Submissions were narrowed down to seven finalists from different countries, and were presented to the general public for voting.

The SketchBook Hero contest encouraged SketchBook users to submit digital paintings and drawings created with Autodesk SketchBook products including SketchBook Pro, SketchBook Mobile, SketchBook Pro for iPad, SketchBook Designer and SketchBook Express. He is a professional goldsmith/silversmith, but spends his free time sketching and is a member of the International Association of Mobile Digital Artists. Peso is based in Spain and used Autodesk SketchBook Pro for iPad to create his winning image. The artist's winning submission, titled 'Progress,' will be the splash screen for Autodesk SketchBook Mobile, which has already been downloaded over two million times. You can import images from the camera roll, either as the base image to paint on or as a new layer.Autodesk has announced its SketchBook Hero contest winner, Luis Peso of Spain. The app creates its own gallery, and you can easily select and save images, rename them, add blank canvases, or delete the ones you don’t want. The color wheel is also useful: you can save swatches and even paint small areas on the screen like a true Picasso.įile management is as easy as choosing brushes and saving layers. The mirror tool-used for symmetric drawing, allows you to paint one side of an image and duplicate it as you draw. (Either double-tap on the lower left of the screen or access the palette and tap the undo icon.) The app zooms all the way to 2500 percent for fine detail work. You can even export these layers to a Photoshop PSD file.

There are six layers available on the more powerful iPhone 3GS and three on the original 3G. So, in one example, an artist added a layer for a guitar, then painted on a second layer to add some accents.

For artists, the iPhone’s screen becomes a handy replacement for a sketchpad, going well beyond offering a blank sheet and some brushes.įor example, you can paint in layers and, thanks to the recent 1.1 update, control opacity for layers. That said, because the tools are so easy to access, the app is fun to use even for novices. If your drawing ability amounts to a few smiley faces and stick figures, SketchBook Mobile won’t turn you into an artist. Corel Painter 11 for the Mac or other programs designed in equal measure for artists and non-artists, SketchBook Mobile shines when in skilled hands.

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