359 - Merry Christmas

Day 359. As the year draws to a close and there are just a few more daily creates to go, here is a hand drawn Santa for you, made using Paper by 53, and text added with Adobe Photoshop Touch. Hope your Christmas - or whatever you celebrate at this time of year - was great. Ho ho ho.

215 - Staring Through You

Day 215. More messing about with Paper by 53. Sometimes when I play with these sketching apps I start by making a few scribbles on the page and then just seeing what becomes of it as I add more. This face just emerged from those scribbles. I wonder what all this says about my subconscious mind? Either way, I do quite like the particular graphical quality that the Paper app seems to offer.

 

211 - Beardy Man

Day 211. This sketch was made using Paper by 53. It was really just messing about in the app, starting with just a few scribbles and turning it into a drawing, so I've no idea where this image actually emerged from.

170 - Just Doing It

Day 170. So, I was sitting on the couch, feet up, wondering what I might daw for today's daily create. Sometimes the answer is right in front of you. My feet sketched using Paper by 53 and a Jot Pro Adonit stylus.

 

 

151 - Sleepy Head

Day 151. After a bit of a big night, Linda decided she was going back to bed for a while to nap. I snuck up and did this quick sketch of her snuggled up in bed. I drew it with the Paper app on my iPad mini and a Jot Script stylus. Enjoy it now, before she serves me with a takedown notice...

If I haven't mentioned it Paper by 53 is a great app for sketching and, combined with a good stylus, really is the closest app I've seen for approximating the experience of drawing on real paper.

149 - Mr Squeak

Day 149. Our golden retriever Buzz really likes stuffed toys, and he has quite a few of them. This one, Mr Squeak, is one of his favourites. For today's create I propped Mr Squeak up on a table and sketched him using the app Paper and my Jot Pro Adonit stylus. It's a bit rough, but you get the idea.

121 - Pablo

Day 121. I felt like doing a sketch tonight, and if you're thinking about being creative who better for inspiration than Pablo Picasso. So I Googled images of Picasso, found a lovely portrait shot and tried to sketch it using the app Paper by 53 and just my finger (no stylus for this one)

Google it yourself and see if you can find the original. If you can, maybe this sketch is not too bad after all.

104 - Being Krong

Day 104. I'm sure that nobody really sets out to fail, but we definitely need to build more tolerance to failure onto our daily lives.

 

097 - Steve

Day 97. I'm a bit out of practice when it comes to drawing, but I thought I'd give it a go. Using a Jot Adonit stylus and a copy of 53's amazing app called Paper, I had a go at drawing Steve Jobs from the cover of the Walter Isaacson biography. It's not a great likeness, but if you're familiar with the book I'm sure you'd recognise it as Steve.

I actually used the upside-down drawing technique, as described by Betty Edwards in the book Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. Still a great read even though it's many years old now. If you're into art and drawing, it's worth a read.

 

081 - Below the Fold

Day 81. Today I discovered a really interesting app called Foldify that lets you design foldable 3D shapes out of paper, cut them out with scissors, and glue them together to assemble the 3D shape for real. This was just a simple example (bit short on time today) but I plan to play with this tool a bit more to see what else I can create with it.

This would be a really fun way to teach about 3D shapes with younger students.

042 - Don't Forget!

Day 42. After 42 days of making a daily creative thing each day, I finally forgot last night and went to bed without making one. Oops. So I'm making up for it this morning with this drawing made using the app called Paper by 53. It's a beautifully designed app! This is a sketch I just made with my right hand, of my left hand with a piece of string tied to a finger to help me not forget again.

I really like the "papery" nature of Paper, and considering you're drawing on an iPad screen the pencil tool does look remarkably like a real pencil. I used a Jot Pro stylus to draw with, which certainly helps a lot.