The Cheapest Drawing Tablet VS the Most Expensive

[@HAN0N777]

I'm glad the younger artists of today get to have decent screen tablets available, I remember back in like 2009 the best I could get at a similar price to the Kamvas in the video was a Wacom Bamboo. I did love that little guy though and I'm glad I've kept up my screenless pen tablet skills, my Intuos Pro cost a fraction of what they're asking for Cintiq Pros and I get most of the same features just no screen lmao

[@Lissyah]

Yess the Wacom Bamboo! 😂 I still have it, don't use it any more but I still have it and it still works! The active area is really really small though, maybe even smaller than a post card. But it was all I could afford as a 13 year old 15 years ago. Now I'm really glad I upgraded to a Samsung Galaxy Tab s8+ and before that a Wacom Intuos that was slightly bigger. But that Wacom Bamboo sure did get me into digital art and I learned all the digital skills I have with it ❤

[@Artofcarissa]

I remember my old silver Wacom bamboo fun that came with its own mouse back in 2007 😂😂😂

[@hitrecord7830]

Bambooo!! Yeah that was my first tablet! Came with a copy of autodeak sketch. I remember the loop that held the pen! I eventually gave it to my sister when i upgraded to an intuos (wet both graphic designers)

[@destinysimplyme3011]

Still have that old Bamboo too. Confirmed it and the mouse still work!

[@segawalilac]

I also had the first gen bamboo around early 2009. I retired it in 2014. I got the Wacom Cintiq 13HD, which was retired in 2020 and I used Samsung Tab S7+ as my main drawing tablet. I got the Wacom Cintiq Pro 16 (2021) in 2022. I remember buying the 13HD thinking it was an amazing deal for £580. I'm happy that younger artists have so many options these days.

[@mirukusheki]

I'm a professional artist who works in the game industry and, although I've used a Wacom at work, I chose the XP-Pen Artist 13 for my personal setup because it comes in pink. 😂

[@demonheart13]

Hey if it doesnt look nice your not going tk want to work with it so thats completely justified.

[@kellycardinal9609]

LOL. An artist-type decision.

[@TadpoleArtz]

We artists have our priorities in order 😭😂😂

[@Mamika_AFK]

If anything comes in pink or cute colors, I'm completely sold 😂

[@doaflamingo3713]

Remember folks, Ruan Jia - one of THE skilled artists alive on planet use a wacom cintiq 13hd which is 11 years old

[@mangana215]

I would have like to see them next to each other to really see the size difference

[@Artofcarissa]

I stopped buying wacom tablets when they removed the stand and other accessories. What’s the point in them raising the price if you’re getting less in the box than you did 10 years ago?

[@TheNommers311]

As a Huion Kamvas 12 user, i can say, quality and size doesn't matter at all. It is always the SKILL which makes it all depend

[@Imraight_the_animator]

I agree with you bro and also tablet doesn't matter tho

[@anasevi9456]

as a longtime used cintiq 12WX and new Cintiq 13HD user; can confirm... but god d@mn my neck and posture was done with it. This is why I will always respect Yiynova/Huion/XP-Pen for democratising larger drawing tablets. I even went back to a Wacom Cintiq 16 pro for a short period of time, but returned it after a few weeks as it burned my hands and screeched like a banshee... and didnt work above 1440p on pc.,,, which honestly was my least of my complaints. Touch was awesome though, Wacom still tries but we are living in a new world.

[@Neru2000]

I agree, but at the same time it depends on what you do with it, as a 2d animator that had a 13", even the timeline makes the screen feel cluttered, and for 3d programs oh boy it's like modeling in a nintendo ds screen

[@seraby7151]

Quality matters if you are drawing as a job, drawing 8hrs a day, 5x a week. Edit: not saying huion or any cintiq alternatives are bad btw. I use one.

[@seraby7151]

​​​@@Neru2000im a 2d animator and im planning on going back to a smaller drawing monitor. I dunno, too much hand movement makes me tire faster. My eyesight is still ok... For now. And my first drawing monitor experience was on a 13in cintiq and I kinda miss that. My current one is a 19in huion. Edit: i could just make my work are just 3/4 of the screen to make it smaller but it's weird not use the entire screen for toon boom lol.

[@camdendawe608]

this was extremely helpful thank you!

[@Flyyyyy-]

Please do a direct side-by-side comparison between the XP-Pen Artist Pro 16 (Gen 2) and the new Artist 22 Plus

[@franciscodetonne4797]

As someone who has drawn on A4 papers before even knowing about drawing tablets, I say the 14" or 16" screen tablets would be the ideal size for me personally. I'd like to have a touchscreen though, not a requirement, but a "really nice to have" thing.

[@Uhfgood]

One thing I don't hear a lot of reviewers do is really talk about responsiveness. When I see someone demoing a "screen" based tablet usually the line follows the pen for a few seconds. It doesn't look like something I can just start up and start sketching. I have to be specifically careful because it's not going to lay down lines as fast as a non-screen or actual paper. How long is the lag between the line and the pen? Do the expensive ones or the cheaper ones handle this better?

[@theinktician]

What he said is true - in fact, 4k at 27 inches is STILL less pixels per inch (PPI) than 1080p at anything13 inches or smaller

[@Thanatos--]

While I definitely found the video informative, and it succeeded on giving me a feel for the broad spectrum of tablet displays, I feel that the answer that I want is somewhere in that huge spectrum. I know I'm picky but I 'd call myself a 'shrewd consumer.' With that being said it would be appreciated if Brad made a $250-$500 2023 Holiday Shoot Out video complete with airhorns in the intro. It's cool to see what is available at $170 but I think a video where he walked us up the curve of bang-for-your-buck from that $170 entry point incrementally would be awesome. Where is the great divide between 'good money after bad' in the sense that "Yeah $170 will get you that, but for $250 you can get this, and if you save your pennies you can get this for $500."

[@delt3810]

Here are some extra points to consider about 4K displays, from someone who has a lot of experience with those: - UIs (menus, toolbars, buttons, the OS itself) will look painfully tiny unless you turn on 150% or 200% scaling in the OS settings, but that way... - Text and SVGs might look sharper, but 99% of the existing images and videos on the web will look *noticeably* blurrier because of upscaling. - Your art would need to be around 9000px from its shorter side if you don't want it to be *really* pixelated when you zoom in. - A big + high resolution screen is the perfect recipe for everything looking blurry/pixelated while you work on it. - UI scaling is pretty bad even in the most modern operative systems. You will get a lot of inconsistencies and will spend tons of hours looking for tricks and workarounds to fix things you shoulndt be fixing anyway. Higher resolution doesn't necessarily mean better. Sometimes (actually, most of the time) upgrading to 4K can be more a downgrade than an upgrade. Of course getting a 4K screen for watching 4K movies and playing videogames can be cool if you can afford that, but only if it's a secondary screen exclusively designated for consuming that kind of content. At least for creatives that care about quality and consistency. But some may say 1080p is not enough for big screens... Well, qHD (aka 2.5K or 1440p) is a thing, and is the best resolution for creatives who don't want to deal with scaling issues but also need more room to draw and a sharper display.

[@Szczurzyslawa]

That's why I keep waiting for 1440p wacom display tablet 😭it feels like it will never happen tho.

[@weescamp]

@@Szczurzyslawa the Cintiq 27QHD is 1440p, its an older model now but you may be able to find one.

[@Szczurzyslawa]

@@weescamp Oh it's huge though 😭 (I already have an old 13hd one and O want bigger screen but not that huge, my space is limited 🤕)

[@weescamp]

@@Szczurzyslawa I see your point, fingers crossed Wacom update their 16-22 inch screens. It would be a very tempting product.

[@Szczurzyslawa]

@@weescamp yeah exactly! Only thing keeping me from buying 22 is the resolution

[@VanBurenPhilips]

Why does touch add so much to the price, and why isn't it more common on pen displays?

[@animefan1ification]

mainly because you can use shortcuts with double tapping, etc. and also zoom in/out and move the canvas around easier i think

[@VanBurenPhilips]

Oh I know what the benefits are, I use them. I'm asking why they're so much more expensive than comparable non-touch pen displays @@animefan1ification The forthcoming Huion 19incher might be okaaay, but the value of previous options has been terrible.

[@dr_joel_fm]

very informative, thnaks Brad, greeetings from mexico

[@benjamina6915]

Years ago I used to have a Huion GT-191 19" with 1920x1080 resolution. At the time that was the best Huion had and it I did some great artworks with it. Didn't have a problem working with it, but yes pixels were there.. Now I have a Huion Kamvas 16 (2021) with a 16" screen and 1920x1080 resolution and I think at that size it's still fine. Sure some pixels are visible when zooming in, but at the price it's acceptable. My Lenovo with 16" touchscreen does have a QHD resolution and yes that's nice, but also at a different price point. Whenever I return to my Huion, I now miss touch a lot. Depending on the price 16" with full HD is acceptable, but QHD is nicer to have.

[@iyadart]

I have both the Cintiq 27QHD and the Huion Inspiroy H64, I bought the later for portability and to do concept art demonstrations to my students, it's crazy that I rarely use the Cintiq nowadays😅

[@djokotriono7787]

drawing area, essentially, might not very big. but for hand movement, wrist vs arm etc will matter in the long run. adding to that, the space for reference side by side will be appreciated

[@alejocarbonell2684]

Any tablet is wonderful ☺️ I noticed most, if not all of them from the simplest huion to an ipad or fancy wacom works great, the difference in price comes down to the size of the tablet, the build quality and fancy features that are nice to have, but not essencial 💛 of course there's some with better quality to price ratio, but overall the core experience of any tablet is so similar, so don't worry too much about it 😊

[@greenleopard49]

Recently bought a UGEE1600 15.4 Inch Drawing Tablet with Screen a $135.89

[@TKCPrime]

Samsung tab s8 ultra user here and the 14.6' screen is perfect, can use it as a monitor and it has wacom tech plus it works by itself and it is very portable. Expensive as hell but it is so capable.

[@stevenbosse6200]

What is a good cheaper option for beginner. I can't draw well but having templates and be able to color amd shade the way i want i would pay bit more for.

[@yamapishy9792]

i really regretted getting a huion kamvas 22 plus. Full HD just doesn't look good on a large 22inch display. The pixels are so prominent. In the end I bought the latest ipad pro coz aside from the high resolution display, I also work a lot faster with touchscreen. I'll never buy another display tablet unless it's 4k and touchscreen.

[@danmaksen8973]

ill get me some of that cintique 27 inch, gon take some time to buy it though.

[@petergyenes1620]

Hey, the Samsung tab s9 fe just dropped, will you do a video on it?

[@colbybastian17]

I think 1440p is a resolution that needs more use. A good 16" 1440p screen is a sweet spot to me.

[@austinmoe4865]

honestly, the one feature I'm looking for in a tablet right now is pressure sensitivity. I've got an old Wacom Bamboo tablet from 14 years ago and it's as bare bones as it gets lol

[@QwertyVj]

Can you test out the Samsung Galaxy s9fe. I'm thinking that is a great option for the price plus the S Pen is just the same as the S9 (without some options for controls).

[@yakirireuveni2990]

i have the huion 16 pro but something i dont like is when i touch the cable a bit the screen flickers

[@kalvineldridge]

my first one also did that until (within a few months) it died. My new one doesn't flicker no matter how much I move it or touch the cable. So it's not supposed to do that and if you're still under warranty, I would look into filing a claim with Huion. They'll make you jump through a bunch of hoops and video the issue, but you should be able to get it replaced if you are under warranty.

[@xanderyusuf7494]

Cant wait for for your galaxy tab s9fe review, looking to upgrade from my tab s7fe

[@Alexandra0916_a]

As someone who started with the Cintiq 21 UX and used the 27 QHD Touch for years.. I must admit I was heavily impressed with the huion kamvas 22 my husband bought. Also, as soon as I got an ipad pro and procreate.. I never got back to my cintiq and finally sold it a few months ago. Now using the Huion occasionally and I still think.. Cintiq is no longer worth its money unless you have quite alot of it=_D Even for a pro, usually you are not responsible for the printing so you do not need to have the perfect color profile. But than again, this are just my 2 cents.

[@JulieMatthews13]

I have a similar setup. I had two different Surface Pros and neither was great. I got an iPad Pro and loved it! Now I use that with an XP-Pen Artist Pro 24, mainly for layout and editing. Drawing on it is fine. I just can't find any app for Windows that's as good as Procreate (and I think I've tried most of them!)

[@MagicalStarr]

I’ve been using a iPad Air 4 for a year now. And I’ve really enjoy and like it. But if I do want to change. I’ll just do the Xp pen artist 16 pro or 14 pro. Also can you do computer for artist to use along with their drawing monitors.

[@jippalippa]

For the price, the 10" is actually amazing

[@juleskurianmathew1989]

Which one- Surface studio 2 plus vs Wacom cintiq pro 27? Please make a video

[@blendragon28]

What is the stand that you're using on the Cintiq? I've never seen that one before

[@suraj29sarkar]

How is samsung tab s9 fe?

[@WelbornJeff]

I use an XP-Pen 24” tablet along with the Clip Studio Tabmate remote and it works like a dream. The Wacom 27” may be too big? As you are probably only drawing in the middle 10-12”. Just a guess. But the design of the shortcut keys are terrible to me. Not only are they on the back but they are hidden in a weirdly shaped grove. Seems like it would be a real hassle to find them blindly.

[@Stockish_Daza]

My daughter wants an iPad 9th gen and Apple Pencil for Christmas for starting drawing… is the 9th gen and an apple pen my best bang for buck for her? She needs something standalone as she does not have a laptop or pc

[@kelvinchuks8885]

No one talks about Gaomon, I have a PD22, and it's pretty decent for the price range

[@didi7074]

Omg so true! Gaomon is so underrated compared to Xp-pen and Huion, I wish Brad and others talked more about them. Artisul not so much imo

[@jtvprodesign]

4:31.. wrong xp-pen larger model doesn't have fully laminated... none of their 20 -24 inch model don't have it despite what they failed to say on their marketing

[@chrisproductions6262]

I'm just going to save up for the Xencelabs Pen Display 24 instead, it has way more to offer and it's comes in at around £1800

[@stevepaulcreations]

What's the most affordable computer for a drawing tablet that has enough power to handle serious drawing?

[@Saji_0]

I really want to buy a dedicated tablet display, but after using samsung tab with SuperDisplay (almost 2 years now), I would probably prefer the touch support on the display tablet which is a problem, there's isn't any cheap tablet that compares with my old tab S4 interm of 2k screen resolution and touch capability. I'l probably go for samsung tab again because of this problem.

[@jameseiner]

To think that a display tablet costs less than 200$ is absurd... Can't imagine where i would be if i had the chance to get my hands on one of these back in the day... Maybe my motivation wouldn't have dwindled like it did with the small screenless intuous M.

[@SourSop-qz8nf]

I'm trying to look for a drawing tablet with a screen for under $200 and I'm considering saving up for the XP Pen 10!

[@ManinderSinghSidhu89]

Hey, I am using Dell inspiron 2in1 laptop(16GB ram and mx550 Graphics card) with Dell active pen. i use photoshop on it, drawing lines is very laggy(17inch x 17 inch 300pp resolution, no smoothening on brush tool). its as laggy as using s9 ultra with super display application with photoshop under same circumstances. but everything is perfect on normal MS-paint (no lags at all). any solutions?

[@BlueFins7]

Id love a video on mid tier tablets

[@umay0369]

i don't have much money so i will buy a graphic tablet with no screen but i'm not sure if it really feels as good as drawing on a screen...

[@PumpKinnii_]

I just got my screenless tablet recently after drawing on a screen for YEARS (tho it is true it was my phone and it wasn't really comfortable to draw with phone and finger) and at least imo it feels almost natural to me to draw with the screenless tablet, I even prefer it bc I can see the screen properly and I don't have my hand or pencil covering part of it. It is taking me some time to get used to the shortcuts but for the rest it is almost like a dream!! I got a 10x6" screenless tablet and it is wonderful. So if you are on budget I would say to not be scared over it but if you feel like drawing on a screen is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT then try to save for the cheapest display tablet.

[@luisarturohernandezramirez5910]

I'm here wondering which of these 2 I should buy 🤔

[@sloppynyuszi]

Those 10-12” tablets with no touch seem like a horror show to work with it has no touch. At that price point you better off finding a tab s6 lite and that app that connects to your PC. You get a comparable screen size, at 1200p higher resolution and you get touch so you can pinch and zoom your image. And if you out and about you can sketch with Android apps.

[@HipposHateWater]

Exactly. If your budget is under $400, either get a medium screenless pen tab for your current laptop for about $70 and save the rest, or get some form of mobile tablet with pressure sensitivity (iPad or Galaxy Tab). For desktop display tablets, it's only the $400+ range where it starts to get worthwhile.

[@ryy1704]

Touch is a gimmick 😂 most people do fine without it

[@creamy_moon302]

I use Go terra android tablet , but I'm future user of One plus pad

[@sitoudien9816]

Please review the xiaomi pad 6 max 14.

[@AcoylteKraven82]

6:01- Yeah……. I’m still having a hard time believing this tablet is “only” 27 inches!?! The only size comparison that you have given us so far was when “someone” was holding it and we could see their hands!?! If that was kids hands, then maybe……….. but if those were grown adults hands, then NO! No way man!!!

[@nicksartcafe]

Well I have no experience with screen tablets yet. No complaints for either of them.

[@jonhanlan]

I just wish the other lower priced models had touch capability.

[@AcoylteKraven82]

I’ve never really been a fan of drawing pad apps! They always seem like it was designed for those that literally paid more to learn all about it and that’s why they are so good at it! That and a lot of them and many other apps actually think they should be able to charge you monthly!!! And that’s BS also! And one of the biggest reasons (which I no longer feel this way!?! But it’s the same thing that people hating on AI art are crying about now!?! The only difference is I didn’t go on the internet to cry about it every day) is that I thought doing this kind of drawing was cheating! It gives you literally everything you need a fingertip away, it helps you make lines squares and circles perfect, it literally allows you to fix a F up (like it never happened) by pushing the back button (if you have ever drawn on a real pad of paper with a pencil then you know you only can “fix” something so many times before that paper is done for! And at no point does it just “disappear” like it never happened) and a bunch of other small things! But as a whole, I thought it was cheating! But now I get that you still have to fine tune it so you can make something new! And it also takes a lot of talent to make something look as perfect as a lot of these artists can do!!! I would just like a tablet that lets me use a touch pen but not get all F-ed up every time my hand accidentally touches it! That and a way that I can pause the touch function all together!?!

[@oussamabaslam8745]

Xp pen deco pro gen 2 !!!!!

[@hardwire666too]

I still think 16in is the sweat spot.

[@lrdalucardart]

I mean I have a XPArtist 12(gen1) and i still was able to get a job at a game development studio, so I guess higher quality is just a luxury you MAY want to get. Also a tinny screen is only a problem if you don't know how to use your spare hand. But yeah tbh I'm not spending more than 300€ bucks on anything that isn't a Wacom from here on out, the components on the XP PEN and other non wacom brands are very cheap, but REALLLY VERY BREAKABLE CHEAP.

[@jackkraken3888]

Most important thing to have? drawing skills.

[@sketchy5737]

Guys, size always matters.

[@pratimasinha3034]

But Brad you can only use 2 shortcut keys because you're going to hold pen with another hand .😅😅

[@pesto12601]

So the conclusion is.....?

[@Roosader]

I think it's moreso just telling people about both types of devices so they can develop their own opinion. My personal conclusion would be to get a Tab S6 Lite over a drawing tablet if you want something way more versatile for not much more at all. It can be used as a secondary display with either the built in Second Display function or an app called SuperDisplay (which is a fantastic app)

[@James.Gatsby]

this is his typical videos

[@michaelappiah-kubi2829]

He said it at the end. In 2024 you're not sacrificing a lot when you don't spend a lot. We pay for a lot of gimmicks

[@bona183]

Get the expensive one, if you're rich

[@lukefrahn8538]

money can be exchanged for goods and services

[@Tycini1]

Pen is

[@KingMax138]

There is a display tablet cheaper. The ugge ue 12

[@ramonacroitoru5258]

2nd

[@jaydun6106]

*Happy Wacom 21ux noises*

[@Song_remix804]

Be accurate the cheapest sponsoring tablet with a screen😂

[@thedude-i9n]

I saw no VS in this video -.-

[@DaveKreuter]

honestly you were talking too fast

[@PochoNieves]

This is a bad review... you are review a BIGGER VS SMALLER tablet instead of the brands relationship to the price. This should have been the cheapest Wacom vs Xpen or Huion, etc Is like comparing an adult athlete shaker vs a lil leaguer boy. This was all related to size relationship to price and NOT brand quality relationship to price.

[@rpmfrommars4897]

First

[@keijijohnson9754]

TAKE THAT BLOODY PORTABILITY CHAPTER OUT, WILL YOU?! It's aggravating how misleading that is here and just ends up being a waste of duration as usual!

[@elisacia2808]

Plssss i need Xiaomi mi pad SE drawing test ?🥺🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@jackbibb627]

Wait... so size doesn't matter?? 🧐I've been lied to 🫢

[@weescamp]

A lot will depend on your style of drawing. Small screens work well for small pen strokes using finger/wrist movement. If you draw with sweeping strokes from your shoulder/elbow a bigger screen accommodates that so much better. Personally I also find small screens give me eye strain but YMMV.