Todays reviews are on sketch pad pro (on my iPad), trippingfest & drawcast, these are paint/photo applications for your device.
(Above: sketchbook pro’s opening image Below: drawcast and tripping fest application icon, they didn’t have a fancy start picture like above, just ignore the folder they’re in with.)
Today I decided to review some drawing & art applications, because my phone an other iDevices can be used for much more than just gaming, plus us nerds don’t just game.
(Above: drawing done on the trippingfest application. Below: sketch of a koi carp on drawcast application.)
I have these applications on my iPhone so I can create sketches or doodles on the go, there are a lot of sketch apps out there but these two worked well for me. I do have sketch pad pro for my iPad and so far nothing works as well as that does on the iPad for me, if you have found an app that you find that you’re able to create beautiful work please link me below.
(Above: a quick sketch in sketch pad pro.)
Let’s start with sketch pad pro
(Above: working in sketch pad pro you can choose tools colours and draw away)
I have found that dynamically this looks and feels alot like photo shop but made for the touch screen.
It has muliti gestures to zoom, change tools and use the undo button.
There is a vast range of colours, textures and painting unensils, it also seeming adjusts the line to how much pressure I use on screen. It also have layers and options to flatten them and so on like I said before its a tablet version of photoshop.
(Above: a portrait drawn on the right is of my sister on the left, done in sketch pad, I used my phone as the photo reference and drawn on a new page.)
I found it easy to use, but it took a lot of practise to achieve the effects I wanted, I found that using my finger as well as the stylus I got that was adapted for the iPad helped me feel like I was drawing more on paper than a screen.
(Above: landscape I was working on above)
I found drawcast just by accident, I was looking for an animation application (which I have found), and I found this.
(Above: brush selection & colour chooser)
In this application you can do so much, it has layers so you can draw on three tiers which is awesome because I can do my shading on the middle tier, lining on the top, and make the back ground into anything I want.
(Above: blur selection)
I have this application on my iPhone because its logically the best place to do a quick doodle idea, then save that image and transfer it over to the iPad and go back and draw it out there. It is also very Eco friendly instead of using paper I use this. I am not saying this is going to replace paper 100% but I am saying that you’re less likely to chuck away what you’ve drawn on your iDevice .
(Above: sketch in drawcast unfinished, and you can see all the other button.)
The only thing that makes me use this application less is the amount of adverts shoved in my face with in it. I know it’s a free application, and they need to make money somewhere. I think I wouldn’t of minded to pay for this if they chucked in some extra layers and some more brush styles.
(Above: the layer selection, as you can see there is only three and unlike sketch pad pro where you can have multiple layers, this limits you.)
Finally Trippingfest
(Above: one of the many drawing I have made in this application, it’s addictive drawing in this way.)
I fell in love with the light version and got the full version, it’s something amazingly simple, yet fantastically effective.
(Above: the main drawing screen, the buttons are all around)
This drawing application works on the colidoscope theory, one line is reflected and copied parallel to the opposite side.
(Above:the mirror selection, my advice is to play around with these as they give different effect on the image.)
You have so many brushes to choose from (patterns), as well as colours and variations you can create an amazing range of images with this application.
(Above: the colour options are just as mind blogging in choice.)
I play with this application a lot I think it’s the best way to interact with the application and to pick up how it works best for you.
(Above: colour burned and different colour mixes with mirror mixed up you can make so many interesting designs.
Marks out of 5star
Sketchbook pro gets gets 5/5 because I feel that this application is the best drawing application of its type, but it is at its best on the iPad.
(Above: what you’d expect to see in the iPad AppStore.)
Drawcast only gets 3/5 because in using it I feel it is only good for doodling and I can not see myself using it as much as sketch book for completing my drawings.
(Above: the review from the AppStore on drawcast.)
Trippingfest gets 4/5 because it is awesome to use and dynamically fantastic, would have been a five if I could have had a iPad version of it.
(Above: Trippingfest in the AppStore.)
Next review is going to be on the Monster Colouring Book.
Leave your comments below and your impressions of the game too.
Yours InkyTheObvious
