Pencil by Fiftythree Giveaway!
We’re delighted (due to popular demand) 😉 to offer our readers an opportunity to receive one of two Pencils by Fiftythree in this giveaway. Pencil by Fiftythree the developers of the incredibly popular Paper iOS app have created a stylus that is incredibly exciting. It works with Bluetooth technology and connects to your iPad within the Paper app to offer some fabulous features that you wouldn’t ordinarily associate with a stylus/iPad app pairing. These include palm rejection – allowing you to draw whilst your hand rests on the iPad, use of an eraser at the top of the pencil, there’s also an additional an excellent finger blend mode.
There are two models of Pencil, one in walnut which also includes a magnetic feature, so if you use the Apple smart case with your iPad, you can attach your stylus for safekeeping. The other is graphite and is essentially the same other than the magnetic feature.
The walnut Pencil retails for $59.95 and the graphite for $49.95. Both Pencils connect to all iPads with a Retina display and iPad mini only. They will not connect to an iPad 2 or iPad 1.
The wonderful team at Fiftythree have given us two Pencils to post to our loyal readers but we want to see some of your creations first, show us what you can do creativity speaking, with an alternative stylus or your finger. Send your artwork to our Instagram page @theappwhisperer – #theappwhisperer_pencilcomp – the two winning images that achieve the most likes/love will receive a Pencil – in the event of a tie, I will make the final decision. Also, please make sure you follow us on Instagram to keep up to date with all our giveaways and competitions and much more.
The winning images will be showcased on theappwhisperer.com. The giveaway starts today and is valid until March 5, 2014 – so start creating and you may soon have a Pencil within your grasp!
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Joanne Carter
Joanne Carter is a British photographer, photography journalist, editor and curator and the founder and editorial director of TheAppWhisperer.com, an independent international photography publication established in 2009.Her journalism, criticism and commentary have appeared in The Times, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, Financial Times, BBC, Vogue Italia, LensCulture, Popular Photography, Android Magazine, NikonPro, DPReview, Which Digital Camera and Which Camera. She has lectured internationally on photography and mobile art, served as a juror for international photography awards, and exhibited her own photographic work across the UK, Europe, South Korea and the United States.Alongside her editorial work, Joanne's photographic and postgraduate research explores death, grief, memory, representation and social inequality through contemporary photography, participatory practice and visual research methods, with the longer-term aim of developing this work through doctoral research.Through TheAppWhisperer, she continues to publish independent photography journalism spanning contemporary photographic practice, mobile imaging, photographic apps, computational photography and emerging imaging technologies.Joanne is available for editorial commissions, photography projects, judging, curatorial work, speaking engagements, consultancy and selected collaborations.
15 Comments
David
This is fantastic! Except…I don’t have much of an IG stream!
Joanne Carter
Sure you can think of something David 🙂
Karin
What fun! Is this open to everyone or just North America?
mj
I didn’t know you had an IG. Of course! Heading over there!
Joseph Bennett
Pencil would be an awesome to use on my new IPad Mini Retina! Keep up the great work folks! You folks are doing a great job with the new tutorials and reviews!
ValeriGail
Question: Are they wanting the submission to be made with the Paper app or just any art drawn with a stylus or our fingers?
Joanne Carter
Hi Valeri, it can be with any app, not just the Paper app.
Carlos
Hey J, I tried looking up this hash tag with no luck. Any suggestions? Gracias.
Joanne Carter
apologies Carlos – this is the hashtag – #theappwhisperer_pencilcomp – I’ve adjusted it in the text above too.
Kachouro
Wow!
Geri
Oh wonderful – I’ll send you some of the original art I’ve done on my iPad with a stylus/finger! Fun!!!
Joanne Carter
Wonderful Geri, love your submissions!
petyr campos
Joanne,
Can we submit an older piece were I used my finger or does it have to be something new?
Joanne Carter
Yes absolutely, no problem at all!
james clarke
What’s an “instagram”? (as Steve Allen used to say, with “all seriousness aside”). I’m a big fan of the stylus and have tried several. Would love to give this one a try, but I just can’t bring myself to do the IG thing. Don’t suppose there’s any other way to throw my hat into the ring?