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Explore one of the great art galleries with Uffizi Touch

by Mel Martin (Jan 4th, 2013)

The Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy is one of the great art treasure houses of the world. Construction began in 1560, and now it is home to thousands of paintings and statues from Renaissance artists like da Vinci, Caravaggio and Rembrandt. The entire collection ranges from the 1100s to the ...

Anomaly: Warzone Korea coming soon from 11 Bit Studios (and more on their future)

by Mike Schramm (Dec 3rd, 2012)

11 Bit Studios is a developer based in Warsaw, Poland that's probably most famous for releasing last year's great Anomaly: Warzone Earth, a sort of reverse tower defense game where you control and support a group of vehicles moving through streets filled with hostile alien towers. The game ...

Photoshop Touch adds pressure-sensitive stylus support, iPad Mini optimization

by Mike Wehner (Nov 28th, 2012)

Creating works of art or editing existing pictures using Adobe's Photoshop Touch on the iPad can be a real treat. But up until now, some tablet art aficionados have lacked the all important pressure-sensitive stylus support to create natural pen and brush strokes. That all changes with version ...

Sensu Brush for touchscreens adds a realistic feel to digital painting

by Steven Sande (Nov 27th, 2012)

Here at the TUAW labs, we've seen just about every type of stylus that you can imagine. While some of them -- especially the newer pressure-sensitive styli -- are quite impressive, they just don't offer the same feel as a brush on paper or canvas. Now Artist Hardware of Skokie, Ill., is selling ...

The Iconfactory's David Lanham on building homescreen-worthy icons

by Steven Sande (Nov 20th, 2012)

When you admire an app icon on your Mac or iOS device, chances are that it may have been designed by The Iconfactory's David Lanham. I had the unique experience of having him sketch me over FaceTime for a custom avatar portrait, and he's a talented and friendly artist. The Verge's Ellis ...

The Nomad Flex paintbrush stylus will let you paint on a touchscreen (as well as you already can)

by Mike Schramm (Oct 25th, 2012)

We've talked about the Nomad Brush before -- it's a capacitive paintbrush stylus that's designed to be used on a touchscreen canvas, letting you paint across your iPad's (or iPhone's, though the size of that screen makes it a little tougher) touchscreen with your favorite art-making app. Now, ...

Pogo Connect: The best pressure-sensitive Bluetooth 4 stylus yet

by Steven Sande (Oct 8th, 2012)

Artists using the iPad to create their artworks now have a "brush" that is like no other in terms of its flexibility, sensitivity and similarity to traditional artists tools. TenOne Design is set to ship the Pogo Connect pressure-sensitive Bluetooth stylus (US$79.95) on October 31, and it will ...

Anime Studio 9 for Mac arrives in pro, debut versions

by Mike Schramm (Sep 10th, 2012)

Anime Studio is a really popular animation system for illustrators and animators, and there's good news about the app for Mac users: Anime Studio 9 has now arrived on our platform, in both pro and debut versions. You can see the full comparison of pro and debut features over here, but both ...

Grandma plus iPad equals artistic expression

by Michael Rose (Aug 31st, 2012)

Reddit user Oxide42 posted the above photo of his grandmother with the following caption: Bought my Grandma an iPad. She's 84 and never had a tablet, and wanted it for "art." I bought ArtRage for her and left her alone with her new toy for 30 minutes. This is what I came back to. Nice work, ...

Los Angeles' first Mobile Arts Festival shows off photography and art created on iOS devices

by Mike Schramm (Aug 20th, 2012)

Last Saturday I stopped by the first ever Los Angeles Mobile Arts Festival right near where I live in Santa Monica, and took a look at some art and photography created exclusively on mobile devices. Nathaniel Park and his fiance Daria Polichetti put the festival together -- they are also the ...

Toys using toy-sized Apple gadgets

by Steven Sande (Jul 16th, 2012)

So, what could be cuter than toy-sized Apple gadgets? How about other toys using those wee gizmos? Artist and Instagram user @santlov has created an amazing series of photos that highlight that meme. I won't spoil the fun by showing a gallery of the images here, but if you can't wait to see ...

Daily iPhone App: The Act combines great cartoon art with iOS gameplay

by Mike Schramm (Jun 26th, 2012)

The Act is, I will say, probably one of the most interesting experiments I've ever seen show up on the App Store. I don't know if it's entirely successful, but even at the current price of $2.99, I can wholeheartedly recommend it. It does some very interesting things with interactive ...

Bring animated GIFs to life with fun and clever Echograph

by Erica Sadun (Jun 6th, 2012)

Today, I had the pleasure of playing with Echograph, a fantastically fun little app that lets you record animated GIFs in real time. The idea is this: you capture a few seconds of video, trim it down to a portion you like, and freeze the video entirely except for a few bits that you animate by ...

Comixology hits 65 million downloads, lands exclusive Marvel digital deal

by Mike Schramm (May 8th, 2012)

We've posted about Comixology's domination of comic book content on iOS before -- it's certainly not the only app that lets you read and even buy comic books, but it's by far the most popular, and keeps getting even more so. The company has just announced that it's reached 65 million downloads ...

Sword and Sworcery devs hosting a creative jam

by Mike Schramm (May 4th, 2012)

Superbrothers: Sword and Sworcery EP has earned accolades from critics and players for its creativity. Now its developers are asking the community to show off their own creativity, in the "Create in the Key of Sworcery" virtual jam. Over on the game's official tumblr, they're sharing some ...