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There's this really big, buff guy in Doraemon his name is Gian or Jian something

I remember when regular graphics tablets were for beginners, and pen displays were for "pros" because of how expensive it was. It's good to have options!

I always love your takes on drawing tablets, Brad. I wanted to clarify one thing . At about 0:44 you mention that the Giano is comparable to Intuos [Pro] Medium which you say "has a slightly smaller drawing area". This understates the difference. The Giano's has 2x the amount of active area of the Intuos Pro Medium and actually has slightly more than the Wacom Intuos Pro Large. Spec below: Wacom Intuos Pro Medium PTH-660 - Active Area: 51.04 sq in - Cost: $380 Wacom Intuos Pro Large PTH 860 - Active Area: 103.7 sq in - Cost: $500 Huion Giano G930L - Active Area: 115.6 sq in - Cost: $200 For anyone looking to try a large tablet and want a detailed walkthrough of using one, I recently published a video about my experience with the Wacom Intuos Pro Large that you may find useful in making a purchase decision: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j6mdidiYyJnbj5s.html

I moved from a pen display to a graphic tablet and i don’t regret! Also my back feels a lot better using tablets like these

I think you would have done the product more justice if you reviewed it with a bigger monitor, where drawing with tiny tablets is just annoying. How i envision it is that this is probably mostly bought by companies, where they just leave these things on a desk setup, as this doesn't look travel friendly

Giano is Janus in italian, both the roman mythology God and the Saturn´s moon. Besides, Giano is the same name that John in english or Juan in spanish.

This tablet is definitely meant for those who *know* they prefer spending on a screenless tablet and want something big/have a large monitor. Probably not an easy recommendation for beginners but it's definitely meant to fill that specific niche for veterans since I know some professionals just stick with screenless tablets because it's what they're comfortable with. (I know a large reason people still stick to screenless tablets is mainly for the ergonomics and to avoid constant eyestrains from directly at a screen for too long.)

I have the intuos medium and the cintiq 16 and, I like drawing on the cintiq but I just cant for long periods of time, the intuos allows me for a more comfortable position, and I can work on my nice 27 inch monitor, besides less clutter on my desk. I’ll check this against my intuos, looks really good.

Good review. Also, in the first part of this review, were you drawing Jazza?

Awesome work man! What laptop do you use here?

I need screen based design (iPad). How the heck do you find the spot where you left off on a blank tablet? Too confusing.

Love this option 👌👌 Over to another topic, the Samsung S-pen Pro, is it worth purchasing compared to the regular S-pen that comes with the tabs7+?

Ahhh I would love to know if these larger tablets have some sort of measure of how many sensors they have like per inch or something in that vein. If it was high enough compared to my current pen tablet, I would absolutely LOVE something like this to use with more than one monitor.

I used a large Wacom for about 10 years and always had sore shoulders from having to bend over so far, recently switched to an XP Pen Deco Pro M and wow, which I had made the change years ago. Bigger is not always better. I just wish Huion had a dial on it, it's so handy for scrubbing the timeline.

Hey Brad, can I know what laptop you're using in this review?

Hi brad, iam buying huion hs611 tablet for my 3d work, i use c4d,maya and after effects is it good for me ?

I saw in another review that you have to use Bluetooth and not USB. Is this true? I have the 1409 v2 and this looks like an awesome upgrade, minus losing 6 buttons.

I like the large working area. I mainly use my tablets for retouching photos and the extra real estate will give me a little more freedom. Nice review

What laptop is that in the video?

Why can't I find a review made by you on neither the wacom cintiq 13 HD or 13 pro? I'm thinking of buying one second-hand but there's only like 3 reviews on the entirety of KZfaq on the HD one. And they don't show much of the actual drawing process mostly talking. Would be nice if you could review these.

5:18 that happens on other models too, my hs611 used to do that when I set my phone down on the tablet. Stopped doing but it weird that it does that

If you search for Giano, it shows up as a place in Italy. Have Huion reused USB ID's for this like they have done in the past (which makes writing driver's a nightmare)?

I think having bigger ones is good while being screenless because some have bigger monitors and prefer to look straight ahead, this also means they get to keep the same display quality when upgrading their pen tablet. While it gets more accurate the closer it gets to the screen size , it also makes you move your arm more so keep that in mind , i use H1060P and i think its better for me no matter how big the monitor gets , because moving my arm too much is tiring.

can I use it on my pc without bluetooth so I don't need to charge it?

I use a large tablet connected to a computer which is paired with a 49 inch TV. This is useful for sitting back on the sofa 12 feet away from the screen and doing blocking\perspective setups. it also works well with gesture figure drawing and that is where the longer pen travel comes in useful. I don't think a tablet should be bigger than the screen it is paired with. smaller than the screen is probably the right way to go.

what if they meant to type giant but it became a typo and the just went with giano

What drawinig program are you using?

Ibis paint is for windows now could you do a review on it

I have Kamvas 13. I just use it as a graphic tablet, looking at my benq monitor. It is large to draw

You can get Kamvas 13 for 200 usd with discounts, I think it would be a better start for a newbie and if you want, you can use it like a screenless one too.

Any word on Linux compatibility? Last I heard, Wacom was still the only truly reliable option for that

Hey Brad - this isn't a criticism of your drawing style but I don't believe this tablet or any large tablet would be just for pros. I think anyone who likes to use large sweeping gestures to draw would benefit - one thing I always hated small dead tablets or even screen tablets like the iPad for was the small drawing gestures you have to use. I trained originally working on A1 in Art School and going from A1 to an A5 surface is really hard - whether you're a pro or a student at college. My favourite screen tablet so far ever is still my old Dell Canvas - 27 inches was just fabulous for drawing on.

I came back to this review because I've been changing my perspective on graphic tablets vs displays again. The trick is that I've been doing a lot of blind contours in my sketchbook, and this method of practicing drawing encourages you to only think about lines in terms of what they physically feel like to execute. Sometimes I will hold the sketchbook at different angles to build more awareness of how the motion changes and what feels good. Translating those motions onto a graphic tablet is completely natural and means your brain isn't actually "thinking" in relationship to the screen cursor, it uses the screen to find the starting point and the scale, and the rest is muscle memory. The screen does help when making little choppy movements where you're actively looking at the tip of the pen to find the mark, but that's the kind of drawing that most instruction actively tries to train you out of. John Singer Sargent: *always draw the longest line you can remember.* I still get choppy when I'm doing thumbnails, but I'm doing that on paper and then taking a snapshot on my phone to give the sketch a starting point. So, given the option, now I'd rather go with "large graphics tablet and large high refresh rate screen" over "large display tablet". Higher refresh does still allow me to react to my drawing, but if I'm fully engaging with Sargent's advice, I could have the screen not update at all while I make the mark and still get a decent result.

Brad, you do so many tablet reviews, could you please check out a recent painting web tool called Light Brush? It has interesting features and totally free. It has the things like layers, masks, selections etc. and then also some new things going for it, as well as blending paint with a brush.

no tilt function ?

From inspiroy series i have only smallest h420x. It's nice to use it with android phone, makin' some flipaclip things; and from "meh" to "okay" when you connect it to pc - with all this glorious specs smallest tablet is still slightly uncomfortable in combo with normal sized monitor

Nice review

hey Brad ibix paint is now available for windows . please make a review on it 🙏

Brad you are near 1 million 😏😏😁

Review the new inspiroy dial!

Finally found a replacement for my intuos 4L !

Laptops usually have magnets integrated near their keyboard or the trackpad for the sensors to know if the laptop lid is closed or not. These magnets interfere with the functions on some of the graphics tablets out there depending on the technology used for their pen tracking. I have used an XP-Pen Deco 03 before, and this was also the case. However, most Wacom graphics tablets are not susceptible to this kind of problem because the design of technologies used for pen tracking is different. So if you are having a problem with the pen tracking of your graphic tablet going haywire once you set it on top of the laptop keyboard, then this is probably why.

Brad I think there is something you are missing in your reviews and something people should be aware of generally about Huion. Most of the screenless tablets they have been releasing over the past couple of years are in no way designed for left handed people, on this exact model the screen is upside down and the charging port would be on the bottom right hand corner for left handers, On the HUION Inspiroy Dial Q620M the dial would be at the bottom of the quick keys and the charging port near the bottom but not quite so bad, the HS611 has a whole row of touch media keys that would be upside down and on the bottom and the Keydial KD200 has a half a keyboard on the wrong side because they don't offer a left handed version. I will not buy from Huion again and just bought the XP Pen deco pro wireless medium instead of Huion who would have been my go to brand. Is it posible that you could mention any potential issues for left handers in future reviews? Cheers!

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I prefer the large tablet. I use the Wacom Large over my Cintiq due to long days spent working. Much better for the neck and shoulders. The larger workspace allows for less pen acceleration and helps you use your arm to draw and not from your wrist. Paired with at least a 27" monitor a large tablet works really nice.

All you who do the hand/arm dancing every time Brad rocks that Techno Glove Dance, raise a drawing glove hand! 🖐

I TAPPED SO FAST JUST TO WATCH THIS 👁️👁️

Did you just draw Jazza's avatar? Also, didn't you just recently do a Blender video? What did the dark side offer you that you fell so quickly? :P

Can i have it?

I love the glove dance

This is around the same hieght as the Intuos Pro Large but 16:9 wide instead of 16:10. I'd like to see a tablet company make a modern XL size.

$200 for the pro offering seems super fair I guess the game changed with the screen ones

Actually its latin/italian/comes from greek mythology, Giano was a doublefaced giant and actually a big figure in Roman Religion at the same time period Christianity first started to appear, do not actually remember what he rappresented but many romans were particularly devoted to him, probably searching Giano god/mythology or Janus God/mythology something will show up

Seems little bit too large to work confortably - for me, as far as graphics tablet is concerned, the medium size is the sweet spot. Also the left shortcut and info area could better used with extra buttons, a dial or a bigger LCD but, probably, would have increased the price. You didn't mentioned it but if you use the info panel wouldn't it restrict it only to right hand users? Does this model support touch or hand gestures?...

I agree, for that price range the average person should start looking at display tablets, instead of drawing tablets. I mean my XP Pen Artist 22R Pro is $20 less than that and the 13.3" is $250!

I have the old version of this tablet and it's perfect for my 30in monitor. Have the active area set a bit smaller on it though, set to match my old intuos pro large active area

Bro my 1st tablet is Huion H430P non screen graphics tablet

Ooooooh I had my eyes on this tablet Cool

Nice review. I have used these pen tablets in the past because they work, just plug them in and go. As much as I would love to use a pen display, I have yet to be successful with using one on a desktop after downloading, installing drivers, uninstalling drivers, and troubleshooting, I can never get them to work on my Windows desktop. I notice just about everyone who reviews these uses them on laptops but I'm on a desktop so I end up having to send them back.

Yeh Brad sure the display tablet is so better. You can enjoy the pain of your arm or your back. Display tablets are the PRO tools, perfect for a long drawing session. Covering drawing with your hand gives you amazing and mysterious enjoyment. If you have MONEY you should surely buy one.

I kind of don't agree with purchasing screen display tablets if you're just starting out with digital art, since those can get pretty expensive. I think these graphic tablets (at least ones that are smaller and cheaper than the Giano) are a good place to start at

Kamvas pro 13 or this?

The design of this tablet kind of reminds me of the old Wacom bamboo

In Polish huion SOUNDS like word used do describe pp tho

Considering the price I would have liked a comparison to the other new Pen Tablet darling, the Xencelabs Medium. I see a lot of mixed thoughts on Pen Tablets vs Pen Displays and honestly you all have good points though! Its mostly personal preference on what will be the best for you and you shouldn't feel to think otherwise. Personally i prefer Pen Tablets for being easier on the arm and my back and because I already have a nice screen that quite honestly would be a chore to calibrate along with another device. Again though its mostly preference and as long as you are comfortable with it any device can be used to make your work.

Which is the cheapest budget screen tablet you'd recommend

Please teach me how to draw cartoon

My man that is a c u t t i n g b o a r d

Glove dance! 🥳

I was surprised to discover... that all i need is a Duo 2 phone and a laptop (surface). the duo is better to draw on that most tablets :O despite its small real-estate. This is a super sleeper tablet (which people are probably not thinking about when looking at duo)

Its probably just english mashup meaning giant because its a big tablet.

Wacom intuos 4 xtra large is the biggest tablet I know of

Giano or Janus is the Roman god of time, passage, movement and transition (change). I presume this product marked a significant point in the company history where change had occurred, but you would have to ask Huion. If you read Cisero, he makes some good comments on the role of Janus. I suspect this was due to lockdown and pressures facing Huion. Alternatively, being the god of movements does tie in fairly well to the function of a tablet. It is not a corruption of "giant" like you suggest, you need to read more classics Brad.

Haha that’s absolutely wild you’re getting sponsored by maya!? People don’t just download maya if they don’t know how to use it! You only really use maya if that’s what you learned to use from college or if your workplace uses it I truly can’t imagine why autodesk would sponsor ads. Besides that, it’s definitely the best 3d animation software out there lol.

Review would make more sense if you show, maybe, how bit it is? And you are using small monitor on top of that.

intuos pro large has a slightly smaller active area than this

Giano was a roman god that had two faces, and he inspires the name January, because one face watched over the old year, while the other faces the upcoming one. He is basically the god of passing time

big tablet, great if you didnt want to use a pen display or just for some reason didnt like a pen display

Kind of weird sponsor. Good video, but I'm glad I don't have to work on these anymore and am enjoying a pen display for some years now.

Giano in Latin is "Gateway"

Meaning of Giano. Giano means “archway” or “gateway” (from Latin “ianus”) and “Yahweh is gracious”

i feel like blender is way better than maya because blender comes with a lot of features including 2d animation and video editing and its free on top of that

i think this tablet is for people like wlop, cuz she have a giant monitor and that tablet is the perfect tool for

Petition for brad to start welcoming us in every video as the brad cowboys

Gotta love you some Janus 😂

Janus is an ancient god, the moon god

Giant translate on italian GIGANTE

That's what she said

Bhut vadda in Punjabi

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Watch this video i must

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Yes school does not teach you how to use soft soft

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dammit i just see that the video have 7 comments

I searched a bit on this word giano , I am from India and I know three languages English hindi and Punjabi but it only has a real meaning in Hebrew it means God is gracious as Hebrew. But it doesn't have have any meaning in my regional language 🙃😅 why these companies do these things anyway 😂😂

The drawing tablet glitches on the laptop surface because laptops today use magnets which affect the drawing surface.

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Gian is Giant in latin.