Tag: Tech geek

To create profile images that look like they’ve been run through a television set with poor reception, I use DECIM8. It’s available as both an iOS and Android app.

Methods used to capture time-lapse videos of drawing and painting on an iPad, to show an artwork’s progression.

Long story short, if you have an iPad Pro do yourself a favor and get an Apple Pencil. If you have an older (or non-Pro) model below are all the styli I’ve had experience with.

How did I git gud at drawing and painting on an iPad? The answer that no one likes to hear is “practice, practice, practice.” I wish there was some magical shortcut for learning how to draw, but there isn’t.

If it wasn’t obvious from the artwork on this site, I draw, paint, and create on Apple’s iPad. My current model is a 12.9″ Pro (256GB) with the Space Gray finish. Before I took the plunge and upgraded to the larger screen I had an Air 2 and the first retina iPad — both of which I’ve handed down to my kids.

Convincing myself that I need an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil to fulfill all my digital illustration needs.

Paper comes to the iPhone with productivity boosting features like photo import, text notes, grid view, rotate, and more.

An avid Paper creator’s impressions of FiftyThree’s new iPad stylus, Pencil.

Documented bugs and other strange behaviors found in Paper for iOS version 2.0.0 when using Pencil.

A look back at two years of drawing over 800 portraits using an iPad and Paper for iOS.

Finding inspiration from the faces of strangers on Sktchy for iOS.

It was only natural the two little rosebuds would become early adopters of technology.

How to adjust the Pogo Connect’s pressure sensitivity setting with firmware v1.1.0.

53’s Pencil stylus and new Blend feature is full of promise. Here’s a taste of what is possible when using both.

Year one of my 365 day portrait project may be over, but I’m just getting started.

The Pogo Connect is an iPad stylus that brings pressure sensitivity and enhanced functionality to devices and apps that support it.

The following are some of my experiences and observations transitioning from Palm to iOS after nearly 10 years of baggage.

Looks like I might actually get two iPhone 4s on launch day.

The Eviltron device, when setup properly, can land some convincing scares.

Quick impressions of the Palm Pre from a long time smartphone user.

Faulty logic boards, ambient sensors, and displays oh my!

Tutorial and time-lapse using the Rasterbator web app to print and assemble a wall sized poster of an owl.

What I went through upgrading an iMac G5 to Mac OS X Leopard (10.5).

Quick impressions of the new iPod classic 60GB.

A short update on the status of my iPod 3G battery settlement claim.