Owl on February 13th, 2012

Apple iPhone Apple, originally uploaded by purple0wl. I’m comparing the experience of painting an imaginary apple in various apps on various touchscreen tablets and phones. This apple was painted on my iPhone 4S. I have to confess the iPhone screen felt cramped and faded after painting on the bigger, brighter Samsung Galaxy Note. There are [...]

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Owl on February 8th, 2012

Fruit of the Galaxy Note, originally uploaded by purple0wl. I find myself using my Samsung Galaxy Note more and more. I was really surprised to read so many half-hearted reviews when the Note first came out. Even now there are complaints that the phone is too big…the back is too plasticky…the stylus is old fashioned… [...]

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Owl on November 24th, 2011

Drawing Pad painting app for Android is fast. The S pen stylus for my Samsung Galaxy Note just glides along, laying down luscious colours from tempting rainbows of brushes.

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Owl on November 6th, 2011

Flyer Flower, originally uploaded by purple0wl. Here you see the colour wheel for the HTC Flyer tablet stylus in all its glory.  I have to admit it. That’s not a lot. Eight colours even counting black and white. With a feather light touch and bit of luck you can blend these hues with the highlighter [...]

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Owl on January 24th, 2011

iPad Apple, originally uploaded by purple0wl. BATTLE OF THE APPLES 4 Adobe Ideas App on the iPad Adobe Ideas is certainly simple and easy to use. Many illustrators like Ideas because it makes vector drawings that can feed straight into Illustrator on the desktop. True, vector drawings can be shown at any size and still [...]

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