April 25, 2013
Remember Draw Something? The drawing and guessing app that dominated our lives last year slowly faded to the sidelines, but it all might change today with the launch of Draw Something 2. Coming first only for iOS (Android version should follow), Draw Something 2 is still about drawing, but adds many new features such as a social feed, a gallery, the ability to follow other users, and more.
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April 13, 2013
If you are like me, then your best drawing doesn't get any more complex than the simplest of stick figures. Crooked lines and a lop-sided circle usually plague my drawn characters, and I’m not afraid to admit that. I absolutely envy those who are artistically talented, because it really seems like something that you are either born with or not.
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February 28, 2013
We've all been bored on the bus, at the doctor's office, or in the cafeteria, and sometimes, just playing on our iPhones won't do. Reddit? Psh. Fruit Ninja? No way. Ruzzle? Not right now. Occasionally, we all like to create, and with DrawCast, you can bring that kind of creative desire to your mobile device. The app is just shy of being like an actual paintbrush and canvas, and its features – though they may be few - are powerful.
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February 1, 2013
Doodle Buddy is meant to be fun first. A serious drawing application for sketching works of art, second. There’s no binding for the former; the latter needs the little thing called talent. Doodle Buddy is among the flotilla of creative apps that you find for the iOS platform. Doodle Buddy is simple and free. So, can it squeeze a place on your iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch?
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January 30, 2013
People have always adapted technology to their creativity, and computers are no different. What originally started out as a gigantic calculator became a device for communication, office filing, and now, artwork. With Sketchbook Express for Mac, you can draw all kinds of pictures with the aid of a pen and stylus. Furthermore, it's free, and although there's a price for its older brother – Sketchbook Pro – you can use Sketchbook Express for more basic image creation.
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January 21, 2013
Remember the comics of our childhood? What would they be without speech bubbles? In comics, words were calls to action and speech bubbles framed them so well. You never thought they obstructed the illustrations in any way. Speech bubbles turned into callouts when it came to business presentations in Microsoft PowerPoint. They give context to what’s on the slide or a screenshot and help to turn a mundane graphic into something more interesting.
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January 5, 2013
The sketch and drawing app, Paper, recently won Apple's 2012 iPad App of the Year Award, and it is very easy to see why. Even if you're not an artist but are a true fan of the iPad, you will want to check out the unique, custom user interface of Paper. There are dozens of drawing apps in the iTunes Store, but Paper is about as near as it gets to an app that resembles an analog paper notebook.
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December 3, 2012
I recently wrote an article about sketchnoting, an approach to notetaking using both words and drawings. Though many of the examples of sketchnotes you see online are produced by skilled designers and artists, it's important to know that sketchnoting can be done by anyone. It's an approach to notetaking that should be taught in schools.
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November 10, 2012
We've actually talked about this popular game quite often, but never gave it a full review. I feel that's a disservice to our readers, as there are still people out there who haven't heard of it, no matter how popular it was when compared to the popularity of other apps. This app took many of us by storm, and with good reason.
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October 22, 2012
YouTube is full of such tutorials for anything from a smiley face to complex characters, but many of them are hard to follow or just plain bad. How can you know which channels to focus on if you want to learn to draw, or hone your drawing skills? That’s what MakeUseOf here for! Below you’ll find a list of the top YouTube channels, arranged by drawing level from simple to more advanced, that will help you learn how to draw.
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September 21, 2012
Evernote has put a lot of work into their popular image editor known as Skitch recently. They have just launched version 2.0 and it adds some great new features to their desktop application. They have also rolled out an iPhone and iPod touch version of the app.
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August 23, 2012
Sometimes it is fun to sit back and create something new. If you have artistic ability, your options for creating are vast. For those of us who do not have any ability, our options are extremely limited. I have stumbled across this fantastic iPhone app called Pixel’d which allows users to create some beautiful pictures even if their artistic abilities are lacking. We can’t all be the next Michelangelo, but with the help of technology, we can certainly try.
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July 16, 2012
Today, I will be reviewing 3 kinds of styluses from three different companies. I will be checking how each stylus performs in different touch-screen tasks, how comfortable each stylus is to hold and use, and at the end will give you my own conclusion as to which of these three is the best, and which one would be the best buy for which task. In addition, we'll be giving away 5 sets of all three styluses to five lucky readers (each winner will receive all 3 styluses)! Let's see how they fared on my 1st generation iPad.
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June 23, 2012
OMGPOP’s (or rather Zynga’s) smash hit Draw Something has just received a big update on both iOS and Android. The update, which came to iOS first but has now reached Android as well, includes a new look for the game and shop, more words, more languages, and a new expiration notification.
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June 20, 2012
Draw Something is a mobile app that started life at OMGPOP but ended up at Zynga after the latter bought the former for $180 million in March 2012. Zynga might have paid over the odds for the company in order to get its hands on the game, which at the time was growing in popularity at an Angry Birds-style rate. Draw Something isn't as popular as it once was, with a notable drop in the number of active users of late.
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