Autodesk Releases 'Sketchbook Ink' iPad Drawing App Demo'd at New iPad Launch

[robecq]

Has anyone meet Harry's brother Phil?


Phil McCraken....


hahahahahahhahahahahahaha


Sorry, I'm easily amused

 

[rebelmac]

I guess I just wanted traditional painting (brush strokes). Sketchbook Pro has many drawing tools. I'll probably check out Ink.

For more traditional painting strokes you should check out Procreate. The app has a great selection of painter brushes, inking, sketching etc. It has a built in brush engine to build your own brushes. And it's blazing fast. It's my most used drawing/painting app since I bought it over a year ago.

 

[Deedlez]

I recommend the Alupen styluses (styli?) - a bit pricey but pretty good. Not really comparable to a Wacom though.

 

[VenusianSky]

For more traditional painting strokes you should check out Procreate. The app has a great selection of painter brushes, inking, sketching etc. It has a built in brush engine to build your own brushes. And it's blazing fast. It's my most used drawing/painting app since I bought it over a year ago.

Thanks. I am looking at it now on the app store. Looks like it has what I am looking for. Reviews sound like it is fast and responsive. I was a bit disappointed with Sketchbook's performance.

Edit: Got Procreate. It's awesome. Just what I wanted.

 

[rebelmac]

Thanks. I am looking at it now on the app store. Looks like it has what I am looking for. Reviews sound like it is fast and responsive. I was a bit disappointed with Sketchbook's performance.

Edit: Got Procreate. It's awesome. Just what I wanted.

Glad that's working out for you. Most people don't know about, but it's amazing compared to what's out there. The developers are very responsive and their support forum is a very active community.

 

[zarusoba]

Hehehe, stylus wars rage again...

A few comments from a pro artist who is passionate about this issue:

• The so-called styli that are currently available are just sticks. Having said that, the most responsive one I've used is the Adonit Jot Pro.
• It isn't possible to make a sharp stylus for the iPad without adding some kind of extra hardware to iPad itself. Samsung has licensed Wacom tech for its Galaxy Note line.
• It looks like the first pressure sensitive stylus for iPad is set to be the Kickstarter-funded jaja due at end of June. Adonit's Jot Touch, which is very similar, is due "soon".
• It's absurd to say that artists should go back to painting with their fingers. Just because there are some impressive demos doesn't mean that everyone should work that way. Christy Brown learned to paint with his foot: not for me thanks. All artists are different.

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No. Samsung has licensed Wacom tech for its Galaxy Note line.

It is simple that Apple would have to buy Wacom first in order to implement pressure sensitivity on iPad because Wacom holds the patent.

 

[theBB]

No. Samsung has licensed Wacom tech for its Galaxy Note line.

Well, at Apple's iPad volumes, it may be cheaper to buy the company.

 

[zarusoba]

Hehehe. Personally I'd love to see Wacom tech make it into iPad one way or another, but I can't see that happening.

Maybe a Wacom-designed Android tablet is more likely?

Well, at Apple's iPad volumes, it may be cheaper to buy the company.

 

[ThunderSkunk]

Interesting app. Not sure who the target user is on this. Sketchers?

As far as I can tell, Inkpad is still the cleanest, fastest and nicest Illustration/Drawing app. Full vector drawing, efficient toolset, minimalist ui, .SVG and .PNG outputs. Perfect.

I wish Autodesk would devote resources into fixing & cleaning up their existing neglected apps, the disasterous Inventor Viewer and unecessarily limited Acad WS.