutting mat on top of your Wacom and draw through it!

The resulting surface feels great to draw on. It's smooth enough that it feels better than paper - yet you get the same level of control as if you were drawing with a pencil on paper!

Wacom Intuos4 Large

10x16 Green Self-Healing Cutting Mat

The self-healing cutting mat sits (upside down) atop my Wacom tablet for a better drawing surface.

Try it for a day and you'll never go back. It feels so good it's the reason choose a Wacom tablet over a Cintiq (which feels like drawing on glass.)

These cutting mats are $15-$20 and they last forever. I have an Intuos4 Large and the 10x16 self-healing mat fits perfectly (although it does obscure the buttons which I don't use. You could trim it if necessary.) Use the BACK side for drawing - you can feel the painted lines with your pen.