The Upgrade Of The Year | Reviewing The HUION 2020 Kamvas 22 Plus Drawing Monitor

[@SamuelBowns]

A professional storyboard artist here. I'm using my Camvas 22 plus for a bit more than 6 months and so far, I will easily give 9/10. Really great machine, build quality, performance and a drawing feel. I'm a Huion user for years and I was never dissapointed with their product... Still using GT-190 on a secondary rig, and after 6-7 years, it still works as a charm.

[@TheArtofKAS]

Same. I have my GT 220V2 as a close secondary and extract things. Glad you appreciate it and most importantly that it's serving you well. Storyboard artist you say? 👀👀

[@SamuelBowns]

@@TheArtofKAS Yes, it really serves me well. In fact, I think I have a lot of luck because, every device I ever had served me really well. Even my first Genius F610 from over the decade ago, lol. Of course, the storyboards that I do for over a decade are not some state of the art products where you can see all the specific highlights, or cons & prons of some device, but in general, I have no reason to be unsatisfied.

[@TheArtofKAS]

@@SamuelBowns ah. I understand that. Love it. I feel that I'm on a similar luck streak as well.

[@thehahahaha88]

Do you have any problem with the color accuracy?

[@TheArtofKAS]

@@thehahahaha88 for myself personally know. Just about all the colors are accurate to a t on my end. There was a time where I set the saturation of the tablet higher-than-normal and some of the oranges and reds looked to Orange and too red. But after realizing that all I had to do was bring the saturation down and even fifty or even turn down to 48 or 49

[@larryh402]

Thanks. I ordered one of these today. I'm a novice but l have had major experience with CAD programs plus I'm not the world's worst artist so l am looking forward to this. I wanted a second monitor so this is a reasonable size and for just a little more, l may as well use it to draw. Previously I was using Sketchbook and a Lenovo tab but it annoys me when the pen doesn't work properly hence the purchase.

[@TheArtofKAS]

@@larryh402 Great reasons to get this one. Especially as a second monitor! You're definitely going to have a blast with it. Let me know how you. Like it down the road 👏🏿👌🏾

[@luisangelini2220]

Well, I ordered mine a few days ago, so here I am, waiting impatiently for it to come since I got a lot of work to do (was using a Wacom Intuos 4 M for the last 10+ years but both mini-USB stopped working). The downside is that I had to pay almost U$S900, since I had to bring it from overseas. So I really hope it´s worth it.

[@TheArtofKAS]

Well then. Glad you got a dacade out of your gear. But now I do think it's time to upgrade. I hope that you can still use the Wacom in some capacity.

[@luisangelini2220]

@@TheArtofKAS Thanks man. But well, the USB ports got totally detached from the board. I´m gonna try to weld it myself but it´s gonna be a hard work.

[@TheArtofKAS]

@@luisangelini2220 😫😫.. That is pain.

[@soulbytes]

Thanks for the information, im about to but this Huion 22 plus. Btw would you make a brush tutorial Video on what you are having on this video ? thanks :)

[@TheArtofKAS]

Well you're very welcome my friend. I'm glad you enjoyed and I'm glad you like the information that was presented I definitely can make a brush tut video. But I am going to be mindful of the blank because I have a lot of explanations for all of the brushes I have. I have the least two to three thousand brushes and just Photoshop alone. So that's going to be fun. 😂

[@gustavobraga8199]

Great review!! Wanted to ask, i noticed a few scratches on you cintiq. Does the huion also scratches over time, even though it has an etched glass display?

[@TheArtofKAS]

Glad you noticed that. While nothing is ever fully scratch resistant, the huion has been very tough. The scratches you saw were from my father since he's the main one who has the Wacom. We'd had it for about 9 months at that point. But the etched glass display on the huion has been great like I said. If you have a super hard and heavy hand.... You'll fairwell with this one. But as long as you use yours consistently and with care. I think you should be fine. Unless you draw with a knife 🤣🤣🤣. I think I covered everything. Thanks for your comment my friend.

[@deniseyoung7797]

Nice Review. Definatly know what to look for now in the future.

[@brucebissell7626]

GREAT REVIEW, THANKS.

[@TheArtofKAS]

Glad you like it my friend and much appreciated on the compliments.

[@frejazz2]

really great in-depth review. thanks!

[@TheArtofKAS]

Glad to hear that my friend. Hope it helped. 👍🏾👍🏾

[@ivanmonreal3732]

Really nice video! I was curious about the pressure problem you have talked about, yesterday arrived my kamvas pro 24" 4k, different model, but I really struggled with the pressure setting, I had to do a ton of force in order to achieve the 100% of opacity. Did you have any similar problem? If so, how did you solved it? I am really lost

[@TheArtofKAS]

You're not lost, you're just on your way. I can't a hundred percent say that I had the similar problems you talk about. But one of the biggest things that you can try is to either update your huion drivers to the latest model or delete the current drivers and install the latest drivers to redo some of your settings. After that my pressure issue was and a couple of different drawing program so I had to figure out which drawing program was causing what problems. Turns out the programs not the problem it was the drivers. When you're setting up the he wanted software you were able to change the pen pressure sensitivity to whatever you want you may have to play with that in order to get the desired type of pain pressure that you want. Let me know if any of that works. I do hope that I was able to help just a little bit.

[@lauriekilborn]

Did you say it has no eraser? How do you remove a mistake?

[@TheArtofKAS]

It's simple.... You select the eraser in your art program.... Or you go with the flow 😂😂

[@AhloiFTW]

you need to remove wacom driver if you want to use huion, they are relatively known to have problem if both installed.

[@TheArtofKAS]

I definitely agree with you. There is a way that you can use both but that can be very rare. I've been able to use both drivers for over a year now however because it's new piece of equipment I have to rake it up the way I needed to

[@gaurangpatel1576]

what is your color settings for this tablet ? because i find it too much saturated.. so it would be great if you share your color settings :)

[@TheArtofKAS]

Hey, I hate that I didn't because I always think that I did. But I never gave the color settings in the video. I did give them in the comments section. But my main color settings were 55% saturation and 50% on everything else except for the contrast which was about 53%. I realize that pushing everything further over didn't allow for a proper color set when I imported the artworks or even the videos that I made while using the tablet to another device. So it took about a month after I made the video initially to fully realize that I needed to tweak some of the color settings

[@gaurangpatel1576]

@@TheArtofKAS thank you so much :)

[@TheArtofKAS]

@@gaurangpatel1576 anytime 👍👍

[@sandrasmith2137]

This is my first drawing tablet and over all like it. Coming from paper and canvas, this is quite a change for me and a learning curve. I have managed to figure out how to change the settings but still have one problem that I cannot solve. When I blend on the canvas, red fringing appears. I have tried various setting but apparently I am not changing the correct setting. What setting would control how colors are blended so I can avoid the red appearing at the edges of the blended area? Any help would be appreciated and this is driving me crazy and sending me back to paper and canvas!

[@TheArtofKAS]

Awesome that you like your tablet. There is always going to be a learning curve when it comes to digital art in general. But with your situation. What drawing program are you using to blend and paint with? And can you describe it in more detail. If it's Photoshop, I've never heard of red fringing appearing.

[@thefrostyvette876]

Why doesn’t anyone show the connection of the cables when doing these video? Do you have to have all cables connected to the laptop for this to work? I have the power chord connected to the KAMVAS and the USB 3.0 connected to my laptop, so I need to connect the HDMI cable also?

[@TheArtofKAS]

Not at all. This tablet is powered buy a USB type-c to three-way connector. The other end of the three-way connector is USB type a HDMI and power cable. I actually show some of the cable set up in the video but it could have been missed. The tablet itself comes with half of an HDMI cable technically. With it being a part of the 3-way cable. For this tablet it does come with an additional USB c to c cord for single connector use. I also explained that in the video but with this cord you can run your video out through the tablet along with being able to use your pen on it. If you have anymore questions just let me know but I hope I answered it.

[@davidmozaffari6260]

Thanks for the review. Is it good not having express keys on the tablet? I'm struggling on choosing whether I get the Huion Kamvas 22 Plus or the XP-PEN Artists 22R Pro. I like having express keys but I don't like parallax on the xp pen.

[@TheArtofKAS]

I never even thought about Express keys. I'm so used to using my wireless keyboard. If you're used to using Express keys I'll say that you won't really miss them. You will come to find that there are plenty of ways to navigate without using express keys. Once you get your own set up and style going oh, you'll be perfectly fine. I'm not sure how you would fix Parallax in regards to the XP pens because I haven't had any experience with those.

[@davidmozaffari6260]

@@TheArtofKAS Thank you kindly for replying. You've been very helpful. Have a nice day :)

[@TheArtofKAS]

@@davidmozaffari6260 thank you thank you. Much appreciated my friend. You enjoy your day as well. 👍🏾

[@godzoookie]

It all comes down to how long it lasts. I had two Xp Pen Artists 22r Pros both had bad USB-C ports the slightest bump and they would disconnect. Maybe I just had really bad luck, but I would never buy another XP Pen product. I returned the second one and ordered this ($525 w/free ship on Amazon) and I'm anxiously waiting to try it out. I hope I get a few years out of the Huion and can count on it working when I need it. I considered a used Cintiq 21 DTK-2100( the fact there are so many working ones still around, came out in 2010, and selling for around the $200-250 says something about Wacom), but used electronics is always a crap shoot and they aren't cheap enough to roll those dice.

[@davidmozaffari6260]

Fortunately for me, I picked up an ipad pro 13 inch. Been using it ever since. I love how fast and responsive it is. But I don't like that it's iPados. But still very very good.

[@nicolemcfarlane23]

Do I need to connect a computer/android device to work with this Tablet or can I use it to draw without one?

[@TheArtofKAS]

Yes you need the computer or Android device to use the tablet itself. Unfortunately it is not a stand-alone tablet. If it was, it might be three times the price that it is now

[@nicolemcfarlane23]

@@TheArtofKAS Wow. Thank you for letting me know. Google has it listed as a stand alone tablet yet every review I watch has it connected to a computer. Well that sucks 😕

[@TheArtofKAS]

@@nicolemcfarlane23 yeah I feel that. I don't know why they list it as a standalone tablet. I'm not even sure what that word even means anymore. But yeah

[@nicolemcfarlane23]

@@TheArtofKAS womp 😕 there goes my plans. Well thanks for responding. Can you recommend any good stand alone tablets?

[@TheArtofKAS]

@@nicolemcfarlane23 I honestly can't think of any stand-alone tablets that would work for your situation. The only tablet I have other than my actual drawing tablet is my iPad Pro. So I'm not sure if that's a good recommendation for you

[@ramonmcano]

This is definitely a working tool. Anyone can work with her from the most professional of the artists to those who start. With wacom you buy better materials and more refined software. But wacom has definitely fallen asleep. He has had tough rivals from iPad to huion. I think wacom has fewer and fewer arguments to charge what it charges for its tablets. Someone with a Cintiq 24 tells you. I seriously consider renewing my machine for one of these.

[@TheArtofKAS]

Glad to hear that from you my friend. Definitely agreeed. The tech is really catching up now and I'm wondering what the next step in the evolution will be. I have a few ideas but it's going to be and interesting future.

[@Skai_Art]

What color calibration did you go for? And how did you set-up the pen?

[@TheArtofKAS]

I realized that I showed those parts a little to fast. 😂However. While I don't remember the exact color calibration I did, I know that I didn't change it at all afterwards. I went with a slightly oversaturated look where my Reds my Blues look just a little darker. I set my color temperature to 9000k which makes the screen have less blue light. (It's better for my eyes) I turned the reds, blues, and greens, (RGB) All to about 54%. And that was about it. You'll probably want to adjust your own settings in ore specific way with the tablet menu. For the pen, one of the main things that I have to do was download the most updated HUION drivers. Because my drivers are out-of-date by 5 versions apparently. didn't even know that. I messed around in the driver's settings for the pen for about 15 minutes before I found my best settings for myself. There was a period of about 30 minutes where I had a massive amount of Parallax as well as a lot of cursor lag and no response from the pen at all sometimes. When you are setting up the pin be sure to take your time with testing out the various printing pressures that the pen has. You'll want to make sure that you get all of the levels set up correctly. All of this can be done in the huion menu itself

[@TheArtofKAS]

Also if the pen doesn't work after that you might just have to uninstall and then reinstall the HUION drivers.

[@putraadji9885]

Hi thanks for the review, but which one better huion kamvas 22 or xp pen inovator 16,, is bigger is a better experience?

[@TheArtofKAS]

Now, while bigger is not always better, the Kamvas 22 Plus works for me and I saw that it was the best for me because I prefer to work with big tablets. So, before I go to further and I wanted to ask what do you want to do with your drawing tablet? Do you plan on taking it around and traveling a lot? Or do you plan on having it stationary for most of the time and occasionally taking it somewhere when you need to? Answering those questions will really determine which tablet is best for you. And also after doing a bit of research on the XP pen tablet, it looks like both these tablets are very similar in internal specification. They have a lot of the same functions and features as each other. Some of the only differences are that the XP pen tablet is smaller than the Kamvas 22 plus. Along with that, the XP pen tablet has the functionality keys on the side. I personally do not prefer functionality keys on my tablet. But if you do... There you go. In the end, I do like what I see with the innovator 16. It's nice and compact and you can take it places you might not want to take a bigger tablet. But again, you will be getting the same specs for each tablet so you won't really be missing out on anything technology-wise. And that's all I need to say, my friend. Be sure to answer the questions above if you want to continue chatting. After answering those, I could definitely point you in the right direction. But it sounds like you are aiming to get the innovator 16.🤔

[@putraadji9885]

@@TheArtofKAS many thanks for the detail esplanation, and yes i think more like to having it stationary for most of the time, can you tell me the advantage of bigger screen for drawing? in your POV as you say before like big tablet more, maybe for detailing or something? does in coloring cause ( ithink) it more bigger screen does it make your hand sore or maybe its the opposite :D, because im trying to work more professional as illustrator before just for hobby (using my little pen tablet huion without screen and only as big as A5 paper) and trying to improving more my drawing skill, thanks before hope to get more deep insight from your experience and knowledge , btw i start to more focusing in drawing character, environment and occasionally learn blender 3d for sculpting and modeling (sorry maybe you bit confuse with my language cause me not good in speak english)

[@TheArtofKAS]

@@putraadji9885 firstly, your English is great. I understood you. In short, if you are going to stationary, and you want to move to a more professional level. This is your pick. The reason why I got it from my perspective is that I prefer drawing on big screens. It is easier to get all the details that you need on a bigger screen. But most importantly it's easier for you to fit more stuff on the screen. In Photoshop especially you have a lot of program that you might want to open up and on the smallest screen you would have to close down certain apps to open up other apps. Apps like blender will work perfectly with this tablet because of its screen size. I've never had a sore hand from working on bigger tablets. The opposite may actually be true like you said. More room means that I can relax my hand more

[@TheArtofKAS]

@@putraadji9885 kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4LQmGiaib2ChpI Found this as well

[@anthonypeyper685]

Anybody have any issues where the pen/screen feels a bit rough/scratchy in patches?

[@TheArtofKAS]

That is definitely a new thing that I've never heard of until now. Because the screen is laminate and in such a way that shouldn't happen in the first place. I highly recommend that you check over. The only time I've ever seen that happen is when there were grains of sand or dust in between the pin and the screen itself. That happened with my older tablet back in March of this year.

[@emilythestorier4428]

Just got mine yesterday. So far it’s been awesome! The only thing that surprises me is how big the pixels are compared to the surface pro I’m used to working with, but I’m guessing that’s just normal with such a big screen. I wonder how Wacom pixels compare

[@TheArtofKAS]

The pixels for the Wacom and HUION tablets are about the same. By the time you see a difference in between them, your eyeballs already 6 millimeters away from the screen. It's pretty awesome

[@emilythestorier4428]

@@TheArtofKAS ok! Good to know. This is my first screen drawing tablet and it’s incredible! Just what I was looking for. I can’t believe it’s so cheap.

[@TheArtofKAS]

@@emilythestorier4428 well just remember, cheap is all relative. But it is a great first tablet for many. I hope you enjoy it and get many good years and many more great illustrations and drawings out of it👌👌🎉🎉

[@tb9368]

Is there a reason why you got this one instead of the bigger screen at the same price?

[@TheArtofKAS]

What bigger screen? The two tablets in the video are different prices. Unless you're speaking about a different one. But even with that aside, the main reasons why I chose to get this tablet was because of the Paradox of choice. Because there's so many options and different choices out there for a drawing tablet especially a drawing screen tablet that's even the same size. I just picked the one that I felt like using and the one that I felt was more familiar to myself.

[@wesleytanner5255]

I don't know how i ended up here for i don't do art nor do i draw or sketch, sorry, i don't know the lingo. But after this video, i would actually buy one of these tablet things and give it a try! Great video man, and consider me subscribed to your channel just because i got lost and you made my day🤙

[@TheArtofKAS]

Awesome awesome. Glad to hear and to know you liked the video. Hope you have a better day and a greater week ahead of you my friend.

[@stephenfearne9115]

hey man, how would I go about huion sending me a tablet to review, did you have to pay for it first or did they send you one after contacting them

[@TheArtofKAS]

I bought this one myself for my business. It was not sent to me by huion (I wish it was😅😖) but you may have to contact the customer service or their marketing personnel... But other than that I have no idea how you would go about contact name for a tablet to review.

[@xaxelotl]

I'm thinking of getting also a 22Plus but I see some people having bad reviews of Huion in general which makes me hesitant. But it seems very solid and I really don't have the budget for Wacom which is why I'm looking for alternatives.

[@TheArtofKAS]

All-in-all I'm not sure why they would be having bad reviews for kewanna as a company. I'm not sure what controversy or other mess if they are tied up in currently. But their products are pretty high quality. And so far I haven't had any problems even after making this review

[@caseymoore4759]

I’ve been using mine since release and it’s as good as the day I got it

[@anasg2419]

@@TheArtofKAS the drivers doesn't work ! that's the main problem with huion that nobody mentions ! now I bought K22 plus at 800$ and still can't use it at all cuz when I install my drivers it shows device disconnected...

[@thecraftguy21]

@@anasg2419 which drivers?

[@doaflamingo3713]

wow, what bruses are those ? those oil paint feel

[@TheArtofKAS]

Most of the brushes that you see where some of my basic brush stamps. But I switched to the mixer brush in Photoshop I get the oil paint type feel. I'm not the only one who thought that? Yaaaay

[@La_Lizard]

this video made me feel emotions i didnt know existed

[@TheArtofKAS]

Good. I made it just for that

[@skm6777]

Strange the USB-C cable doesn't work for you. I use both a Huion Kamvas 13 and an XP-Pen Artist Pro 24, both with USB-C, and I have had no problems. I even have both drivers installed and have no problems driving them with an 2018 Intel Mac Mini. Maybe it's the computer that's the problem? Don't know. I'll watch your 6-month follow-on video and see if this issue is solved. *Oh, the anticipation!*

[@TheArtofKAS]

If you're talking about the USB type-c cable that comes with the tablet itself. I never really used it with the Windows computer that I operate on mainly. It does work however on my MacBook but I don't really use the tablet with the MacBook in the first place.

[@skm6777]

@@TheArtofKAS Then it sounds like a computer issue, not a tablet/cable issue. Good to know. Thanks.

[@nah5491]

The Wacom is not a flush ips screen ( the screen isn not directly glued to the glass) there is a small gap. Wacom products are lovely but unless you can afford the “pro” versions of Wacom it is NOT (absolutely NOT) worth almost twice the price concerning the 22” tablets that are being reviewed here.

[@TheArtofKAS]

Glad you think so. I also agree whole-heartedly about a lot of the Wacom products but also about a lot of digital tablets in general as well

[@inbedduringcovid3005]

I'm kinda desperate to find the right tablet for me. I used to be a paper pen master artist but stopped. Now its a digital world and I'm ready to take my spot. But I do not want to go down a list of trying different tablets. So I'm watching to see if I can guess. The issue is budget. I could gey something higher price but won't have anything left for anything extra software or whatever that comes aafter making me feel like im stuck with peanut butter but no jelly. I hate that. Kinda want as much of the whole sandwich i Can get.

[@TheArtofKAS]

With all that being said. If you want to get into the digital art space and you want to use a drawing tablet that has a dedicated screen instead of a tablet that you can just put your hand on and then you have to look at your computer screen, this is one of those. This is definitely one of the best tablets with a screen that you can get. You can always get a scream as drawing tablet for most of the time less than $200. My first drawing tablet with a Wacom intuos back in 2016 and it still works to this day. If you do decide to get this tablet, you definitely wanted to buy too much extra. After you get the tablet you can definitely just start using some free drawing software like Autodesk SketchBook or even krita. I use about three different drawing programs now between Photoshop, procreate, Autodesk SketchBook itself

[@TheArtofKAS]

Feel free to ask anything else as that you would like

[@zonzillamagnus5902]

How long does this chinese thing last? I haven’t heard anyone having one for more than a year without issues

[@TheArtofKAS]

I have never heard of this. Good to know if true. Who all do you know that have had this problem? What were their drawing and works habits? How did they treat their stuff? I'm expecting mine to go past 2-3 years. In the end, I'll say that this tablet will last as long as it can with you taking care of it properly. It is still a piece of technology that is susceptible to damage. My old huion tablet, the GT 220V2, lasted over 2 years and still works when ever I need it.

[@collectiondepixels]

longer than your racist ass life.

[@anasg2419]

the driver doesn't work , tried to install it and uninstall it many times but nothing changed !! im so disappointed of this huion kamvas tablet ... 😒 wasted 800$ for a monitor instead of a drawing tablet

[@TheArtofKAS]

I'm sorry to hear that my friend. I honestly hope you didn't exhaust all of your options. If you uninstalled the drivers try restarting your device and then connecting the tablet back and installing the drivers then and testing out the pen connectivity. And also be sure that you downloaded the drivers for this specific tablet as well. I know there are a lot of Hoops to jump through to make sure that the tablet works but once you get it done and set up, you won't have to worry about it for a long time.

[@anasg2419]

@@TheArtofKAS I tried a thosr things my friend even tried it on my brother's laptop.. still doesn't work. Can I ask you please what laptop are you using and which windows???

[@TheArtofKAS]

@@anasg2419 I'm using a Dell Precision laptop with Windows 10 as my main operating system.

[@TheArtofKAS]

@@anasg2419 I also am using a 2019 MacBook Pro what's the latest update as an additional device to use the tablet on

[@anasg2419]

@@TheArtofKAS you didn't face any issues in the drivers at the first time ??? I will contact the support and I hope they can solve that problem remotely

[@skm6777]

Please turn your overhead camera around. Everything's upside-down.

[@TheArtofKAS]

Well I didn't notice that at all. I'll pay more attention to it next time

[@rikalix6674]

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[@La_Lizard]

L + ratio

[@rikalix6674]

@@La_Lizard imma use my pumpkin spice idfk starbucks privileges against u

[@La_Lizard]

@@rikalix6674 damn white girl power attack.

[@gaming.boy.4.o101]

Is. It. Going. To. Be. Simple. To. Understand. How. All. The. Buttons. Work

[@TheArtofKAS]

Yes. Very. The buttons are simple to understand and you'll figure it out in less than 15 minutes

[@Pigloot]

Lmafo

[@TheArtofKAS]

Right right XD

[@wppjensen1135]

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