There are more drawing tablets around than ever before, from compact pen displays to Android tablets designed for art creation (like XPPen's own Magic Drawing Pad), and so standing out isn’t easy. Which is why the launch of the XPPen Artist Pro 27 (Gen 2) doesn’t try to be subtle or attempt to find a niche, like the recent Huion Kamvas 22 (Gen 3). This is a big, ambitious, and clearly targeted pen display that wants to draw people away from Wacom’s Cintiq Pro series.
This 26.9-inch 4K pen display is XPPen’s most confident push yet into territory long dominated by Wacom’s Cintiq Pro series, and crucially, at $1,899 / £1,699, it undercuts its direct rival. But despite the price, it’s loaded with tech, including a 120Hz refresh rate, colour volume up to 149% of sRGB, 350-nit brightness, and ten-finger multitouch. Is it as good to use as those specs suggest? Well, that’s always the question.
