Category: Tablet

September 22, 2021

Medibang Paint Premium: When freeware becomes ransomware for artists

How the Apple iOS store creates a murky path for software development Medibang Paint is a robust drawing and painting app. Since 2015, Medibang has…

October 2, 2017

Abandoning Android and my return to iPad

This year I attempted using my Samsung Tab Note Pro tablet as my primary tool for creating a coloring book. Apps like MediBang Paint make…

September 22, 2017

It’s been a while: taking a blog sabbatical

Earlier this year, I suspended my regular contributions to this blog as an attempt to focus on completing a personal project. My initial intent…

January 15, 2017

Two years of using Samsung Note Pro 12” tablet—or—The death of the Android tablet

In March 2015, I was stoked to replace my iPad 2 with something that had more drawing power. My iPad was like an extra appendage…

July 18, 2015

Android drawing app showdown

One of the best things about buying a new device is finding out what it can do. A few months ago I bought a 12”…

December 28, 2014

2014 iAniMagic winners

Over Thanksgiving week, I was fortunate enough to participate as a judge in Animation Desk’s iAniMagic contest. Animation desk is an animation app that’s available…

October 29, 2014

Win a new laptop by entering iAniMagic 2014

For those interested in making wonderful animations with the chance of winning a new computer, look no further! Kdan Mobile extended their iAnimagic 2014 competition….

September 29, 2014

Alupen Digital review

Last week, my Alupen Digital stylus arrived in the mail. I wasn’t expecting receiving the pen to ship until the end of September. It was…

September 13, 2014

iAniMagic 2014 contest offers big prizes

It’s that time of year again to brush of your animation skills and put them to the test for some amazing prizes. Kdan Mobile,…

September 11, 2014

Alupen Digital Coupon

I tried to see if I could get a Alupen Digital Stylus before its release for review, but came up short. A representative from Just…

August 31, 2014

Finally, an iPad stylus that works

Yesterday, I was scrolling through my twitter feed when I came across a review for a new iPad stylus by Zach Epstein for BGR. In…

August 30, 2014

Hanx app reignites manual typewriter romance

My first experiences typing as a child was with a cast-iron Underwood. It weighed what seemed to be over a hundred pounds and had ebony…

February 13, 2014

Adobe Offsetting: February 2014

For February, I decided to do something a little new and donate to a device instead of software. Why not? Anything that makes me a…

January 26, 2014

Inkpad is a free Illustrator on-the-go

There are many art apps in the iPad store. Lots of them are great beginnings, but they’re either gimmicky or you can’t figure out how…

December 10, 2013

Animation Desk

There are some terrific apps made for the iPad and Android tablets. Many software companies aren’t rushing to create viable software options on tablets for…

July 18, 2013

Drawing for Maggie

A close and wonderful friend is starting her first Etsy site and it was my pleasure to help her out and create some illustrations and…

September 27, 2012

Amnon and Tamar: Day Three

Last month I went to the National Gallery of Art for the third day of painting Amnon and Tamar. By the end of the session…

August 21, 2012

Amnon and Tamar: Part II

Today I had the afternoon off, so I thought I would go down to the National Gallery and spend a couple of hours working on…

July 29, 2012

iPad+ArtRage+Diet Coke

A friend wanted me to paint this advertisement for Diet Coke. They did new limited edition packaging geared towards women with an ad campaign that…

July 26, 2012

Autodesk Sketchbook Ink App Review

Excited about new technology In the spring, I saw the video below unveiling the new Sketchbook Ink. I was psyched to think that Autodesk has made an…

July 19, 2012

New Character & ArtRage Script Error

Starting from a doodle This little guy was created out of being bored yesterday. I don’t know if I’d use him for anything, but it…

July 18, 2012

Amnon and Tamar—iPad+ArtRage

Painting at the National Gallery Today I had lunch with my friend Denis who works at the National Gallery. After we were done with lunch,…

July 5, 2012

New Character Design

Misty needs a nemesis—enter Kitty Nikkers While I’ve been working on the different mouth charts for Misty—which I need to post—I started to think of…

May 31, 2012

ArtRage+iPad+Script Error Reply

An early morning email This AM I had an email waiting for me from Ambient Design regarding the failed scripts made with my iPad. It seems that…

May 17, 2012

iPad + ArtRage Scripting Woes

Errors with ArtRage Scripts for iPad Over the past weeks I’ve been singing the praises of ArtRage and their script function for the iPad. Unfortunately,…