Iphone Art

When Apple’s iTunes App Store opened last July, there were only some nineteen drawing and painting apps for the iPhone or Ipod. Now there are dozens of applications, all jumping up and down to tempt you with marvellous art tools and scot-free upgrades for life.

Early bird. But did it get all the worms?

Early iPhone Chicken

Igraffiti was among the earliest iphone drawing apps and one of the first to undergo the Purple Owl chicken drawing test.

Igraffiti should be good. It’s made by Stone Design, long time creators of Mac art software.

The outstanding feature of this app is its range of brushes. A whole page of sliders to select just the shape and transparency you want. The tapered brush gives a particularly fine and realistic effect.

iGraffiti can give some magical effects

Igraffiti has its disadvantages. Suppose I make two strokes and don’t like them. To get to the Undo screen, I have to shake my iphone so hard that I’m in danger of hurling it out of the window.

I then have only the choice of undoing one last stroke – or the whole drawing. (Tip. Save frequently in this app to avoid disaster.)

Colours are limited. As to zooming in to draw details, by the time I’ve jumped through all the hoops required, I’ve forgotten what I came for!

Shouldn't Be Here Bird

Hey, what’s this bird doing here? To start with he isn’t a chicken. Furthermore, he was drawn in Sketches and only finished off in iGraffiti. These twitterers get everywhere!

Where was !? Oh yes, to sum up. iGraffiti is certainly an app to try for its beautiful brushes. Its other tools could be easier to use.

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