The day my art tablet died right before a client deadline

Last Tuesday I was putting final touches on a commission piece for a wedding couple in Denver. My Wacom Intuos just stopped working mid stroke, no warning or anything. I spent 4 hours trying different cables, ports, and driver reinstalls before giving up. Had to finish the whole thing with a mouse, which took forever and my hand cramped up bad. Has anyone else had a tool fail at the worst possible time and how did you handle the pressure?

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aaron89642m ago

Oh MAN that is brutal. Nothing like your main tool deciding it's done with life at the EXACT worst moment. Hope you at least gave that mouse a stern talking to afterwards.

finley_bennett2842m ago

You ever tried just unplugging everything, waiting 30 seconds, and plugging it back in? I know it sounds stupid but that actually saved my old mouse once. The cable was loose in the port or something, and that hard reset fixed it for a few more months until I finally upgraded.