How To Paint Sky with the iPad Pro, Apple Pencil and Procreate App
We came across this very interesting video tutorial on YouTube by James Julier. Julier demonstrates how to paint sky using an iPad Pro, Apple Pencil and the Procreate app. It’s very easy to follow, take a look below… Procreate retails for $5.99/£4.49 and you can download it here. Procreate is an Apple Design Award winner and App Store Essential. We can’t recommend it highly enough.
Mobile Art – A Stream of Consciousness – iColorama and Procreate – by Carolyn Hall Young
A Stream of Consciousness in literature means to emulate the passage of thought through your mind without any inhibitors.The idea being that deeper patterns of order develop and emerge. Virgina Woolf used the stream of conciousness technique significantly in her work. In her novel, Mrs Dalloway, Woolf’s aim was to give readers the impression of being inside the mind of the character – an internal view, illuminating the plot. Carolyn Hall Young has created this mobile art portrait using the same technique but in artform. As this video plays you will see how Young’s fragmentary and impressionistic responses flow through the portrait. What is fascinating to me is the complex…
Adobe’s PaintCan: A Nifty Addition to Beginner Paint Apps
We are delighted to publish Jerry Jobe’s latest mobile photography/art tutorial for our reading and viewing pleasure. This time Jobe takes a look at the app Adobe’s PaintCan app. Read his thoughts as he puts it through its paces (foreword by Joanne Carter). Take it away Jerry… PaintCan is free and you can download it here “Painting apps can take several different forms. There are the auto-painting apps, that apply the brush to the canvas in a specific, software-driven way. Glaze, Brushstroke and the AutoPainter series are among the auto-painting apps I’ve covered. There are those that allow you to “trace” photos, but the user completely controls the brush strokes…
Procreate – iPad App Updated Today and Optimised for iPad Pro
Procreate is one of the very best mobile photography and art editing apps you will find in the Apple App Store and now, it has got even better. Procreate 3 is their biggest release yet, with more features and refinements than ever before. With iPad Pro, Procreate 3 transforms the bounds of mobile creativity, allowing massive canvases: up to an incredible 16K in resolution. When using Apple Pencil, Procreate comes alive with all 128 brushes taking full advantage of pressure sensitivity, tilt detection and palm rejection. If you don’t have an iPad Pro (yet), don’t worry – from Quickline and Instant Replay to the two pixels the developers shaved off…
APPquestion: If you could use only one app, which would you choose?
We are delighted to publish this wonderful article by our APPart Editor Bobbi McMurry, it relates to a question she raised within our Facebook Group for this column. We are sure you will find this incredibly informative. Over to you Bobbi (foreword by Joanne Carter). “A few weeks ago we had a lively discussion (within our specific Facebook group for this Column – see here), about the one art app we couldn’t live without. There were 155 posts in this talk that not only named specific apps, but also touched on the aspects we like about our go-to apps. I have created a summary highlighting the items mentioned in our…
It’s iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus Pre-Order Day – What Will You Do?
Today is the first day you can order one of the brand new models of the new iPhone, either the 6 or 6 Plus. Many carriers are offering some great deals both in the US and UK and of course, there’s always the alternative buying choice, to buy sim free, unlocked from Apple. So, what will you do? Read our guide with the most up to date information and see if this helps you make up your minds… Importantly, of course, it’s worth pointing out that there’s no pressure to upgrade, do not be swept along with the buying frenzy if it will cause financial difficulties to you. iOS 8…
Procreate Pocket Coming Soon To Your iPhone
Procreate Pocket is a new app designed to give you the ability to sketch or paint your ideas, anywhere that you have your iPhone. Powered by Silica and with a focused feature set, Procreate Pocket is ideal for capturing inspiration anytime, anywhere. Procreate Pocket will work beautifully on any iOS 8 supported iPhone or iPod Touch, but will truly shine on the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. What’s more, Procreate will be available in your pocket by the end of the year. Currently Procreate is only available for iPad at $5.99/£3.99/click here to download. History of Procreate, by the Developers Themselves “Back in 2010 Procreate was originally conceived…
Mobile Photography Interview – A Day In The Life of Brett Chenoweth – A Talented and Well Connected Artist
Welcome to our very exciting interview column on theappwhisperer.com. This section entitled “A Day in the Life of…” is where we take a look at some hugely influential, interesting and accomplished individuals in the mobile photography and art world… people that we think you will love to learn more about. This is our 107th installment of the series. If you have missed our previous interviews, please go here. Today we are featuring mobile photographer Brett Chenoweth. Chenoweth has been a working and nationally exhibiting artist for over 20 years. He earned a B.F.A. in photography with a minor in art history from Washington University in St. Louis in 1986 and…
Mobile Photographer Interview – A Day In The Life Of Gina Costa – An Outstanding, Talented and Compassionate Mobile Photographer
Welcome to our very exciting interview column on theappwhisperer.com. This section entitled “A Day in the Life of…” is where we take a look at some hugely influential, interesting and accomplished individuals in the mobile photography and art world… people that we think you will love to learn more about. This is our ninety eighth installment of the series. If you have missed our previous interviews, please go here. Today we are featuring Gina Costa; Gina began making photographs as a teenager capturing the visual beauty and dramatic landscape of the Italian village where her father was born and lived. It’s also where Gina grew up and where her heart…
Procreate 2 Now Available – Huge Update
Savage Interactive has released the latest update to Procreate with an iOS 7 optimized feature set. If you’re the proud owner of an iPad Air or iPad mini, Procreate 2 will take advantage of the all new A7 processor allowing you to work with a 4K file at 64-bit. There’s a whole host of improvement and enhancements, there are now 128 dynamic layers plus a new advanced layering system that allows artists to lock layer transparency, to incorporate gestures to merge layers and create new layers as well as 18 new Layer Blend modes. The new GPU accelerated filters and adjustments should work wickedly fast on the new iPad, these…
