Done on Inkpad App on iPAd by Benjamin Rabe.

So where is the original anyways?

(Adobe ideas on ipad)

Autodesk (creators of Sketchbook Mobile and Sketchbook Pro for iphone and iPad) have teamed up with O Magazine to create Sketchbook O,  a free drawing/painting application for readers who’d like to explore and partake in the joys of fingerpainting. Continue reading

Last week when I was at the 10×10 art show in Las Vegas, autodesk announced its android version of SketchBookMobile. I got my hands on it for 10 mins, it’s fast and has some nice interface improvements over the iPhone version, e.g. the ipad-style toolbar for quicker access to settings:

It’s 99c on the app-market.

Also, the voting for the SketchBook Hero Contest is up.

Very funny and clever clip by fellow mobile artist cloudbuilder, who’s also one of the driving forces behind the upcoming Mobile Art Conference in NYC btw.

Lady Pepperell’s Folly from cloudbuilder on Vimeo.

One of the most exciting mobile digital art festivals took place recently in the historic City of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina when the second Festival of Pocket Art (Džepni fest2) opened Saturday August 13

In the category of painting on mobile devices (Fingerpainting) president of the jury was Miroslav Ambruš Kiš.

The Grand prix award for Fingerpainting went to Cédric Phillipe for his superb “Carrots” Second place went to American author Jonathan Grauel for “Optimal Elevated Observation”. Via a video conference Jonathan told his moving story about accident in which he lost a finger and lost his sense of touch in other 2 fingers, except the little finger. He showed to the audience on the big screen how he paints on his iPhone. Third place was won by fingerpainted.it editor Benjamin Rabe from Germany with his humorous work “Muppets”.

Other awards included:

Short film category jury president was a famous actor from Mostar Slaven Knezović.

Grand Prix “Grow, grow my green Pine” by Mario Rakitić and Ivan Ćavar.

followed by Dominik Bajo with the film “Bicycle,” and Daria Zelenika’s film “The youngest folklore singer in the World”.

Photography President of the Jury Peter Trinajstić from Rijeka (Croatia). Prominent Croatian photographer and filmmaker

The Grand Prix went to Matthew Watkins for the IPhoneography “Hopscotch“.

Three more photography prizes were given 1. Kristina Ćužić (Mostar) – Hand, 2. Franjo Bosnjak (Mostar) – Radobolja, 3. Lana Šator (Mostar) – Quiet street.

Text Messages In the category of text messages president of the jury was Veselin Gatalo, famous poet from Mostar. The winners were: Grand Prix and 1 place Dominik Bajo – MOST, 2. Andrić, A place of peace, 3. Marko Bokšić – Morning.

Abstract Expression A special jury prize for abstract expression went to the artist from Mostar – Anita Tomic.

Organiser of the event and Fingerpainter Roberta Betty Barbarić from Mosta made a presentation about iAMDA (Internatioanal Association of Mobile Digital Artists) and the upcoming conference in Otober in NYC.

Thank you Roberta!!

Joseph Zelenika, Festival’s Director and Chairman of the Croatian Society for Culture and Arts invited all to send their works to competition in all categories of Pocket art FEST next year.

Joey Livingston is an avid fingerpainter who has been around quite a while, but to my own worries had turned a bit silent over the last weeks. Turns out he was busy with one of the most complete and impressing illustration projects done on the iPad that I’ve seen so far.

(I met Joey in a small café at the back of our minds for a little interview.)

Joey, you just relaunched your own website, Commotion Creative, completely illustrated on the iPad. What was your job in it?

I was the illustrator with the iPad. Actually, it was my task to oversee the whole project. I did all the illustration work, designed the look and feel of the site, and did much of the writing. Continue reading

Artist Mia Robinson is extending “touch” beyond our devices and taking it into the lives of abused women through “A Healing Touch: Digital offering of Peace to Women Survivors“. The international mobile digital art exhibition features works by 25 fingerpainters, all created to inspire hope and healing in women survivors (and victims) of violence, abuse and oppression. The show and fundraiser for Ocean Ana Rising Inc, a non-profit organization empowering women through the arts, runs from August 20th through September 4th, 2010 and includes a private opening reception (August 20th, 6:30-8:00pm) and Outreach workshop, “When Left to Your Own Devices” where Mia will be teaching 15 teenaged girls how to paint on iPads and iPhones.

To raise awareness about the global issue of violence against women and the upcoming exhibition, Mia will be blogging and tweeting facts and statistics daily on her website. You can follow her on twitter.

To purchase tickets to the opening reception or to find out how you can support and/or participate (there is a private flickr group for additional artists who’d like to contribute eir own offerings–the group will be featured as a slideshow during the exhibition), visit www.mrobart.com/ahealingtouch.

Related show

• Artist: many
• Date: Saturday, August 21st 2010 - Sunday, August 22nd 2010
• Time: 6:30pm
• City: many in Washington DC
• Venue: L’Eclat De Verre Versailles Gallery and Frame Shop (Georgetown)
• Address: 3336 M Street NW
• Venue phone: 202.333.6840
• Country: United States
• Age restrictions: All Ages
• Notes: “A Healing Touch: Digital Offerings of Piece to Women Survivors” is a show dedicated to women all over the world who have overcome violently abusive or oppressive situations, within the home and/or within their communities. The show features an international community of artists and is curated by Mia Robinson in partnership with Ocean Ana Rising, Inc. The exhibition includes an online exhibition, a private opening reception, and an educational mobile digital art workshop for young girls (ages 12-16) within the DC Metro Community.
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“On the train to work every day, Emily from Taiwan has been using Brushes to paint the strange adventures of her cats.”

I especially like the self-reference on the cover.