![]() It’s really a digital sketchbook with no limits on the types of media or colors I can use. I rarely do final art for a client on an iPad (I’ve done exactly one drawing on the iPad for a client). When people ask me what drawing app for the iPad they should get, I ask them what they want to create. I was one of those ‘stand-in-line’ types who got the Apple pencil as soon as it came out and have found it to be worth the $90 many times over. I sketch and draw using the Apple pencil, which works as well as any Wacom tablet and stylus combo I’ve even used. I am often asked what drawing apps I use on the iPad Pro. and want it to do more than be just a digital sketch book.Īn Almost Comprehensive Review of Drawing Apps on the iPad Pro Using the Apple Pencil Highly recommended if you plan on buying only one drawing App. The tools don’t feel as organic from a natural media drawing perspective compared to Adobe Sketch or Paper by 53, but it’s not trying to be just a sketchbook app. I find myself using it to brainstorm interfaces for a mobile game I’m working on as well as for jotting down notes or quick doodles. Linea wants to be more than a digital sketch book that recreates natural media drawing and painting tools. But I don’t think that’s the point of this app. I think the digital drawing tools are reasonably good at recreating the look of pencil or pen on paper. Or keep interface and design elements on the straight and narrow … so to speak. Great way to create perspective roughs for a drawing. Basically when you hold your Apple Pencil (or finger tip) for a second before (or after) you draw a line, it will straighten the line for you. They call attention to a feature they call ZipLine. They have all the drawing tools you’d expect and a double tap brings up preset sizes for brushes. Linea is really a sketch/design app as they also have custom layouts for app and icon design. It’s ready for you to create projects which can include note taking, imported photos, vector-like straight line designs as well as freehand style natural media sketches. Right away Linea seems to be telling us it’s not just a creative app but a creative-business app. ![]() When you open Linea you see your ‘Projects’ and each project can contain many pages. But it’s not REALLY just a digital sketch book app. It was created by iconfactory who for many years has developed icons for the MacOS and worked as a design/development studio.Īt first glance, Linea is more a traditional ‘sketch book app’ compared to a natural media painting app like Procreate. I’m new to this app having just bought ($4.99) version 2. Highlyrecommended for those who really want to Paint on the iPad. It’s pretty amazing that they have created THE painting app on the iPad well advanced when compared to offerings from Adobe or good old, sort of limping along Corel (Fractal) Design Painter which is the grandaddy of natural media digital drawing but seems most obsessed with developing tools to manipulate photos these days. The app is created by a software company called Savage in Tasmania, Australia. If you want to do full paintings on the iPad there is no other app I’ve tried that will serve you better. It supports the Apple Pencil beautifully. It also has an eraser tool always on-screen and a ‘smudge’ tool for finger painting fun. And some of those adjustments have adjustments. You can create additional layers on your canvas and they smartly have always-on-screen brush, opacity and undo adjustments. Every drawing tool has additional palettes of adjustments available. The interface is smart and well thought out.
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