Artisul D13 Portable Slim Pen Digitizer Display Sketch Pad

Impressive, very impressive! I watched a couple of reviews online touting this as comparable to the industry standard Wacom Cintiq experience (specifically the Wacom Cintiq 13HD Interactive Pen Display). Well they were very right. From the unboxing to the ease of installing and using, this tablet is a dream come true. Wacom finally has real competition. I have owned a Wacom Cintiq Hybrid, Intuos Pro and Bamboo tablets, all of which are very good and the Artisul tablet is every bit as good. Quality is superb.One thing I really like is that you do not need a power supply to use it. Sure you can hook it up to one, but you don't need it as it runs off your computer's battery, and if your computer is plugged in then it's not an issue. The pen does not need a battery which does make it lighter than I am use to. That was probably the thing I noticed most. The display is nice a bright and can be adjusted to you liking. The 6 express keys and wheel made assigning shortcuts easy and sped up my workflow. I used Clip Paint, Photoshop, After Effects, Anime Studio Pro, Toon Boom, and Affinity Designer. All worked perfectly and without a hiccup. There is the small issue of parallax just like with a Cintiqs, and the the Artisul pen has no tilt feature (unlike the Wacom pens that do). At first I thought I would miss the tilt feature but because I knew there was no tilt feature the parallax didn't seem to be a factor since I held my pen more vertical.All in all, this is a really nice product. If you want a drawing tablet and can't afford The Wacom Cintiq 13HD, this is the one for you, and there is no sacrifice of quality or performance.

-Revised Review- [4 stars]So, after receiving my third tablet and getting refunded for the other two, I can finally revise my review. My first tablet had various defects like screen flickering and hiccups, and my second one had two large dead zones that made it unusable. Now I finally have the third one, and after four days, I'm cautiously optimistic. As far as I can tell, this one doesn't have the flickering issues.I still have a few minor complaints about this tablet that I hope will be remedied in the future. I've been a loyal Yiynova customer and have owned a few of their products happily. I had the MVP19U for a while, and then happily owned an MVP10UHD+IPS for two years before upgrading to this one. I tell all my friends and followers about them and so I really wanted to like this tablet.And, all in all, I do like it, but I need some things addressed.-It seems the drivers for windows are not complete in various ways.-I'd like to see 9-point calibration implemented-There is a small 'tracking bump' at the bottom of the screen-There is still a bit of lag on the tablet, but that comes with a bigger screen. It makes sketching a bit difficult, but it's possible my computer is slow.-My pen had to be replaced, but that's been resolved.-On the subject of the pen, honestly, it should go back to the battery method. That pen seemed more responsive/had less lag. My MVP10UHD+IPS had a perfect response time, so whatever was responsible for that difference should be brought back with the bigger tablets.-Currently the hotkey customization is incomplete, but I've been told that should be fixed soon.All in all I do like the tablet, and it'll work for what I need it for, I just hope it continues working.-Old Review- [2 stars]I have several concerns right off the bat.I wanted to like this tablet. I really did. Especially considering the price tag. However, I have several glaring issues with it.First off, I will list the pros.-The screen is nice and has good viewing angles.-The matte screen protector is very nice. My old tablet was just glass so it has a lot of scratches.-The cords it comes with are far longer than the ones on the ten inch tablet offered by yiynova, and it's nice and all that it goes through HDMI rather than purely usb now.Then there's some things I'm neutral on.-The pen is nice and light, being batteryless, but it's far shorter than the last models. This makes transferring to the new pen a bit difficult but I'm sure I'll adjust.-There is a slight bit of drag/lag on the cursor/pen, but that's to be expected with a bigger monitor.But now for my very big concerns.-I couldn't download the most recent drivers for Windows. Artisul's website lists two drivers, one from 2015 and one from 2016, but the link from 2016 does not work at all. Neither does the dropbox link. If you're going to list drivers, make sure they're available, or list them as 'in progress' if that's the case.-This is my biggest problem currently: Sometimes when I very gently move the tablet or I just use the Scroll Wheel, my screen will flicker off or turn off entirely. Even if I don't move it and I simply press the scroll wheel or turn the wheel, it will do this. This is very concerning, and I don't want to keep a tablet that might stop working for me. Can someone with Artisul please explain this? Is this faulty hardware on all these tablets, or is my tablet defective? This has happened over twenty times already and I've only had the tablet for three days.-Second biggest problem. I will go to draw in my program, Clip Studio Paint, and in the middle of sketching, it will stop responding and freeze up on me for a second or two before actually processing my brush strokes. This ruins my work flow and is very noticeable. Is this a driver thing, or what? My last tablet, the 10inch HD did not do this. There was no lag or freezing on that.-Minor problem, but still one, the hot keys are not fully customize able. On the old drivers, you could simply input the keystroke you wanted a button to use. Now, it only lets you choose from lists of default program tools. There are ways to work around this, but it's VERY annoying. Also, when I put my rocker button to toggle eraser/pen, the message at the bottom reads '?? ?' and '? ? ???' when I press the button. A minor thing, but still distracting.I cannot give this more than two stars. These are huge issues, especially for something that costs more than half a thousand dollars. If someone could respond and explain these issues I'm having, I would appreciate it. If the screen flickering and the freezing up could be fixed along with the drivers being updated, I would give this five stars. But for now, I cannot.

The Artisul D13 is a very nice piece of technology. It looks and feels like a great quality product. The plugs, the pen, everything is of great quality. If you are exclusively a Photoshop user, this pen display works great, the problem arises when you move from Photoshop to Illustrator ... there are no pen dynamics, no pressure sensitivity ... nothing! You can draw brushstrokes of the same thickness and that's it! I do all of my "inking" using vectors in Illustrator, so for me and others who work with Illustrator this pen display just doesn't work. I understand that this is merely a software issue and that in time Artisul will figure it out, but in the mean time, this thing isn't worth my money. I'd rather pay another $200 and get the real deal. Sorry Artisul, I was really rooting for you guys :(

It's great if all you want is an extra screen for your laptop, but as for any of the buttons or the pen functionality, you'll be lucky to get an hrs use of these features before they stop working, and that's if they work at all. I even went through their help desk and of course the tablet was on it's best behavior, it all worked just greaf and they couldn't replicate my problem. But the problem itself is touch and go. How is anyone supposed to rely on something so fickle, that only works part of the time?

I've used this for over a year now, and I've never once has a problem with it. It's sturdy, i.e. I'm not afraid it's going to break if someone (or some cat) bumps it or knocks it off my desk. It gives you perfectly detailed and accurate brush/pen strokes in drawing aps, I don't get any lag, great resolution, fantastic color quality (it's not muted or washed out at all). The hotkeys and wheel are a huge timesaver. The pen is a great shape, comfortable to hold. It comes with an already-applied screen protector so the texture of the screen is actually awesome, it doesn't feel like drawing on glass. There's just nothing about it I don't find impressive as a professional artists tool. I've used it on both windows and mac and it works equally well.I would recommend this to anyone, I honestly feel like the lack of glitching and lack of fragility makes it superior to the wacom cintiq.