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Post by ellietaylorartist on Apr 2, 2014 3:02:39 GMT
It may be sort of obvious, but some of the best apps for art instruction and reference are the Kindle, Nook, and Zinio apps. The Kindle app is for e-books from Amazon and they have a large selection of art books for under $5. The Nook app is for e-books from Barnes and Noble and magazines, too. Zinio is an app for magazines and you can get subscriptions to art magazines and back issues. One of the best magazines for digital art instruction is Imagine FX. This magazine focuses on SciFi and Fantasy illustration using digital art programs such as Adobe Photoshop, Corel Painter 13, ArtRage, and ipad and android tablet apps. You can get this magazine in all three apps.
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Post by HertsJoaTMoN on Apr 8, 2014 13:44:33 GMT
I had a subscription to ImagineFX for a while but got fed up after the majority of the techniques they described did not translate to any android apps. That has changed lately though and CloverPaint has added some fantastic options.
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Post by ellietaylorartist on Apr 8, 2014 15:30:59 GMT
Yes, now they try to cover tablet apps in their technology section. They try to cover ipad and android apps both equally. They also have tablet reviews too.
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Post by artistebot on May 15, 2014 23:52:41 GMT
I have not looked at Imagine FX in some time as well, maybe I need to have a look again, thanks!
I have found that many of the anatomy apps I have seen are better suited as medical reference than for art reference, the 3d models seem to be like poser modes that lack proper deformations. The best pose reference I have seen so far (IMHO) is Posebook SIlver - Male and Posebook Silver - Femaie. However I tend to gather my own reference and use that most of the time.
Does anyone have a recommendation on a image viewer that is better than Quickpic. Perhaps something that can open as many image file formats as Photoshop?
On something not art related looking for a MP3 player that allows scrubbing though a track. I have MX Player and Music Player and they don't seem to allow that?
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Post by ellietaylorartist on May 16, 2014 4:54:09 GMT
Any book by Burne Hogarth is worth getting for anatomy studies and his "Dynamic Anatomy" book is available on Kindle. I have all of his books in paperback and they are definitely a must have if you are interested in learning anatomy. As for a better app than QuickPic, I found an app called Photo Gallery which is kind of neat, but I don't think it is any better. I don't know much about music apps, but there are some really fancy ones for your android tablet. FL Studio Mobile and n-Track Studio Pro Multitrack are the most popular apps for recording and editing your own music. I don't know if they are what you had in mind.
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Post by artistebot on May 16, 2014 22:03:11 GMT
Thanks GM, I will check out Photo Gallery. I will have a look at FL Studio Mobile too, not interest in music editing, just want a more "iTunes' like functionality. heh heh.
In addition to the Hogarth book, I high recommend Figure Drawing: Design and Invention by Michael Hampton if someone is interested in learning how to draw the human form from the imagination. He also have en excellent ANALYTICAL FIGURE DRAWING class at CGMA.
Cheers
JH
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Post by ellietaylorartist on May 16, 2014 23:12:43 GMT
The Google Play Music app is pretty good and the Amazon MP3 app is good too, but without the barriers that itunes has. They will play any music that you load on your tablet, even from your PC.
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Post by ellietaylorartist on May 18, 2014 3:28:24 GMT
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Post by ellietaylorartist on May 18, 2014 3:36:09 GMT
Some more good anatomy books to get are the Kindle editions of George Bridgeman. I have several of his paperbacks, but they are now available on Kindle.
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Post by artistebot on May 19, 2014 1:34:48 GMT
Good suggestion.
Yes the Bridgeman books are good, comparable to Hampton, as well as Loomis and Vilppu. I have them all in paperback, and a few in PDF.
Thanks of the music app link, I will check it out!
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