Filed under: iPhone, Graphic Design, App Store, iPod touch
Can you believe it? New Yorker cover done on iPhone app.
Looking at the cover of the June 1 New Yorker Magazine it is pretty hard to believe that it was created with a US$4.99 app on an iPhone.The app is Brushes [App Store] and it allows painting on the iPhone /iPod touch screen using your fingers and a variety of brush styles. If you have a Mac, you can export your work at resolutions up to 1920x2880. The app also saves a record of your brushstrokes and other actions and can replay them on your Mac. The artist who did the New Yorker cover, Jorge Colombo, obviously has impressive talent. You can see some of his other iPhone work here.
Colombo told the New York Times he loves the app because it "made it easy for me to sketch without having to carry all my pens and brushes and notepads with me, and I like the fact that I am drawing with a set of tools that anybody can have easily in their pocket."
This video will show you a stroke by stroke look at how the cover was created.
If you're looking for more info on this app try the developer site here. Another similar app at the same price is Colors, [App Store] which has also been responsible for some impressive artwork.
Wow. Just wow.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Ryan said 1:59PM on 5-25-2009
This is an example of why i think a tablet would be such a strong addition to the Mac mobile line. Imagine something with more power and more screen real-estate.
Sure we might not get photoshop on something like that, but I imagine that we could be very impressed with what people could create on a device like that.
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MarvelouX said 2:21PM on 5-25-2009
edom esrever
(reverse mode)
Not new, not the NYT but nice app in fact for newspapers covers:
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=313386199&mt=8
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Steve Rhodes said 4:04PM on 5-25-2009
There are some more videos on how he creates the drawings linked from the press page on his site
http://www.jorgecolombo.com/drawings/press.htm
There are also $20 prints of four of his iPhone drawings (as well as larger
prints which are more expensive)
http://www.20x200.com/aaa/jorge-colombo/
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alansky said 2:57PM on 5-25-2009
The original artwork is actually quite a bit better than the reproduction accompanying this article, which is rather dark. There is a time-lapse video of the artist creating this piece on the New Yorker website.
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alansky said 3:00PM on 5-25-2009
As a life-long artist, I must say that the iPhone screen is a tad small for serious drawing and painting, but the iPhone does demonstrate the potential of small, hand-held, touch-sensitive devices. Some of the iPhone's creative apps are really quite remarkable considering the tiny screen.
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Jerry said 9:40PM on 5-25-2009
I know there is another painting app for iPhone & iPod Touch, MyPaint .
It is a really cool app !! costs only $1.99
http://mypaint.org
you can find some awesome paintings uploaded by iPhone users here >> http://www.mybuzz.com.au/PaintingsBest.aspx
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iPod Touch said 2:03AM on 5-26-2009
I don't have a real iPhone but I wanted use this app on one of the online iPhones, could someone update [Link Removed] so that I could try out this app? I tried going to the App Store but then it wouldn't let me do anything else. Can someone help me?
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Erick said 10:48AM on 5-26-2009
You arent serious are you? That is merely a web page with an iframe pointing to another webpage.
puhsitch said 7:09PM on 5-26-2009
Spamming is lame enough -- but pretending to be a third party while spamming out your incredibly non-functional ad site? Oy.