I recently had the good fortune to receive a XP-Pen Deco Pro Small pen tablet from the lovely guys at XP-Pen and they asked me to review their product. That doesn’t mean that I’ll be bias in any way, just because I got free stuff, I’m still giving my honest opinion. The reason I attached the “Gate keeper” with this post because I used the Deco Pro to create this image in Photoshop. First and foremost let’s talk about the design of this thing. The construction of the tablet is very sturdy with some aluminium alloy, that gives it some nice weight. It’s a lovely looking unit, very elegant, and in just like the case of a WACOM, the controls are on one however you have the option to flip the tablet in settings if you are a left handed bugger like me. The tablet is sleek, love the little light up options in the controls, and the corners that signify the borders of the drawing surface. Working with the Decor Pro is also a pleasure, the sensitivity is superb, and there is no drag. What I might mention here, is that the drivers (that you have to download from the XP website) do work fine however what happened to me that after some time of not using the tablet, the drivers simply disappeared and stopped working (I’m working with an IMac). I’m not sure if it’s an isolated incident and happened only with me, or a bug. The controls are easy to program (you can do that in the tablet preferences), my only issue was that I don’t seem to have a sufficient option to drag the image I’m working on. The drawing surface, while it has some texture to it shows absolutely no signs of wear (like it does on a new WACOM) after hours of working with the unit. In a nutshell my verdict is that it’s very enjoyable to work with the XP-Pen tablet. The unit is a fantastic budget tablet (for only £90 for the small one is a true steal) and I’d very much recommend this for anyone who would like to get submerged into digital art, but doesn’t have the funds for a more expensive product. Beginners and experienced users both will enjoy working with this unit. #xppen #xppenreview #xppenartist #entenn #wip #review #pentablet #digitalart #conceptartists # https://www.instagram.com/p/B4mQfZ7j1jp/?igshid=1skv9svbfz5w4