Wacom Cintiq 16 Drawing Tablet with Screen, 15.4" Full HD Display Graphic Arts Tablet Includes Pro Pen 2 w/ Tilt Response, Graphic Design Animation Display Pad for Mac, PC

The 16" basic model is really all you need if you're a professional digital illustrator or even entry level hobbyist.THE GOOD: Firstly we can all agree the price is the best thing about this. For the first time Wacom made an entry level product to an otherwise premium line of drawing tablets. That's great on the wallet and also the mind if you travel a lot with it unlike when I carried around the $2.7k Wacom Mobile Studio Pro 16" and nearly had a heart attack every time my laptop bag took a fall. I'm not saying it's disposable but you might feel more confident using it as naturally as you'd throw around a sketchbook for what that's worth.It's very lightweight. For once Wacom did a good job consolidating the cords to one main cord from the device which branches into three (Power, USB, HDMI) The power brick isn't too hefty. This paired with a laptop and it's power brick will take up a whole carrying case. I use this on the couch at home and a mere single cord coming out of the back is hardly noticeable. I LOVE that it has two lil legs that pop out propping the Cintiq at the perfect angle. I can't complain enough about trying to find a good stand for the Wacom Mobile Studio Pro. I have a heavy hand and lean into the Cintiq pretty hard and these legs are built to withstand it.Previous Cintiqs have had horrible bezel, understandably partly due to shortcut buttons on the sides but come on. The basic Cintiq 16" model doesn't have any and therefore the bezel is bearable, this doesn't feel clunky carrying it around with a laptop or sitting on my desk. I can even prop it up and slide it into the bookshelf when I'm not using it to save space.THE MEH: As mentioned before, there are no shortcut buttons. I'd personally list that as a pro but some of y'all have grown dependent on them. I have been using custom macro pads and the Wacom Express Key instead for some time so for me it was a great trade off; no buttons, small form factor. Others might disagree.Some would also argue that the screen resolution is a downgrade. I'm used to my Cintiq 22HD so having two devices both at 1920x1080 made it easy to switch between the two. Otherwise I would go from the 22HD to the Wacom Mobile Studio Pro 16" which had some stupid crazy resolution and it messed me up for a couple reasons. I do fine line inking at 100% zoom in Photoshop which looks totally different on higher resolutions. Also the Photoshop UI, menu placement and text size will change depending on resolution. Personally I don't care but if your work consists of editing high resolution photography/painting with a wider color gamut, then reconsider the higher models.THE UGLY: Nothing so far. This is honestly the best Cintiq I've owned. You wanna talk cons? Before this I was an early adopter of Wacom's Companion, their first all-in-one device, and although it failed me on a few levels I figured it was only to be expected from Wacom's first gen tech. Boy was I wrong, after I sat out the Companion 2 and splurged for the unforgivably awful Wacom Mobile Studio Pro 16" it became clear Wacom lost their damn minds. Mistakes were made. BUT these were used as MOBILE digital drawing devices. An important distinction when comparing them to this Cintiq 16" simply as a drawing tablet tethered to a PC. I still use my Cintiq 22HD at home for heavy work mainly because it's bigger and the large scale of the artwork I'm creating. If my back hurts I like to use it on the couch with my laptop. But this beautiful Cintiq 16" is so minimally perfect that if I didn't already have my 22" it'd be my primary device at home as well as abroad.It's clear Wacom suffered some sort of stagnant complacency after having a monopoly on tablet tech for so many years. If I had to guess this entry level Cintiq model is a response to other capable tablet brands coming in hot on their heels. It's a flinching plea to the users who were drawn away to the iPadPro/iPencil/Procreate which I admittedly tried after the Mobile Studio Pro failed so hard. But this beautifully simple 16" model might just do the trick.

Recently I bought an Intuos Pro M, after buying a cheap competitor which was worthless. . ( I have an older Wacom tablet and wanted to upgrade ) . I have using tablets for decades and always accepted the limitations. But the Pro Pen 2 really blew me away. So I decided to buy a drawing display.I was looking for something in the 22 inch range.. but 1920 x 1080 seemed too much of a tradeoff.. I think we are at a point in display technology where higher resolution will become very affordable for companies to incorporate into lower end consumer products. ( much like when flat screen technology and HD first started to become cheap )....I opted for portability. I really like the Wacom One, but I didn't want to give up the Pro Pen 2.. which is really a major decision point ( unless android is something you must have ).The Cintiq 16 is perfect.. Light. Drawing area is a standard laptop screen size... the overall dimensions put it at the size of a 17 inch laptop... ( I stopped getting 17 inch laptops because it was not fun lugging around.. and bag selection is not great ). For the Cintiq 16 I will suffer with the size to drag it around.Setup was easy.. real easy with Windows 10.. I already had the Intuos Pro setup... so my desktop didn't need anything... my laptop wanted a newer driver.. I don't like the cable setup. My laptop does not have an HDMI port.. it is all USB-C... so I had to use a USB hub that Lenovo makes... it had everything on it.. but I had an issue with it seeing the Cintiq as a generic pnp monitor.. ( which I didn't notice utnil the Wacom driver wouldn't let me change display settings. ).. Turns out the fix was easy... I had to do a complete power down of the laptop.. so the hub would reset.. ( took me a while to find this solution.. very common with usb hubs ). But it worked.The cable though.. I wish there were an option to just get a USB-C cable. I would even buy it as an add on...The display on the Cintiq and color is not professional grade, but it is good enough. I have my laptop and desktop displays if I really need to tweak a drawing. The HD on a 16 inch looks great.Lag? I use Corel Painter.. My desktop is high end.. no problem... Laptop is not a gaming system, but it is also not a low end system.. It has an NVIDIA GPU... So no lag either... Could I stream videos and use Painter and not have pen lag... probably not. ( with my Intous Pro I do get lag if I get crazy with having a youtube video up while trying to draw.. with the Cintiq I have had videos up and it didn't lag. might be that Intuos has multi touch ).one other minor thing I noticed.. The Cintiq looks better if it is an extended display and not duplicated. not sure if it is my desktop system and drivers for my graphics cards.. maybe I need to tweak something.. but it is a cleaner and sharper screen if it is on its own and not duplicated.Drawing Experience - The pro pen 2 and this screen are incredible. The feel is great.. I really adjusted my pressure curves.. and it is like drawing with a feather. It was not fun and took a while in Painter, but I really played with the curves for the brushes. Even if you just buy this and use this as a drawing tablet and use your monitor... it is worth it. It is a much smoother experience than the intous .. and for me I get more range out of the pen sensitivity.This does not have multi-touch.. which I like using for navigating the drawing and zooming... This is where I use the Intous Pro.. it makes a nice remote with the express keys .. and the touch ring.. . but I have my multi touch functionality with the Intous pro. and since it is bluetooth I don't have another cord. Not sure if someday the Wacom drivers will complain about this setup.. but for now it is nice.This a solid product. I think real professional artists might find the color range limiting, but not the drawing experience. Part of the premium price is the pro pen 2, and it is worth it.

Great quality, and accurate drawings. Definitely a useful tool in the hands of a graphic artist. Make sure you get the gloves!