When an iPad wouldn't work...
Categories: artwork
Tags: Brushes, Project: Wombat
Date: 28 January 2010 22:49:13
Not slowed down on the iPad interest, having now seen the keynote. I have a slight concern that the number of sensors may not be enough for such a large screen and that the feel of Brushes will be lost when the finger cannot take in the whole of the screen. It's the same vibe I get when changing Wacom tablets, some I've loved, some I've been hugely disappointed by. I hope the iPad will be the same sort of revelatory experience that finding Brushes clicking was.
Which brings me to this. Doodled this in the bath. Yes, I know, that's a little silly but hey ho, fancied a rest and chill out but with the chance to get some images out of my mind and onto the screen. This is definitely a place where the iPad is NOT going to go. I feel nervous enough about drawing on my iPod touch when surrounded by water (while also listening to BOL on my iPod classic which I always worry I'm going to see falling to a watery grave as well). I should change my workflow but this isn't bad for an hour and fits a hole in the Project Wombat story.
It is something I may not end up using, that said. In one of the two occasions since buying the Brushes app it's bodged a little. I'd just finished the image when the thing ran out of battery. No probs, I thought, it's done that a couple of times as I've been drawing... But something about this time was different and when put back on charge I found the layer information flattened and, on first look, the brushes file - the one that can be upscaled rather than output at screen resolution - was corrupted and the PNG option the only one to choose. A restart of the software and copy of the file corrected that at least but layer info seems totally gone.
That's not to say I'm unhappy. Some things are temporary and I have thrashed Brushes to pieces and it's been remarkably stable. One glitch in a million uses is unsurprising.
Anyhoo: onwards to sleep prior to teaching tomorrow. Night all.