bethfuller:I was pleased and excited by the opportunity to work with Huion, who kindly sent me a mod
bethfuller:I was pleased and excited by the opportunity to work with Huion, who kindly sent me a model of the new Kamvas 16 (2021) drawing tablet to review. Being a longtime and faithful Wacom Intuos user, I wasn’t sure how well my style or practice would translate to a different tablet, much less one with an integrated screen that you draw on directly. As it turns out, I needn’t have worried. The precision of the pen on the screen is faultless and follows your movements like a shadow, parallax is nonexistent, and the experience of drawing is as intuitive and easy as anything I’ve used to date. I try to focus on detail and meticulous linework in my art, and the Kamvas was more than capable of keeping up. In fact, drawing straight onto the screen allowed me to get closer and more involved in my work than ever. I use Krita and could tailor the pen settings to my needs with no problems.The only caveats with the Kamvas for me were the very slight lags - sometimes at the tail end of a long drawing session the pen would skip slightly. The bulk of it was something to note, as well - with the wide 15.6” display the keyboard of my laptop was harder to reach, meaning that for this particular tablet I’d recommend a wide workspace where you can keep your keyboard adjacent to your tablet rather than beyond it. For those who draw for long sessions or those with back pain, I’d also recommend a different type of stand as shown in YouTuber Ahmed Aldoori’s review of a similar make - the accompanying stand lends itself to hunching over it slightly. Not a problem for me personally, as such, but it is certainly something to take into consideration.Overall, I love working with the Kamvas. It immediately eclipsed my older Wacom, making the prospect of drawing digitally seem brighter and more exciting. The display illuminates every inch of my illustrations and the near molecular pen precision and control offers a sense of command over art I had rarely felt before. It more than makes up for its bulk with the luminance and pixel count of its screen, and the array of easily adjustable settings makes you feel less like some idiot sitting over a tablet and more like you’re tuning a complex instrument. Plus, the experience of drawing straight onto the display rather than drawing downwards on a tablet and looking at your laptop screen are worlds apart. The former is simple and instinctual for anyone used to paper, while the later takes days (if not weeks) of adaptation and practise. The Kamvas 16 is equipment for someone really serious about their art, who wants total integrity and functionality when they draw.Thanks again to Huion, and I hope anyone thinking of investing in a Kamvas 16 takes what I’ve said into account.@huiontablet -- source link