Drawing with a Jot Script.
Categories: artwork
Tags: iPad art, Autodesk Sketchbook Pro, Tesco Hudl, Adobe Photoshop Touch, Samsung Galaxy S4, LetsHudl, Procreate, Jot Script, Wacom Cintiq, Didlr app
Date: 15 January 2014 19:58:27
Latest on the (long) list of styli I've been keen to have a draw with is the jot Script. It's unusual in terms of a screen stylus as it has a thin point (rather than the - until now - accepted norm of a 6 mm wide stylus tip). Its bluetooth but, sadly, not pressure sensitive.
The second unexpected result was that it works more than happily with the Android device I tested it on (a Samsung Galaxy S4)*.
The third unexpected thing is how effortlessly it pairs to the screen and works in all apps, seeming to pair to the device rather than on a case by case app basis. It just, to borrow a phrase, works. I'm trying to work out what I think about it but the initial feelings are all very positive. Nice one Adonit.
The pics below were all drawn last night except for the Selfie which was drawn on the bus into work this morning... Stuck in traffic.... In the rain.
Stylus: iPad + Procreate.
Selfie: Samsung Galaxy S4 + Sketchbook Pro.
Stylus: iPad + Didlr. Process animation >> here <<
Hellophant: iPad + Sketchbook Pro. Drawn on the bus from my house into town so clocked in around the 12 minute mark. I forgot, as normal, to set animation going, which made me Grr. I like Sketchbook Pro a lot but the fact that some parts make me grr as often as they do stop me from loving it as the art app of choice.
... and while we're on a hard tipped stylus vibe I had a fab drawing time with friends last night during which I got to play with a Wacom Cintiq that, when not connected to a desktop machine, runs Android software (and Sketchbook Pro). One of my friends (a very lovely person) drew a happy Tomato sauce bottle on my iPad (and she seemed to completely fall fr the Jot Script while doing so) and I drew a less cheerful one, as is my wont. I also drew the Adventures of Pizza Guy below (and hope to be able to post the original pics sometime soon).
What did I think of the Cintiq? Well to be honest Android as an OS is very good but the app store is not and the range of art apps available is woeful compared to iOS. I'd have far rather played with a Cintiq running Windows 8 and Fresh Paint (although I like Sketchbook Pro very much as an app).
Overall I liked Wacoms take on a tablet. The screen is Matte so, presumably, would be more comfortable to draw on for concerted periods of time (and is less glare-tastic as well), and I would like to have been able to draw on it for a little longer. But all in all the Jot Script was the more fun discovery during yesterdays screen time (and certainly the more affordable one).
*Brief update: I just tested the Script on a Tesco Hudl (one of my favourite 7 inch tablets) and it worked as well as it did on all of the other screens I threw it at (metaphorically speaking).
Tesco Hudl + Adobe Photoshop Touch.