BEST SKETCHING APPS
for iPad, iPhone or iPod
FACES . EXPRESSIONS . SYMBOLS . ICON-SIZED GRAPHICS
DRAWING . New addition:- PAINTING on tablets and smartphones
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APPS
FOR IPAD, IPHONE OR IPOD TOUCH
I chose four
There are hundreds more...BRUSHES
The grandaddy of iPhone and iPad (and iPod Touch too) painting apps, popular with artists from the start, and in spite of growing competition still widely loved and used. There are many brushes to choose from, and most of the artists' tools you could desire are just a click away.
SKETCHBOOK PRO
There are several varieties of Autodesk Sketchbook, the most full featured being this Pro version for the iPad. Here you have more than 70 brushes to choose from, all adaptable for width, taper, transparency and spacing. (Wide spacing gives you a dotted line.) With multiple layers, a wide spectrum of colours and all kinds of interesting tools, Sketchbook could almost be called the Photoshop of the touchscreen tablet world.
ADOBE IDEAS
A simple, fast and easy app - and free from the makers of Photoshop no less. Ideas is a vector drawing machine and has the sometimes annoying habit of smoothing all your lines. Many designers like it for what the name suggests, jotting down ideas. Sketches can feed directly into Illustrator on the desktop. I disliked the plasticky effect of the smoothed lines at first, but have since come around to this app for its speed and responsiveness.
DRAWING PAD
Another simple but quick and responsive painting app, this time with realistic paint brushes and crayons loaded with luscious colour. It's limited in what you can do. Colours are restricted to the pen or brush they come on and you can't alter width or transparency. Never mind all that. This app is so gorgeous it's a joy to use.
SMARTPHONE AND TABLET PAINTING APPS
Mobile apps . Android Apps . iPhone/iPad/iPod Apps . Adobe Ideas
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