It is with some level of sadness I have to make this post, but I am in desperate need of the money right now. This was a hard decision for me, but I have finally decided that I need to sell my 6x8 Intuos2 Platinum Wacom graphics tablet. It was a gift from Mike whenever it was brand new on the market, and I have kept it in immaculate condition. I wanted to offer it here and on LiveJournal first, as I’d rather it went to someone I know or someone who will treat it well.

I’m asking $200 USD for it plus shipping.

If you're interested, please respond here, in a DA note, or email me at leopardwolf@gmail.com with "Wacom tablet" in the subject line.


Here is all the juicy info about it, and a picture of it:



Intuos2 Platinum 6x8 Tablet


Includes:
a. 6" x 8" Wacom Tablet
b. Wireless mouse
c. Stylus pen with holder
d. Original box and booklets
The Intuos2 comes with the Intuos2 Grip Pen, the Intuos2 2D Mouse and includes a transparent overlay for holding artwork in place and a freely programmable menu strip for your favorite keyboard shortcuts.

Features & Benefits:
Pressure Sensitivity with 1024 levels: Create natural-looking pen, brush, and eraser strokes.

Tilt Sensitivity: Tilt your input device in either direction and create natural-looking pen, brush, and eraser strokes.

Tool ID: Customize your pens: With Tool ID each Intuos2 input device can be individually programmed and configured for each application. The functions can be automatically activated when the application is started.

DualTrack: Use two input devices simultaneously on one tablet.

Absolute Positioning: The edge of a mouse pad won't ever stop you again - Wacom tablets allow absolute positioning in which the active area represents your entire monitor screen.

Eraser: Get rid of errors by a flip of your pen!

Cord-/battery-less: No input device needs a cord or battery - the tablet itself supplies the input device with power.

Transparent Overlay: Holds your original in place and makes tracing easier.

Removable Menu Strip: Re-program the menu buttons of the new Intuos2 tablet to your own personal needs and print your own menu strip.

Plug and Play: Your Intuos2 system installs easily and quickly and is compatible with all your software.

Specifications:
a. Tablet Dimensions: 334 x 258 x 14 mm
b. Active Area: 203.2 x 162.4 mm
c. Pressure Levels: 1,024
d. Accuracy: +/- 0.25 mm
e. Resolution: 2,540 lpi (100 lpmm)
f. Reading Height: 10 mm
g. Max. Data Rate: 200 pps
h. Connection: RS-232C Serial Port Interface (Windows)
i. USB Port (for Windows and Macintosh)

Requirements:
Mac: iMac or PowerMac, with CD-ROM and active USB port. MacOS 8.51, MacOS
10.1 or higher.

PC: PC with Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/ XP/Vista, active USB port and CD-ROM



This entry will probably eat itself once someone buys the tablet.

Mike and I have been looking for a home to call our very own. Sometimes it feels like a rather hopeless situation, because buying a house is such an expensive investment, and such a large chunk of money is needed toward a down payment.

We need about $5,000 or so to get to where we need to be.

People have asked me what I want for Christmas. Truth be told, any of the things I want or think I could use, are not as important to me as having a home of my own again and having a halfway normal life again.

Ever since the storm, everything in my life was turned upside down and inside out. I was fortunate enough to have grown up in a home of my own and spent my whole life there, until Hurricane Katrina came along. Being forced into apartment living is miserable in comparison.

As much as we are paying for rent, we might as well be paying a mortgage and actually own the place ourselves and be able to do whatever we wish, rather than having to worry about the property management barging in unannounced/without our permission whenever they feel like it, telling us what we can and cannot do and how we should live. I want to have my animal companions again, have our family reunited and really work toward starting a new life. I know Mike misses his dog Shadow dearly. It would be very nice to have a dog in our lives again as well.

I have told people that whatever money they planned to spend on gifts or what have you, instead of doing that, put the money in our buy-a-home fund. Please understand that putting any spare money we can into our buy-a-home fund is ten times more important to us then other material possessions. To be able to have a home of my own again would be the best gift I could ask for, even if it does take until August when our current lease is up to get what we need.

Right now we are considering parts of New Jersey in our home searching. New York is just too damned expensive. In New Jersey the cost of living and taxes aren’t as bad, and it would give us the opportunity to be closer to the embroidery and shirt machines so we can really get this business off the ground. The biggest hurdle we are having right now is our ability to access the machines because of our work schedules and the fact that the machines are almost a three hour drive away, and that’s if there is no traffic.

We’re trying so hard to make this work on our own, but any help we can get puts us a step closer to our dreams. We have a little put away right now, but still have a long way to go to reach the goal mark of $5,000.


We have a "Buy A Home" fund established. Any spare money I get from art commissions or sales of my jewelry and other work goes into this savings fund. Every $1 counts at this point. If you wish to help contribute, the best thing you could do is buy my artwork, prints, or commission me for a custom design. I try to keep my prices very reasonable, because I believe everyone should be able to enjoy art. Otherwise you can send donations to leopardwolf@gmail.com through PayPal.


Every commission, every sculpture, every print and original, every jewelry set or lanyard, every shirt or sports jersey order, the money made from all of these things is going directly into the buy-a-home fund. I’ll slave away at clay smooshing and website coding until my hands fall off, if it’ll bring me closer to having my own home.

Feedback from those of you who have experience buying a house would be greatly appreciated. We're still getting our feet wet with it, and any guidance or helpful information we can get, we are gobbling up.

Back to work now.

Anthrocon is about a week away.

I’d love to do some con badge commissions right now, but I’m guessing there are plenty of them abounding as is.

So I figure with every con badge there should be a lanyard, right?

I’ve been designing custom lanyards for the work environment and having a blast with it.


I'm open commissions for custom lanyards for con badges.


They would average about $15 to $20 USD for gemstone and beaded blends. More complex patterns and full gemstone lanyards are available for reasonable prices, which will vary by materials used.

You name it, and I can find a way to do it. Everything from blown glass or wood beads to various blends of gemstones. Labradorite, moonstone, garnet, peridot, blue topaz, onyx, agates, citrine, lapis, turquoise, coral, hematite, quartz, iolite, and aquamarine just to name a few. Rainbow beads too! Badge holder sleeves are optional. See my gallery or livejournal for examples.

The sky is the limit!

I also make keychains, cell phone dangles and rearview mirror dangles for vehicles.

Contact me if you are interested, whether it be for a convention or for the workplace.

It's been a really long time, hasn't it?

A little over a year now since Hurricane Katrina came and went and turned our lives upside down.

A lot has happened since then, and I've been far out of the loop.

But here I am again, edgewalker returning.

So much catching up to do and so much to see.

I missed you all very much.

I'm glad to be back.

I'm posting an update here to let everyone know what's going on, in case people might not watch my LiveJournal.

We lost everything in the hurricane.

We have no home to return to.


Go to my LiveJournal for more information and updates:


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