Awhile ago (as in, 5 or so years ago) I got this really basic small Wacom Intuos tablet and used it for awhile to do some digital doodles, until I just... stopped, but not before it started becoming unresponsive in large lines cutting across the drawing area. Before that, I was fairly decent at pencil-and-paper art, but I never really pursued it deeply, and I've gotten rusty.
I'm considering getting back into art to round out my skills a bit more and have another good way to express myself. And to be honest, I've been chronically burnt out on programming as a gamedev and I'm looking for something to get me out of the rut I'm in. I want to learn 3D modeling, texturing and 2D art, and music composition so that when my brain is screaming for something other than code, I can swap to it.
Do any digital artists here have advice on where to get started after getting rusty? e.g. recommendations for cheap hardware for someone who's not doing art professionally and was recently laid off, exercises to get back up to speed, etc.? For both 2D art and 3D modelling and texturing.