While I have never had a Cintiq, I would highly suggest looking up Hunion display tablets instead.
i have heard SO many good reviews for the huion recently, and i have a basic huion myself that unluckydinobear gave me as a gift, and its been so amazing, and so much better than any wacom i EVER owned!

Hey thanks, it's always good to have options to look through :D I'll browse around about those.

Having something to draw on, in terms of a screen, is wonderful.

But, I do have to warn you---if you buy the 22HD or so, you're probably going to run into problems. Wacom always has awful drivers, and the 22HD's often have a LOT of defects. It seems Wacom, despite costing an arm and a leg, don't really care about their products, or their customers. I know, because I hassled with one, only to find out all of the problems. (I currently have a Cintiq DTF-521.)

If you're going to get a screen to draw on, get something cheaper. If you have a desk space, I'd recommend getting something large, but not too big. The Yiyinova might be a good choice for you. There are other options, too, of course.

The screen brightness, and the eyes/hand aren't really much to deal with it. You get used to it pretty quickly. I'd just say, if you get one, make sure you have a steady mechanical arm to go with it. It's much, much easier than using a regular tablet, FYI.

I was not really considering options mostly because my current Wacom table has served me for many years now with mostly no issues and the build is sturdy. But now that you mention it, I read somewhere time ago about problems with some of the Cintiq line... I had totally forgotten about it, I'll browse around and consider options besides Wacom.

I have a pretty big desk to work on, built it myself :D So yeah, I'm thinking on getting something rather big if I can afford it.

Thank you!

I've used Wacom for about...well, since 2002 or 2003. They're always consistently breaking their drivers, and Wacom is infamous for it. Quality on most as far as durability has been pretty good, but Wacom has also removed features from newer tablets, and charged more for them, while lowering the build quality. It's a shame, but the new Cintiqs have a scratching problem with the screen.

There are some fairly big tablets, by Huion, Yiyinova, and XP-Pen that are a couple hundred dollars. Just make sure what you get is an IPS display, and has a good warranty.

And NP! I hope you get something you like!
Another thing to keep in mind is that drawing on a screen, especially a larger one, takes a lot more out of you.

Ah, I remember now some of the issues I read about before was about a bad glass, or coating or something like that, brutally wearing the pen nib and getting scratched. Other problem I remember is about pen position issues specially when not using it flat on a surface, regardless of calibration.

I'll be looking around to make sure I don't end up getting one of those stupidly flawed versions if I go for a wacom, and for sure I'll consider and look into the other brands you've mentioned. Thanks again, I apreciate the input on this.

Yea, the scratching has been a problem, and the distance effect has pretty much been in the Cintiqs for a long time. You don't have to go far to find info about it, and again, the drivers may not work when you try to install, even with their latest issues, and Wacom has terrible customer service. So, if you do buy one, I'd recommend Amazon.

The problem is Wacom has had a hold on the industry for a long time. Sometimes, when they have come out with new things, their products have been lower in quality. I cannot tell you how many nights I've had to reinstall the same driver until it finally works. It's not worth the hassle if you get a bad driver.

You're going to get a relatively same experience with other graphics screen tablets, and you won't need to pay as much. Wacom may have had a lot of products, some quite good, but remember, paying more doesn't guarentee the experience will be worth it.

I just recently changed from a wacom cintiq21 (a old grey one) to a wacom mobile studio pro 16.
and I love them.

the driver situation for the cintiq in general is/was not the best but once I downloaded a older variant of the drivers (sometimes from inofficial sources) it worked for years without a problem.
also if you already use a wacom you'll most likely never want to change. there is no better quality out there.
the new mobile studio works fine, sometimes the driver stops working but restarting the tablet only takes seconds. so I don't really care.
there were problems with the build in computer cintiqs that came befor the mobile studio that's true, but they fixed most of the problems and rebranded the name to mobile studio in order to not confuse people of computer inside or not. so in other words the cintiq's name was used for computer tablets but as it was realtive new, it had problems and confused people. so they fixed things, changed things and rebranded them.

befor the cintiq I had variations of wacom bamboo, and the change to a screen tablet was awesome. I know people who prefer non screen tablets but those who prefer screen ones outnumber those clearly.
I can only recommend changing to screen tablets, but if you're used to not see your hand on top of the image than this will take a bit to get used to - that is if you don't draw traditional at all, if you do than you'll most likely not care. also just calibrating the screen in a way how the cursor will be a slightly to the top left of your tip of the pen will help with that as well - it did for me.

The one I've been using for the past.. ehh... seven-ish years is the Intuos 5 medium size, which I think they rebranded to Intuos Pro a while ago, and I've done about 0.1% traditional art since xD

The time I did something in paper I didn't really had a problem translating what I've learned digitally into physical, so I have the hope that I can adapt to a screen tablet smoothly, thus my interest on start saving for one at this point.

I'm getting a little worried about those issues with specific wacom models in time, with all the rebranding and stuff. I really don't want to end up getting one of the troubled versions by accident... So I'll be browsing around a lot before I make a final choice.

Thanks a lot for your suggestions and insight.

I would not worry too much, in the worst case you download a older driver from a 3rd party page of your trust and it works just finie.

It will feel very natural to you to have an screen display tablet, conventional digital tablets are considered blind drawing which is actually a handicap compared to seeing what you're drawing. The improvement would likely be workflow speed over actual art improvement and not having to constantly redraw lines because you've missed or any of those blind drawing specific issues. If you do get one, my advice would be to learn to watch the cursor instead of the pen tip and get a smudgeguard/drawing glove.

In terms of experience, my first was a Cintiq 13HD, then a Cintiq 24HD and now I've changed over to a Surface Book 2 (has it's caveats compared to Wacom EMR technology but feels better than using a Huion/knock off device).

I had almost zero issues with my 24HD in macOS, plenty of problems in Windows. It's had a recent hardware issue with the new owner where the cathode backlights are struggling to start up due to cold room temperatures making the mercury go weird (dunno how the thermodynamics work). The backlights will need replacing after 5 years of use.

In terms of Huion you'll be getting a much cheaper display tablet with minimal differences to a Cintiq. I've seen a lot of good reviews of https://www.huiontablet.com/kamvas-gt-221-pro-v2.html - Check out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXIUxP4KcDE - it has a Matte finish on it already, the pen is highly sensitive, minimal driver issues and a overall good drawing experience.

The blind drawing is a problem that I've not been able to completly overcome with my Intuos. As you say, for precision strokes I keep having to undo and try again sometimes, and it 's a lot of wasted time and energy in the long run. This is the main reason why I'm considering going for my first display tablet, I'm expecting it'll lower the amount of redoing I go through.

I've been browsing around a little to start getting a feeling of the public opinion of the different products, and detailed experience information like yours helps a lot.

I'm considering some options outside of Wacom mostly for the fact that in my country it'll be hard to get any repairing or any kind of costume service for things like that backlight you mentioned, specially past the initial year. So a cheaper device would make it less of a pain to replace after a few years if it starts breaking apart.

But... still pondering. I'm not wealthy at all, but I'm able to save little by little, and the idea of waiting a little longer to get a top of the line new tech device, like a Cintiq Pro 24 is very appealling. From what I've read it's a really good upgrade even over other Cintiqs in specs like parallax, jitter, color accuracy, etc. But that one is not even available here yet, so I'll have to import it myself and risk the huge headache if it comes with a dead pixel or some other problem.

Thanks a lot for your input, hearing more experiences of people helps a lot. :)