Artisul D13S 13.3 Inch Graphics Drawing Monitor Pen Display with 8192 Levels Battery-Free Stylus 1920x1080 FHD Graphics Drawing Tablet with Screen Lightweight for On The Go or Home Office

This drawing monitor is a quality cintiq competitor!+ Clean, thin, and sleek design with nice build quality.+ Passive pen is accurate, responsive, and a good size and weight.+ The dial is a great feature!+ Customer support is amazing, very responsive to my unit not having a working pen+ Fast response time, not too much paralax (distance from pen tip to the screen)+ Good software suppport for Krita, PS, Clipstudio Paint, Corel, and others.- The screen protector offers a nice texture, but does affect the picture- Sometimes the HDMI/USB get finicky, so you have to adjust it carefullyand not bump it too much. It's not too bad though, honestly.Overall, great bang for your buck! $299 USD on average. Deals can be found on ebay sometimes.]The tablet is relatively thin and light, which is a definite plus in my book. The corners are rounded and the whole unit seems to be well constructed and sturdy.You also have a already applied textured screen protector which adds some nice texture so it feels like you are drawing on paper. It does add a bit of texture to the picture, though. I won’t remove it, but I think you could if you wanted.The buttons are well constructed and click comfortably. The unit seems well made and has nice ergonomics overall.Sometimes the HDMI/USB get finicky, so you have to adjust it carefully and not bump it too much. It’s not too bad though, honestly.You also can get a nice, compact stand if you chose to, which allows you to go for different angles. You have 6 choices for the angle in total for the display stand: 14.5°, 19.5°, 22.5°, 37°, 41.5°, and 45°.I am currently using the stand right now and I think it’s worth the price.ConfigurationThis is from a Mac perspective, so if you have Windows, it may be different. The installation process was pretty smooth and painless.On Mac, installing drivers is really easy. On their site, they list compatible programs, so I recommend looking at the specs + compatibility link that’s listed in the beginning of this review to see if this tablet will work for you. A lot of popular programs are fully and officially supported, like Corel Painter, Krita, Photoshop, and Clip Studio Paint.I use Krita, and the lines jitter really isn’t that bad! I think it’s probably better than the Deco 03 tablet I was using before. Krita comes with stabilizers, so I don’t have a real problem. If you are wondering about parallax/accuracy of the pen, I included that in a section below!Configuration is easy, through “ARTISULsettings” It’s pretty straight forward and you can customize all the dials and buttons, which is great. You can also configure your pressure curve. I prefer mine so that I don’t have to press as hard as default and I can preserve my pen tips.The penMy original pen didn’t have buttons and wasn’t working, so Artisul’s amazing and responsive customer support helped me out with that. I will update this review and soon as they send me a new pen! The rest of the testing of the screen and buttons was able to be finished because I used my old XP-Pen Deco 03 pen because they are thankfully compatible.The pen comes with a nice fabric case that contains spare nibs and a tool to change the tips. That’s a nice touch!It’s a nice pen, very light though (lighter than the one I used with XP-Pen). I personally prefer a little heft, but it’s not bad.Interestingly, the XP-Pen Deco03 pen works perfectly with this tablet, so if you wanted a weightier pen, you could buy one of those.One thing I wish it had was tilt and rotation, but at this price point, the pen and feature set is great.The tabletNot everyone is, but I am a huge fan of the scroll dial (and the 6 customizable express keys). I think it’s a great way to change brush sizes. You can also click it rapidly to change what the scroll dial does, up to 5 total options. I mostly use it for brush size & zoom, but you have options!It’s easy and smooth to turn, and you have clickiness that allows you to feel and control it without looking.The placement of the scroll dial is good because it’s hard to accidentally bump into it and start changing random settings.One thing I wish it had was USB Type C. The Type Y cable that is included is pretty nice, but the port can be a little touchy at times. I think TypeC is a more durable option long term, and I think it would have been a better choice.# The screenThe surface of the tablet itself is nice because the drawing texture is nice. It’s not too slippery or glassy, but also not so rough that it’s annoying to use. I think the textured screen protector is really nice, though you can tell it affects the picture (which does make sense). I like the texture benefit and will not be taking it off anytime soon.The screen is pretty quite accurate once you calibrate it! I think the screen is pretty responsive and there isn’t a whole lot of noticeable latency. The tip tracks pretty well!There is a slight space that you can discern between the glass and pen tip, but I don’t think it really impairs drawing or writing.Drawing Experience and SamplesOverall, this thing is great to work with!I love the texture, since it balances perfectly between roughness and smoothness. The pressure sensitivity is awesome for this price point, as it’s on par with Wacom’s Intuos Pro line of tablets.

I bought this for my son for Christmas. The only thing he’s asked for. I did a lot of research on drawing pads and decided on this one. It took my son two seconds to work it. He loves the colors. He absolutely loves it.

Unfortunately the pen did not connect properly to the screen the first time I bought it and we eventually received a new one. I was pleased with the swift customer service however the pen still does not work on our new one. We are trying to fix the problem with artisul but I do find this product disappointing and it had wasted a lot of my time and money

I downloaded the driver to my laptop (Dell Inspiron 13), and it worked great for the first two days.The first problem is that the colors will not match my screen. No matter how much I adjust the monitor settings, the Artisul looks oversaturated. I peeled back the matte screen protector to see if that was affecting the colors, but there was not much difference. I did, however, notice that the display looked less grainy without the screen protector.The second problem was the pen. It became uncalibrated and when I tried to recalibrate it, nothing happened when I pressed the red dots. I deleted then reinstalled the driver and it fixed the problem, only for the same problem to happen the next day. I deleted and reinstalled the driver again. This happened at least four more times. I've decided that this tablet is more trouble than it's worth, and I will be returning it.

I purchased this tablet for my teenage daughter whose goal is to become an animator. The display has excellent picture quality (colors and resolution), and it seems solidly-made. It is larger than I imagined it would be and is a perfect size for working at a desk. The included stand is easy to set up and use. At one point we had problems with the pen, but discovered that these were resolved when we unplugged the computer's wireless mouse. My daughter is learning the Adobe Creative Suite software, and this tablet has been an excellent resource to use.

Very good product, took me awhile to understand instructions on how to set up. It would be easier it able to use while on the go and not plugged into computer all the time.

I got this to use on a Mac computer. Everything said it should have been compatible. However, when I hook this tablet to any Mac computer it would not register whatsoever. When you hook up such a monitor, it should first register as a monitor and then you put in the drivers and it registers as a tablet. When I hook this thing up no matter what Mac I put it on and I tried different versions of the OS, it would say there was no monitor detected. When I called their support about it, they told me it was a Mac OS driver issue. When I called Mac support, they told me it was an artisul driver issue. The problem with this theory was I had never even installed the drivers. They passed me back and forth for two weeks I never got the thing to work and I finally sent it back. With that said, if you're using it with Windows it's a great tablet. However don't get this tablet if you have a Mac.

Opening the box to the tablet was a nice experience, very beautiful displayed and not just a box with some attachments in it.The instructions are clear and organized.It pretty easy to get used to, and has a good feel to it, much like paper almost. The extra buttons make drawing on certain programs seamless.Two issues: The pen sometimes doesn't pick up that i'm trying to select a color from the program and switches it back to it finally "grabs" that color.If you have to use an extension to use the hdmi port on the computer you can not use the monitor calibrator provided with the program, it just won't work and that kinda sucks.Overall I like it for now. I do wish it were more seamless in the frame just incase of dirt and crumbs buildup happens for people. Almost like a tablet face/screen seamless but i like it ^-^