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Finger painting on the iPad

by Mike Schramm Jun 29th 2010 at 7:30PM


We've speculated before about what artists could do with the iPad's bigger screen, and here's an answer. In the video above, portrait artist David Kassan uses the Brushes app to create a painting from a live model. I don't know what the fingerless gloves are all about, but you can definitely see how the iPad helps -- he can make bigger swipes across the screen, match colors with the extra screen space, and run touchups on a few different parts of the work at a time.

According to the video's description, the whole thing took about three hours, and the end result looks great. I like one of the YouTube comments on this one, too: Who needs a camera on the iPad, anyway?

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Stu Hodgkiss

you should really check out this guys work:

http://kyle-lambert.blogspot.com/2010/07/ipad-finger-painting-beyonce.html

July 05 2010 at 10:47 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Andrew Liss

I am his art dealer and friend. You all are correct the gloves are to prevent contact with the IPad. He streamed the entire event live and answered drawing technique questions while working. There were just over a hundred or so people internationally streaming the 3 hour session.

You can see some of his paintings and drawing at www.galleryhenoch.com
Andrew Liss
Gallery Henoch
555 w. 25th St.
Ny NY

July 01 2010 at 5:09 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Todd Lohenry

I have a client that's doing an exhibit with 23 iArtists later this month in Wisconsin. The event will be covered live online. Here's more: http://e1evation.com/2010/06/25/when-a-pig-makes-art-that-is-news/

July 01 2010 at 9:31 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
John

remember, artistic ability is not included with the app =P

June 30 2010 at 1:43 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
mongoloido

That's just terrific! I love seeing his process. I totally plan to try and incorporate some of those techniques in the future (my results will not be YouTube worthy though :)).

Just as handy is learning about the gloves. I've been going nuts when drawing with the iPad and finding that I have all sorts of crud in my drawings from errant palm contact. The glove solution is cheap, effective, and might even clean my screen as I draw. :D.

In closing, I now want a 24"x36" iPad to take to figure drawing classes!

June 30 2010 at 8:12 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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David L Good

@mongoloido

"The glove solution is cheap, effective, and might even clean my screen as I draw." HAHA!! Classic -- love it. Never thought about it cleaning my screen while I work before. :)

June 30 2010 at 8:45 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
JAQ

While I'm impressed with the results that some people can get from drawing on the iPad, some of that is simply because I'm impressed that they can overcome its limitations. Even with a stylus and/or zooming in and out, the iPad has no pressure sensitivity, and the fact that you need gloves to avoid touching the screen with your palm, makes me appreciate the technology of a pressure-sensitive stylus all the more. Multitouch is great for most things, but not for drawing. I draw on an old slate-style TabletPC, and even though it means there's Windows running under Manga Studio and Photoshop, I'd never trade that to draw on an iPad (of any size).

June 30 2010 at 9:27 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
R94N

Wow, that is brilliant!

June 30 2010 at 2:38 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
JAQ

"Who needs a camera on the iPad, anyway?"

Anyone who thinks that the goal of taking a photograph and the goal of creating a painted portrait are the same thing, is someone whose opinions about art I Do Not Give A Damn About.

June 29 2010 at 11:20 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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basscadet

Actually, the moment photography became widespread enough to replace photorealistic painting is the moment when painters went beyond reproducing what they saw and started experimenting.

Great portrait work, can be done on any tablet tho' (if I get an ipad I won't go beyond stick figures)

June 30 2010 at 4:05 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
JAQ

There's some truth to that; the rise of photography sent the fine art pendulum swinging into impressionism and even nonrepresentational art. But in between the classical, renaissance, neoclassical, and realist movements there were artistic movements which were more interested in expressiveness and semi-abstract representation. The ancient Egyptians didn't create human figures like they did because they didn't understand how to draw realistic ones; they did it because to them art was about symbolism and ritual. And you can't look at the work of, say, Hieronymous Bosch and tell me that he was just painting what he saw. :)

June 30 2010 at 8:55 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Gulli

looks like a good solution for taking picture with iPad.
just had to sorry

June 29 2010 at 9:44 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
artist

I use fingerless gloves when drawing with a Wacom tablet. It's not a touchscreen but it helps my hand move effortlessly across the surface. Gloves are useful for touchscreens for the same reason, as well as preventing accidental touches.

Nice portrait work.

June 29 2010 at 8:10 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Hassell

There is a cool game that is centered around sketching called iCanSketchIt in the App Store. It is a competitive drawing game that forces you to remember colors and details and basically drawing fromel memory, pretty kewl. I'll try Brushes too!!

June 29 2010 at 8:09 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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