Artisul D16 Tablet | Good or Good Enough? A Colorist's Perspective

[@MohammedAgbadi]

Kurt!!!! amazing video! but i really want to see you play the drum set behind you!

[@GavinMichelliArt]

Great review! Honestly, I find your gear reviews to be more helpful than what I usually see on KZbin. You're very frank and to the point about the stuff...not an excessive amount of tech talk, but enough to give me a clear idea of what the device is capable of. Great job.

[@colorwithkurt]

Thanks, Gavin! Hope you're doing well.

[@reggied.8771]

Thank you for this review!

[@TeeDunk13]

Thanks Kurt. Wacoms seem so far out of my price range but maybe an artisul could get me going! Does it come with any software?

[@3polygons]

Even after color calibrating.... Most important data for me. Thanks !

[@gilgaladxx8393]

Hi Kurt, is the d16 have tilt feature ?

[@lpjunior999]

So if you’re primarily working on an iPad Pro, are you using Procreate and then exporting the file back to your PC to make it into a CMYK TIFF?

[@colorwithkurt]

Yep. I usually do some tweaks in PS in between but yeah.

[@3polygons]

Well, XP 22E is at that price now, 400$. Have you tried that one ? (I know, you don't like big tablets. I love them...)

[@colorwithkurt]

+3polygons Big tablet ergonomics aren't great for me, plus the screen at 1080p over 22 inches is a ppi of about 100. It's just too low a resolution for me. It's like working through a screened window, and the pixels appear too large for me.

[@3polygons]

@@colorwithkurt Yep, I know a lot of people can't stand that (must be specially obvious coming from retina). I personally don't have an issue, worked as a pixel artist for years (mobile 2D games), so I even like to see the pixel ;) . Now I do illustration and quite some line-art, and personally, I prefer wider gestures for that (drawing from shoulder and elbow). Not as much as I loved painting in Fine Arts on 2 meters canvases or wood panels, paper and charcoal, but the Wacom XL (and several large display-tablets I tested) are totally my best fit. That said, I learned drawing as a kid in A4, letter size format, making comics. Is not that I hate that size. My current monitor is 23 inches (semi-pro, calibrated) at 1080p, and is totally fine for me :). Indeed, what I can't stand is small screens (for both the drawing act, and as a screen for work), specially 12 inches / 13 inches. IMO, is just how many different types of feet are there, so much that the same shoes wont do for every one... Thank you for your input. :)

[@sahinby3603]

artisul good and cheap wacom alternative but pen preasure not work in adobe ai 2018 and cc and pen nib material bad

[@dasfett8254]

Whoda thunk it, I'm on here looking for a new graphics tab and here's a dude I went to school with....

[@johncollado1151]

Good review Kurt, thanks for the heads up. I've always been a Wacom guy, so that's probably where I will stay.

[@RolfeGolf]

Pls can u animat me an intro