This guide is for anyone who is just getting started with digital art or picture retouching. It's difficult enough to sign your name using a mouse or a laptop trackpad, but trying to draw a detailed sketch or retouch a photo with those tools is even worse. A drawing tablet, also known as a graphics tablet, is a device that accurately transfers the strokes from a pen or stylus to your computer screen. If you want to paint, illustrate, animate in 3D, create a comic, or retouch images, it's considerably more natural and comfortable to use than a mouse or touchpad.