Painting with Adobe Ideas

Ever since I got my Ipad, I’ve been experimenting with just how much of the painting process I could get away with on the Ipad before having to transfer it to the desktop.  I normally use Procreate, which is just about the most amazing painting application I ever came across. However even though you are able to produce fairly large images (A4 sized paper at 300dpi) , I still feel a bit uneasy doing an entire print job on the Ipad, which hopefully will turn out to be wrong, since I do so enjoy the freedom of working on the Ipad. It somehow makes the experience of painting and drawing much more like working traditionally rather than digital.

Anyway, I started to use Adobe Ideas again. And since it’s a vector based application, I don’t have to worry about whatever size my work needs to be printed in the end.

I love working in Ideas, but I still miss the smudge tool in Procreate, which btw works like a charm, without the hassle of slowing down your entire workstation as Photoshop’s seems to do a lot. Besides Procreates smudge tool, and brushes, just looks better than Photoshop’s…imho.

If you are on an Ipad, and want to check out either program you can find them in the Itunes store:

Procreate

Adobe Ideas