is so cool it made me an artist overnight i mean look at this cat
the artist 16 gen 2 display is quite new and is the superior version of the artist 12.
it also comes with the x3 pen which is a big deal and i'll explain later
but the tablet has enhanced color display
an extra port 10 keys for better control and most importantly it is 15.5 inches diagonally in size
that's a 25 increase in size there's just so much more control on this thing i was always
suspicious about display tablets i thought it was just much easier to use pencils and papers
boy oh boy was i wrong not only was this tablet easy to set up but it kept surprising me the more
i used it in this video i will quickly show you how it felt drawing on this tablet live i'll tell
you everything that i found awesome about it and how it made me and can make you draw perfect art
better than ever before if you end up wanting this tablet you can find it in the description below
it might be a little pricey but i found it totally worth it being simple is one of its
key features making it perfect for beginners who are trying to learn how to use digital art
or are looking to improve their skills as well as any experienced users looking to get a better
edge and improved sensitivity to understand why the xp tablets are so famous the first thing we
have to do is check what comes inside the box better than any unboxing i have done before this
tablet came with everything needed and more nice rhyme so yeah that's why i give it a perfect score
ooh triple rhyme look at this everything is packed really neatly the tablet has two protection layers
you get four adapters compatible for pretty much any country you are in or are going to go to
there's also a warranty card and a very clear instruction manual of course it comes with the
x3 pen which is an enhanced pen capable of scary stuff the coolest thing that comes with it are
the cables everything you need is there even extension cables all neatly packed after taking
the tablet out i now had a lot of expectations to be met so i quickly connected it to my pc
downloaded the software which by the way i will include in the links below then i started testing
all you have to do is turn it on open the software specify where the edges are and you're good to go
i use affinity photo as my go-to digital design software which is a little unusual yet this tablet
instantly connected and was ready to go it's so nice not to have to mess around
with configurations and yes it's also compatible with almost all art software and operating systems
first of all let's test the pen accuracy how easy is it to follow and trace over something
since this pen is 10 times more sensitive with 8 200 sensitivity levels and starts drawing at
pressures as little as 3 grams even at a 60 degree tilt the x3 pen is very impressive
it's also made more durable in the first test drawing the lines felt as smooth as butter
and felt much more realistic probably because the tip doesn't retract as much as other pens
the second test was to see how clear the sensitivity levels were and i was astonished
to find out that you can do quite a lot with this sensitivity you can go from small to big
light to dark
both at the same time and you can even control the minimum and maximum levels
actually it's capable of a lot more but these features are the most
important so yeah it registers very clean input and doesn't miss information at all
putting it to the true test i decided to draw something really difficult something like this
cat even though i'm not really good at drawing the only cheating i did was tracing the cat's
main features and then it was time to go the drawing overall took me around 6 hours which
is a little bit faster than it would have taken if i had used a normal pen and paper
i quickly went to the tablet software and fixed the hotkeys to how i like it
and started with the eyes even when zoomed in a lot and in small pixels the tablet
responded very accurately so after watching a couple of drawing videos i finished the eyes
and then it got really interesting the nose is quite harder than you would expect
a lot of different shades and angles but what was really hard was the fur fur everywhere
at this point i was smashing away at the tablet and this would continue for hours and hours
i realized that i wasn't using the hotkeys as much as i thought i guess being used to
the keyboard hotkeys made my work a little slower but i was steadily moving forward
i can definitely say that the durability on this thing is well deserved and by the way subscribe to
this channel if you are interested in staying updated with the newest art technologies and
gadgets and throw a like if you're enjoying this video with a little fur here and a little more
there it was time to start smudging my favorite moment things start to look more natural now
and next more fur if you haven't noticed i'm a lefty however there's an option to flip the
tablet around i just didn't use it i'm comfortable having a pen in one hand and a mouse in the other
the hand glove wasn't necessary either
i'm rusting my palm on the screen and it is not detecting it that is probably one
of the highlights of this tablet my previous tablets had more problems detecting the pen
things are starting to look quite good at this point there's not much left to do
a little color grading and a quick background
and voila not bad not bad at all my final thoughts about this tablet are it's quite a nice tablet i'm
going to start doing a little more art now things are getting interesting i have summarized all the