Drawing on an Ipad?

JO420

Just out of curiosity how many people here draw and paint on their Ipads? I just recieved one and was considering buying a drawing app,any recomendations?

Also is a stylus a must for painting?

nathdevlin

I use a Wacom Bamboo Stylus and have tried sketchbook pro and Art Rage so far so good. I'd prefer a cintiq but for now this is handy.

Fomori

Yeah it's ok for really basic sketches. But can be frustrating at times when you want detail and accuracy (never mind pressure sensitivity which I could live without). I prefer Sketchbook Pro to Art Rage. Seemed to be a tiny bit more lag with Art Rage.

http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/zen-brush/id382200873?mt=8
^This is also really good for quick basic stuff. It has a nice pressure sensitivity "effect" that make sketches look quite nice. It also has the least amount of lag of everything I've tried.

JO420

anyone try procreate?

Daven

Saw a co-worker demo Procreate yesterday actually. The interface is very fluid and the tools are really nice. Compared to the Artrage app it's a little more streamlined.

rooster

i got a bunch of drawing apps when I first got the ipad- I don't use them tons but my favourite is sketch club.

Jeff Parrott

Procreate is good. Sketchbook Ink is neat. It seems like it's vector based so you can get really crisp lines regardless of the size of the image.

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&sqi=2&ved=0CFQQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fitunes.apple.com%2Fus%2Fapp%2Fsketchbook-ink%2Fid526422908%3Fmt%3D8&ei=ptozUJiQOJSq8AS5nIHYDg&usg=AFQjCNHy4G5m-aEhpbXCFjCsy0eVpenfzw&sig2=O2JN1Lb2aZZGTB81WyKluA

spitty

does the wacom bamboo stylus have pressure sensitivity? i've been holding off getting an ipad till there's a good stylus.

i really hope the jaja pressure senstive stylus works well, has anyone tried it out? i think some kickstarter supporters are getting them now. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jonatherton/jaja-worlds-first-pressure-sensitive-stylus-for-ip

Jeff Parrott

No the wacom bamboo stylus doesn't have pressure sensitivity. It still feels solid though. The jaja one could be interesting.

silversteez

the pressure sensitive stylus troop is starting to hit the market. i believe the adonit jot touch is the first one available at retail - [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Adonit-Bluetooth-Pressure-Sensitive-Stylus/dp/B007Z0A7AG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1345591679&sr=8-1&keywords=adonit+jot+touch"]amazon link[/ame]

this guy does a pretty good review of it - http://crabfuartworks.blogspot.com/2012/08/jot-touch-review-and-mod.html
procreate has stated that they will be rolling out much improved support for pressure sensitivity pretty soon. personally, i'm waiting for the jaja and the pogo connect (aka 'project blue tiger') to come out so i can see which gets the most love, best reviews, etc.

mastershokhan

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monster

I recently got Adonit's Jot Touch pressure sensitive stylus for the iPad. It's pretty awesome. The only problem is that each app treats it a little different. The best app to use with it is ArtStudio by Lucky Clan. It's really nice to have undo set to a button on the pen.

I did both of these sketches without changing tools or tool settings. (I'm not the best artists here by far, just wanted to give an example.)