I first read about the Sketchclub app on the excellent blog fingerpainted.it. Like Brushes and Sketchbook Pro Mobile, it's a powerful little app, great for sketching on the go. Immediately though, I have to say I love the interface. Selecting brushes and colours just zips along, and some of the brushes are really fun. You only get 2 layers, but you can use tools like Multiply or Overlay. My first sketch was of a trilobite and a face.  |
| © Glendon Mellow 2011 |
Is the face me? Not my nose, but my eyebrows and tired new-dad eyes. I like the little shaded blade. Surprisingly though, I don't think there's a tortillon or smudger for the pencil tool. But it does simulate it by tracking turns and where you would smudge it with your hand. Sorta. Here's a couple more of my first explorations of this nifty new app which I posted directly to Facebook - another neat feature. Can't wait for Twitter to be added.  |
| eye sketch - Sketchclub - © Glendon Mellow 2011 |
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| Ammonite sketch - Sketchclub - © Glendon Mellow 2011 |
If I have a complaint, it's that there's no button I can find for starting a new sketch. If I pick an empty slot from the file page, it loads with my last worked-on drawing, which I then need to clear. According to the review though, the developer has a background in the gaming industry, and is actively and constantly improving the app, so I expect good things.
You can click on the iPod Touch label for more of my iPod sketches.
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Original artwork on The Flying Trilobite Copyright to Glendon Mellow
under Creative Commons Licence.
