Random sketching - Brushes for iPad

So here's a review on Brushes app for iPad. It's an accelerated OpenGL based painting engine that helps make your painting smoother and more responsive.

You can use layers for detailed painting, although the Layer feature first needs to be purchased. Up to ten layers can be used in this app. If you look at the pictures below you can see how beautifully the layers cause the painting to end up looking very realistic.

One of its many features that I especially like is it records your drawing process so that you can view a playback of your creative production. This is how I was able to get a snapshot of these pictures:

Random sketching - Sketch Painter for iPad

As an illustrator, I'm always on the lookout for nice illustrating programs.

But today I tried drawing with Sketch Painter.

I use the free version, so it's limited to 3 brush strokes. However I think this is good enough to make a nice decent sketch. I especially love the short little strokes on the third column of brushes (as you can see below), because I can draw leaves of a tree with that. It makes my tree drawing look very realistic...like like!

I also like the fact that you can control the radius, pressure and opacity of the strokes. In Bamboo Paper, the drawing tool has fixed properties so you can only choose between the given options. However, Sketch Painter is mainly for sketching so I wouldn't use it to color my drawings...although it is possible, if you want to.

Alright, that's all for now. Next random sketching post will be about Brushes app.