Wacom Cintiq Companion 2: A Casual Review By A Graphic Artist

So, you read the title and have obviously clicked to read my inner most thoughts on theWacom (pronounced: “W”- “æ/ə/eɪ/o/” -“com”)* Cintiq Companion 2.
Either that, or my racy meta tags tricked your favorite search engine into a stop off in Dissapointmentville®. Either way, here we are. So let’s talk about the new portable Wacom Cintiq Companion 2. 

First, Some Confessions… — read more

WACOM: Cintiq Companion 2 – Review & Unboxing

Gear Review: Wacom Cintiq Companion 2

At the CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas last week, Wacom announced the 13.3″ Cintiq Companion 2, which is essentially the 2nd generation in their line of powerful and portable tablets. Built with digital artists, photographers and graphic designers in mind, these devices not only come with a pen stylus and 2048 levels of pressure sensitivity, but they run full versions of Windows 8.1, allowing you to install and take full advantage of Adobe Lightroom, Photoshop, InDesign and any other application you can run on a Windows laptop or desktop machine. — read more

Cintiq Companion 2 Drawing Tablet Review

As an illustrator, I’m always looking to improve my craft. On a technical level, that may mean challenging myself to create more interesting compositions or fine tuning my anatomy. On a personal level, it might mean clearing my mind so that I could tap into a deeper, honest voice and allow myself to create more satisfying content. There are several ways one can go about improving their craft and becoming better, but one of the more tangible things that I have found .  — read more

Review: Wacom Cintiq Companion 2 (Windows)

The Wacom Cintiq Companion 2 is a worthy successor to the first generation Companion. Wacom has incrementally pushed the design of the Companion in a lot of great ways. It is still a Windows 8.1 PC but now has the ability to tether to a PC/Mac like the larger Cintiq models.I purchased the Cintiq Companion 2, Intel Core i7 256GB version. This model had 8GB of ram which allows the use of 3D sculpting and painting programs as well as painting in Photoshop.  — read more

Cintiq Companion 2 i7 Review

In 2013 Wacom introduced the first of its new mobile tablets, the Cintiq Companion. This originally came in two flavours, one having an Android based operating system and the other using the Windows 8 operating system.

Myself, like many others, picked our jaws off the floor and then tried to figure out how we were going to pay for our own mobile Cintiq.
Unfortunately, after spending a month with one my credit card ended up staying inside my wallet. As great as it was to continue working with a Cintiq away from the office a few design choices made this sound better in theory than reality, as you can read in my review.

So when Wacom announced the Cintiq Companion 2 I admit that I got a little excited. My credit card was beaming as it looked forward to being released from its leathery prison and I looked ahead to a summer of working in the garden.  — read more