On apps.
Categories: uncategorized, artwork
Date: 17 November 2012 22:27:12
Well, not really. I could (and will) talk about creative apps for yonks: the good, the bad and the PLEASE will you update the damn thing.
Suffice it to say that I have a few favourite apps but always look forward to discovering new ones.
Favourite apps at the moment are:
iPad: Brushes v2, Sketchshare, Adobe Ideas, ArtRage, Draw Something, Procreate, Paper, Sketchtime.
iPhone: Brushes v2, Adobe Ideas, ArtRage, You Gotta See This, Autostitch, Portfoliotogo, Manga Camera.
... and then NEW IN right near the very top: Art Studio. Years ago it was a hugely powerful app let down by a significantly clumsy UI. That's been completely rewritten and it's a fabulous piece of software. Love it. Spent a very happy hour drawing this:
And fun it was to do so too.
On Android? Slimmer pickings but I do like Infinite painter, Adobe Ideas, Adobe Photoshop, Watercolor pencil app and SNote. In fact I like S Note a huge amount for sketching in.
On Surface? Only had a very slight time to play but I really, hugely, totally fell in love with Microsoft's own art app: Fresh Paint. Excellent stuff.
Enough to be going on with I think. One day I'll chat about wh the above apps I love to pieces and why some apps drop the ball so much. You might have noticed that Brushes v3 isn't on the list. Well, suffice to say that it's not. And that's a huge shame as Brushes was, and is, one of my all time favourite apps. V3? Misses the mark in a few ways, some very significant ones, which really does sadden me.
That said? Other apps to play with so a temporary sadness and, as Art Studio has proven, a return to form is only an update away...