I'd agree with most of what Egg said.

For hours of precision work (tho' I'm not an artist http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/smile.gif ), an LCD - use one at work and it's so much less strain than a CRT + it's totally flat + it's such a crisp display.

Modern LCDs have just one drawback IMO - they don't handle animation well - so for play, definitely a CRT, and at least at 1024x768, the higher the res & bigger the screen, the better.

Karim