Brad Colbow Review of XP-Pen Artist 12 - 2022/10/31
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Overall decent tablet for an entry level 16" pen display. It does have a a very a noticable amount of diagonal wobble. Normally I don't recommend tablets with this much diagonal wobble. but since it can he worked around, it might work well as a budget choice.
HIGH. Diagonal wobble noticed at at most drawing speeds. Can be handled with application brush smoothing/stabilization.
The wobble is present even in fast strokes (10cm/s) which is very unusual for a pen display. Most pen displays only have visible diagonal wobble (and usually much less) at a slow speed like (1cm/s)
Brad Colbow demonstrates the wobble with fast strokes here at 7:04 in this video: https://youtu.be/4czV7jv9mPg.
LOW - maybe on the high end of low
Totally silent
Cool on the left side. Warm on the right especially near where the USB-C ports are.
2 USB-C ports on the right side. Both are recessed into the tablet.
I have this tablet but haven't used it extensively. Overall seemed like a decent tablet.
The X3 Elite pen it came with had a good physical pressure range.
The display has low amounts of anti-glare sparkle.
The tablet exhibited a little more diagonal wobble than I normally like but smoothing/stabilization should help. The Artist 13 GEN2 unit has less diagonal wobble.
Model year: 2022
Comes with the XP-Pen X3 Elite pen - with an OK IAF and a GOOD pressure range. More here: My notes on the X3 elite pen
XP-pen lists accuracy as:
center ±0.5mm
corner ± 2mm
I agree with XP-Pens accuracy numbers
Compare to the Artist 13 GEN2
See: My notes on the X3 elite pen
TYPICAL for a pen display - very slightly more than typical. But not by much.
VERY GOOD. The tip of the pointer aligns very closely with the tip of the pen.
Decent tablet. Not the ultimate drawing experience but I think it will server a lot of people well and is a good beginner tablet.
Model year: 2022
Comes with the XP-Pen X3 Elite pen - with an OK IAF and a GOOD pressure range. More here: My notes on the X3 elite pen
Accuracy in edges and corners is good.
XP-pen lists accuracy as:
center ±0.5mm
corner ± 2mm
I agree with XP-Pens accuracy numbers
EXCELLENT. very little wobble. at all stroke speeds.
These are 10cm lines - each drawn over 4 seconds. V
Amount of AG sparkle is at the LOW end of MODERATE
I didn't find the sparkle distracting. And I don't notice it at my normal eye distance when drawing.
It has more sparkle than the Wacom One (DTC-133) but less than the Huion Kamvas 13.
These things worked well
drawing lots of dots
drawing many small quick tiny low pressure lines - hatching
keeping pressure constant
moving between high and low pressure smoothly
Line Tapering - typical
See: My notes on the X3 elite pen
TYPICAL for a pen display - very slightly more than typical. But not by much.
VERY GOOD. The tip of the pointer aligns very closely with the tip of the pen.
2 USB-C ports on the side
Note that the ports are deeply recessed into wells.
Comes with a a 3-in-1 cable. Which I didn't use.
Instead I my own Thunderbolt 3 cable.
because the USB-C ports are in deep wells, my TB3 cable has ends that are too thick to fit in the well. I had to chop away some plastic to make it fit.
This works. I was able to use it with a single USB-C cable
