Well, after downloading Paintbook for my Ipod Touch a few weeks ago, I finally got around to messing with it the other night. At first glance it only makes sense that there be art and drawing apps for the Ipod Touch. Why not? Not different than using a tablet stylus pen, right?
I must be honest, when I first started playing with Paintbook it was a little strange. Literally drawing with my finger tip. However, after about 5 minutes, I seemed to get oriented pretty easily. Paintbook has a lot of versatility that you can easily pick up after playing with it. To be fair, I haven’t tried some of the other art apps in the App Store. Paintbook is my first.
Check out this clip of the app in use:
Also checkout my first Paintbook pic:
Quickie Sketch-Done in about 3 minutes
If you have an Ipod Touch, look for it at the Apple App Store. It sells for $3.99, but so far it has been a fun addition to my Ipod. I spend a lot of time traveling for work. And I used to carry around a small pocket sized sketchbook and pencil for quick thumbnail sketches incase an idea hit me in the middle of the day. And this app has replaced my traveling sketchbook.
A neat feature the app includes is the ability to turn your image into a PDF and upload it to the Paintbook website. There it is stored within their online gallery which is made up of posts of artwork uploaded by other users as well. The Paintbook website also utilizes Twitter feeds that will update to your Twitter account (if you have one) and let your followers see when at what you have just uploaded to the Paintbook site. The Paintbook site also allows you to favorite and follow other artists as well.
The images created within Paintbook are stored on the Ipod and are made available through the ‘Photos’ menu as well. You can even setup a ‘virtual sketchbook’ in the Paintbook app to organize your images.
For more information on Paintbook check out their website at: http://paintbook.ca
thedigitalartman
