DRAWING AND PHOTOGRAPHY
on mobile phones and tablets
FACES . EXPRESSIONS . SYMBOLS . ICON-SIZED GRAPHICS
DRAWING . New addition:- PAINTING on tablets and smartphones
Drawing and taking photos
on mobile phones and tablets
This owl was drawn on a Sony Ericsson T68i. 'Drawing' on that phone consisted of wiggling a tiny joystick and pressing a diminutive keypad. Although this phone already took colour photos, it saved your laborious creations as monochrome wbmp files, which could be sent directly by SMS to older phones with screens that were only black-and-white (or as many then were, grey-and-sludge-green).
Here you see the sony Ericsson t68i drawing pad.
You could use the T68i keypad to control the tools. To move the pen, you either used the joystick or nudged with the keys in the direction of the purple arrows.
I had my T68i in 2003. Using the add-on camera, I amazed a few friends by taking photographs with my telephone!
About a year later, I upgraded to a Sony Ericsson T610, which had one of the first built-in cameras.
The T610 had an impressive range of photo editing effects, including Mosaic, Tint, Negative, Emboss, Frosted Glass, Contrast, Ripple and Brightness. Trouble was, these after-effects took quite a while to take effect, and frankly were not very effective. This was partly because they could only be applied to low quality pictures. Low, even for that time. Small sized pictures on the t610 were only 120 x 160 pixels. Still. It was a start.
Large photos taken with the T610 were still only 288 x 352 pixels, yet they proved inspiring. T610 photos taken all over the world were shown in an online gallery. The size limitation was a creative challenge.
Here, too, was the liberation of always having a camera with you. A misty picture was better than no picture at all. Often better, provoking thought and releasing imagination.
By 2006 my Sony Ericsson K800 was taking much more detailed photos.
Meanwhile, however, my affections had been stolen by the Sony Ericsson P900i with its touch screen and stylus, along with an assortment of Palms and Pocket PCs.
My history of Drawing and Photography
on Mobile Phones and Tablets
SYMBOL DRAWING a skill you never lose
DIGITAL DRAWING AND PAINTING
GIF or JPEG . Draw or Paint . Keep enlarged pictures sharp
DIGITAL DOODLING THEN AND NOW
Palms . Pocket PC. Pocket PC Notes . First camera phone
(c) Valerie Beeby 1998 - 2011
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