This immediately intuitive response makes it easy and fun to experiment with line and colour. The lines are rendered with speed and precision upon the touch screen interface. This takes a few practice runs to perfect.

To change brush and opacity size tap and drag on the centre dial of the expanded palatte. Brushes offer a great amount of customisation. One tap will reveal a pencil, spray gun, fat brush, eraser, brush set, layer icon, color wheel and a mirroring tool. Tools are accessed via a tiny palette button positioned in centre of the lower screen. Simply select your tool and prepare for adventure. SketchBook Mobile opens to a blank canvas. Layers can be moved, rotated, scaled, duplicated, merged, hidden, re-ordered, and adjusted for opacity. Colors from color wheel, RGB sliders, swatches, eyedropper. Brushes for chalk, pencils and felt tips. Adjust brush radius, opacity, spacing of thistles and hardness. Use it to capture ideas as digital napkin sketches or produce artwork on-the-go.’ () What does SketchBook Mobile offer? Autodesk encourages users of sketchbook mobile to ‘Think of it as your handheld digital sketchpad. It was released a little over a year ago and has achieved 1,000,000+ downloads. Sketchbook Mobile was designed as a professional-grade paint and drawing application. Sketchbook Mobile costs $1.99 - a free version is also available.Īutodesk are mostly known as the developers of Autocad (2D & 3D architectural design software). We have recently been having some fun with the Autodesk Sketchbook Mobile App (requires iOS 3.1 or later). ‘Spare’ time (on the train/ bus) becomes ‘Art’ time with the right tools. Smartphone creativity is something many artist/ designers are interested in.

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