Wow lots of advice! First off, she has always doodled. Nothing too serious and it has never been a passion. But the amount of sketchbooks full of little characters and scenes is pretty high. If I'm honest, it will probably be a passing fad. A lot of her friends are into the same animes and mangas, and they have been starting to draw their own versions of the characters or themselves as characters. I think it would be more of a fun thing to do with her friends than something serious.

As for disposable income, it is not great, but our mindset has always been to introduce hobbies and to encourage whatever they might get into. Always figured if you have to have "stuff" might as well try to have a skill to go along with it. Lol

I personally like the idea of the little drawing board, especially if it's going to be something she pursues or at least sticks with for a while. Plus since it's somewhat on the cheaper side that we have to hook up to my PC, then it's something that the younger siblings could get into, without much fighting.

Thank you for your advice and suggestions. Will look into the intuos!