For my grams

And all the ladies strong enough to rock blue afros and call them perms. Sketched on my phone on the commute home last week.

Hoodie kid sketch

Been a couple weeks since I've posted one of these, things got hectic in February. Per usual, finger painted on my phone.

iPhone sketch dudes

Weekly iPhone Sketch

Realized the other day it was high time to pick up the full version of the SketchBook app from AutoDesk. It's only $2.99, pretty ridiculous. With the full version you get brushes, the ability to transform and move layers, the addition of a gallery feature that lets you go back in and edit older files (whereas the free version you create and then save a flattened jpg, then start over), AND the ability to email a psd. Pretty slick.

Monday is iphone sketch day

Hoping to make this a weekly thing here. Check back!

Concentric iPhone style

Fill tool completely jacked me up on this sketch. If you aren't doing your color on a separate layer than your outlines, you can pretty much forget about going back and fixing fill tool changes. It's amazing to be able to sketch on the phone, but if you think about the ratio of finger to screen, its like trying to use a baseball bat as the stylus on your wacom tablet.

That aside, some of the things I wanted to see in future versions of sketchbookX have been answered. Nice to see app developers responding to the community, even on a free app. Brush size on the eraser and visualizing brush size is extremely helpful!

iPhone sketch

I grabbed the free version of the SketchBookX app from the app store the other day. I gotta say, this is one of the best apps a creative person can own. I've been using it whenever I get a seat on the train and/or bus on the commute to and from work (you need two hands once you get into it). The free version gets you 3 layers to play with, a pen & brush tool, an eraser (wish this had a brush size option), color wheel, and a tool that creates a symmetrical version of every brush stroke you make. Here's a sketch I did on my way down to Lucy Parson's Center and back home (2 orange line trains, 2 red line trains, and a bus ride).