Owl on November 24th, 2011

Drawing Pad Arrives on Galaxy Note, originally uploaded by purple0wl. Do a search for ‘Painting’ apps in the Android Market and very few apps come up. Are all the developers waiting for Ice Cream Sandwich? Aha, but search for ‘Drawing’ apps and – abracadabra! Suddenly page after page of drawing and painting apps for Android [...]

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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 August 12th, 2011

Look No Fingers!, originally uploaded by purple0wl. Was this flower painted with a finger? No. Was it painted with a marshmallow tied to a stick, in other words with the usual kind of touch tablet stylus? No. It was drawn with a point as hard and sharp as a pencil, on the HTC Flyer tablet. The HTC [...]

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Owl on July 27th, 2011

What Does Painter 12 Spell? Temptation. I have resolved to stick steadfastly to exploring Android finger painting apps (and a few on my iPad) only. Thus in spite of many temptations, I refrained from getting Corel Painter 12 which many are raving about, because it’s for desktop only. So far so virtuous. That is, until [...]

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Owl on May 14th, 2011

iPad Finger Folly, originally uploaded by purple0wl. SEVEN PAINT APPS FOR SEVEN PURPOSES I got through a record number of apps in creating this iPad painting 1: This stepping-stone progress began with a doodle in order to explore a new painting app called Procreate. In Procreate you have what seems at first an overwhelming choice [...]

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