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Explore Your Creative Side with Apps for Art Lovers

Explore Your Creative Side with Apps for Art Lovers

Whatever your level of skill or appreciation, these apps will help you (or your kids) meet those daily art needs. They'll help you doodle, make sketches for other projects, make your photography pop, or just take some time to relax and color.

by Brent Dirks

When Inspiration Happens, Use These Apps to Capture Your Drawings and Paintings

You don't always have a pad of paper or all of your pens and pencils with you when inspiration strikes, but you probably have your phone or tablet. Here are apps that will let you make quick sketches, jot down ideas, or paint your masterpiece. Combine them with a stylus to have all the freedom and flexibility of analog tools while cutting down on clutter.

Paper by WeTransfer

Your note-taker, sketchbook, and diagramming tool.

Paper by WeTransfer
Swipe to stylize

For those who want to take simple notes, draw sketches, or annotate photos.

This one burst onto the scene and immediately became the darling of artists and non-artists alike. It is just so easy to pick up and start using, with or without a stylus. Its free price tag makes it an absolute must-download, though of course, in-app purchases unlock even more features. It's simply beautiful on the iPad's retina display and a pleasure to use.

Why we love it

Paper is simple to use and comes packed with a ton of useful tools that make note-taking, photo annotation, and drawing easy.

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Procreate Pocket

Procreate Pocket

Savage Interactive Pty Ltd
Procreate Pocket

Rebuilt from the ground up, the updated app is now powered by the same graphics engine of its larger sibling. With that upgrade, the app can be used to create illustrations with a richer P3 color depth. Artists can also take advantage of 136 different brushes, including new wet painting effects with your finger. The app now also supports a number of features previously reserved for the iPad including ColorDrop, QuickLine, Layer Masks, and more. And Procreate Pocket also sports two new exclusive features. A 30-second time-lapse feature drops non-essential frames to create a short video that can be shared on social media. Users can also import and export brushes through online marketplaces or with others. Developer Savage has also optimized the app specifically for the iPhone X. There are also a number of features that can be used with 3D Touch and provide haptic feedback. Procreate Pocket is designed for the iPhone and can be downloaded now on the App Store for $4.99. <a href="http://getapp.cc/app/425073498">Procreate for iPad is available for $9.99.</a>

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Procreate

Procreate is a must-have

Procreate
Professional results

For any professional artist.

This is a deceptively simple app with a devoted following. The focus is on brushes (there are eight) rather than tons of different art tools. The interface is uncluttered and the app doesn't have the "bloat" associated with some of the more feature-heavy apps. Even with just a few tools in its repertoire, this app is a fantastic means for artists to create amazing works of art. It's also an easy-to-use app for doodlers.

Why we love it

Procreate is simple enough for anyone to use, but the best results will be made by those who know what they're doing. The app has plenty of powerful tools to help you create your next masterpiece.

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Graphic Designers? We Have You Covered

If you're a graphic designer on the go, these apps will help you get your work done without even having to be at your desk. They'll help you easily turn your ideas into design with an assortment of powerful but simple-to-use tools.

Vector & SVG Maker - Assembly

Start from scratch or with a built-in image to create some sticker magic.

Vector & SVG Maker - Assembly
Simple to use

For those who want to create and customize their own iMessage stickers.

Assembly is a wonderful app for creative and artistic minds. With editing options, you can create images from scratch and rotate, duplicate, shadow, and fill. Creating stickers is enjoyable with tons of options if you want to begin with a built-in sticker such as emojis, food, animals, vehicles, and more.

Why we love it

Assembly is terrific for those who really like to use their imagination with images. Create your own or start with a sticker. Then, edit and customize and share within iMessage easily.

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iDesign

iDesign

TouchAware Limited
iDesign

For those who want a robust vector drawing app that offers advanced tools and syncs across devices.

With iDesign, you can create 2-D vector drawings on your iPad as well as your iPhone and iPod touch. The app features shape and path tools, grouping and ungrouping abilities, and multi-level undo and redo options. Your work is automatically saved, you can import and export designs, and sync between devices.

Why we love it

If you want a vector drawing app that you can pick up where you left off on any device, check out iDesign.

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Inkpad - Graphic Design

Quickly make vector drawings on your iPad

Inkpad - Graphic Design
Inkpad - Graphic Design

For graphic designers who like -- or need -- to take their work to go

Create text objects, illustrations, and more with this easy but powerful app. Inkpad features a suite of drawing, editing, and sharing tools to let you translate your ideas into design elegantly.

Why we love it

Its assortment of tools and output options make it a powerful tool for creating, sharing, and using your work. Getting your platform to function shouldn't be the "work" part of work, and Inkpad makes getting your ideas down quick and convenient.

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Easily Convert Your Photos Into Artistic Masterpieces

You don't have to be a professional photographer to express yourself through a camera. These apps help you goose up and transform your basic pictures into beautiful, expressive pieces. They'll add textures and effects to let you quickly and effectively create a masterpiece or just something fun from the pics on your Camera Roll.

Spektrel Art
Spektrel Art

Spektrel Art

JixiPix Software

Spektrel Art is an extravagant otherworldly display of webbed light that glistens and gleams with intersecting lines of tapered light. Applied to photos, this medium of imaginative and magical art form transcends the ordinary to extraordinary creating something wild with movement, sparkling life and divided color spaces.

Powerful adjustments allow you to fine-tune to create your own imagery filled with tapered points of bright intersecting lines, fluid streaming ones, and phantasmal qualities.

INCLUDES

• Detail slider increases the amount of intersecting lines
• Taper Length and Sharpen sliders to add twinkle to the effect
• Lighten and Brighten sliders to make it illuminate
• Sharpen slider to exaggerate the lines
• Smoothing slider to softens lines
• Color Boost for enhanced color
• Dramatic glow slider to add a dreamy quality
• Presets to start you off
• Infinite variation to create art with illuminated twinkles, fluid lines or ethereal softness

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Pencil Sketch Photo Camera
Pencil Sketch Photo Camera

Pencil Sketch Photo Camera

云涌 段

Do you want to make your everyday pictures shine and funny?
Pencil Sketch is a easy to use and funny app that lets you convert your photos into sketches or cartoon avatars by applying up to 100+ different image effects. None of your pictures will look ordinary again.

Main Features:
+ Now featuring 50+ different sketch effects : pencil sketch, Memory Style sketch, Blue Art Style sketch, Old Movie Style, Skateboards sketch, Face Frame sketch, Smooth sketch
+ Now featuring 50+ different cartoon effects : 3D Gorden Sculpt, Black & White sketch, Color sketch, Sharpen Filter, Black & White Photo, Reverse Color, Memory Style Photo
+ Easy-to-Use interface.

The Pencil Sketch effect can be applied to any image. Best effects are obtained by using a picture with a big head.

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Study Masterpieces Without a Museum

Maybe you're looking for inspiration, or maybe you just want to broaden your experiences. No matter the reason, these apps will let you study, learn, and enjoy some of the most beautiful works of art ever created.

Google Arts & Culture

Just search on Twitter or Instagram with #GoogleArts to see all kinds of matches.

Google Arts & Culture
Selfie Match

With that said, the selfie mode is the stand out because it’s simply fun. Celebrities have joined thousands of everyday users to post their matches on social media. The matches are usually 40-60%, but it’s easy to see how the distinct facial features are matched between the photos. You can even get different results based on changing your expression, and it’s always fun to see the changes that the system produces. The only limitation is the number of pictures included to potentially match with, and hopefully Google expands their database soon. Just search on Twitter or Instagram with <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoogleArts?src=hash">#GoogleArts</a> to see all kinds of matches. It’s trendy enough that companies are using fabricated matches in their advertising campaigns.

Why we love it

The selfie feature is great to get people in the door of the app, and then they can hopefully explore all that it has to offer. At select museums, you can point your camera at a piece of art, and have the app provide the details, kind of like a guided tour. If you’re not sure what museums are compatible and nearby, the app has an explore tab to find museums near you, and you can continue to explore the art after you leave, or before you go. As you dive into all that’s included, the definite highlights are the street views and 360 degree videos to immerse yourself in a given museum without leaving the comfort of your device. There are over 1200 museums included, but the surprising amount is the number of curated collections. You can get lost going from one to the other, and it’s difficult not to find one that you may be interested in. Some of the extra features send you to other Google apps, and the service could always use more art and museums, but it’s a great starting point that will likely be updated going forward.

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Art Authority for iPad

Explore centuries of fine art

Art Authority for iPad

For students and lovers of beautiful visual works.

Art Authority is a virtual museum containing over 100,000 of the greatest works of the Western World. It will let you explore masterpieces from 1,500 creators from throughout history. You can explore paintings and sculptures and create personalized collections and exhibitions based on artistic movements, eras, and artists so you can immerse yourself in a custom exhibition tuned to your interests.

Why we love it

We don't have a lot of success typing, "Show cool artz" in our internet search engines because that only brings up a lot of questionable fan art about mermaids. It's nice to have an app that will help us focus our art love into something a little more constructive and useful. And that's nothing against mermaids or their fans, but we'll take a Monet most days of the week.

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Have Fun and Relax in an Immersive Coloring Experience

It's possible you don't know a mandala from a spirogram, but that doesn't mean you can't use coloring as a handy relaxation and focusing tool. These apps hand you the blank sheets and put you to work making them gorgeous. Luckily, however, it won't feel like work.

Colorgram: Adult coloring book

Colorgram: Adult coloring book

4 Axis Solutions (Pvt) Ltd

Colorgram is the original time-lapse coloring book. A relaxing, therapeutic game for all ages.

The app features,

▸ New pictures everyday
▸ 2500+ of Coloring Pages
▸ 500+ flat/gradient colors / Custom color palettes
▸ Pictures of mandalas, girls, patterns, animals, florals ,etc
▸ Creative time-lapse community
▸ Backup your custom color palettes


Coloring is the perfect way to distress, reduce anxiety and relax whether you’ve just finished a long day at work or you need something to pass the time – any time is the perfect time to dive into our family friendly coloring book!

With a huge range of colors and pictures to enjoy plus DAILY artwork updates, there’s endless hours of relaxing fun to be had with ColorGram!

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WHY PEOPLE LOVE COLORGRAM...
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▸ Watch the playback coloring videos with soothing background music to release your stress.
▸ Sign up to the first ever Playback coloring Social Community to interact and inspire other Millions of colorist around the globe! Follow colorists to get inspired and grow with the community.
▸ Easy tap to color option with thousands of gradient and flat colors with extremely user- friendly color palettes to choose from.
▸ A carefully selected group of talented artists to bring you the best unique coloring books from 19 categories to paint: Girls, Animal, Fashion, Patterns, Cats, Garden Sceneries, Dogs, Mandala, Serenity, Cities, Fantasy, Floral, Food, Messages and more.
▸ Coloring for the whole family; designed for adults, but boys and girls will still love our unique coloring pages.
▸ Make your coloring page more amazing by applying our 12 magical filter effects.
▸ Apple Watch support has make the color picking much more effective.
▸ iMessage app to send colorful messages to your loved ones.
▸ Optimized for Apple iPad Pro and pencil to get the pixel perfect, true coloring experience.

Get ColorGram Premium
▸ Unlimited access to the full artwork catalog and daily new artwork updates.
▸ Access all pictures and receive daily updates during the subscription period.
▸ You can choose yourself which subscription suits you best.
▸ You may cancel a subscription or free-trial anytime via the subscription setting through your Apple ID account. This must be done 24 hours before the end of the free trial or subscription period to avoid being charged.
▸ The subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when the user purchases a Colorgram Unlimited subscription.

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Fun Coloring Pages for Adults

Fun Coloring Pages for Adults

Peaksel

Awaken the inner child. Get Coloring Pages for Adults app and LET YOUR IMAGINATION FLY. Mandalas, animals, butterflies - make a choice and start coloring!

Coloring for adults has lately been very popular and, with adult coloring book apps, it has become available at any moment, any place. What you have here is the ultimate colouring book for adults with lots of different categories: mandala pictures to color, animal and butterfly coloring pages, Valentines coloring sheets and many others. Whether you are at home or on a bus and whenever you feel blue, these detailed coloring pages will occupy your mind and act as color therapy. Mandalas are great anti-stress coloring pages and painting animal drawings makes time fly by. So, wait no more. Coloring Pages for Adults app is ready to sweep you off your feet with its amazing pictures to color!

◀ FEATURES: ▶

◆ Background music on/off
◆ Multiple color palettes
◆ My palette - create your own palette of colors
◆ Various shades and color nuances
◆ Variety of filters and textures to apply to your colouring page
◆ 100+ coloring pages
◆ Different categories with lots of pictures to color
◆ Share your art on Facebook, Twitter and/or Instagram
◆ My works: save your art in a private gallery
◆ Zoom in for detailed colouring

People like painting. There is something about mixing colors that makes us fulfilled and calm. Unfortunately, not everybody is given the talent for it. That's why there are coloring sheets for adults and coloring games for kids. You just have to pick a drawing and get started. And because you are not always able to take a coloring book and pencils out of your purse and start adding color to a white sheet of paper, there are coloring apps. Some nice people invented them. No mess, no stress, just a coloring book with lots of different nuances in the palettes and so many different pictures to color. So get anti-stress Coloring Pages for Adults. Your inner child will be grateful.

◀ ADVANTAGES OF ADULT COLORING PAGES ▶

Adult coloring books can help us combat stress and boost mental clarity. That is why some people call them anti-stress coloring books or zen coloring pages. Coloring is a smart way to promote creative thinking and personality development. Working with your hands is one of the best ways to soothe anxiety, eliminate stress and calm the mind. Research has proven that calming coloring books for adults can be a cathartic escape from everyday things that cause stress.
Adult colouring books have so many uses and purposes that many are not aware of. They can be used for better focus, therapy, relaxation, to calm the mind, solve problems, and improve personal organizational skills. In other words, adult coloring books are a great way to achieve inner stillness. There are millions of people around the world to prove how relaxing coloring pages can be for an adult.

◀ LEGAL INFO ▶

All the drawings and images in the app are copyright of Peaksel. For any questions and/or suggestions, please contact us.

Set Your Young Artist Loose

These apps will help growing artists express themselves and get their imaginations out into the world. If they're interested in drawing, painting, or just making amazing scribbles, they'll be able to find the tools and space they need to get creating.

Sesame Street Art Maker

Get artistic with two of your favorite Muppets

Sesame Street Art Maker
Inspire!

For kids who like a lot of options and variety in their creativity

Sesame Street Art Maker contains 100 tools and decorations for your future master creator to play around with. It offers fun and challenges throughout the year and lets you build on its base content with purchasable Expansion Kits. It even includes an Art Maker Challenge to provide prompts and opportunities to share their masterpieces with the world.

Why we love it

It brings an amazing arsenal of tools, options, and backdrops to provide kids opportunities and encouragement to express themselves. And its options update throughout the year for seasonal fun. With everything on offer here, your young artist will always be able to find something fun to do.

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Drawing Pro:Neon lights effect

Quickly make colorful doodles

Drawing Pro:Neon lights effect
Drawing Pro:Neon lights effect

For kids who want to make their masterpieces glow

Kids Doodle provides a spectrum of glowing colors that your young artist can use to make bright, vibrant creations. They can start from scratch or scribble on top of photos and "improve" them. And that's surely preferable to letting them draw on your real photos or walls, which is something we hear kids might do.

Why we love it

Kids Doodle is a cute, easy app that lets young painters and sketchers express themselves and create beautiful, vibrant works. It's simple, fun, and just silly enough.

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SketchBook - Drawing Pad

Give your kid their own creative space

SketchBook - Drawing Pad
SketchBook - Drawing Pad

For young sketchers with a ton of ideas.

SketchBook Kid gives your little one their own space to draw, paint, and create. And when they're done with a project, you can save their masterworks to your Camera Roll or show off their masterworks by sharing them to Facebook and Twitter.

Why we love it

A lot of apps will let your kid draw. But SketchBook Kid gives them pencils, paints, and even pastels to let them find their favorite medium. We like the extra flexibility and opportunities to explore and experiment, and we think kids will, too.

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