The iPad’s touch screen surface and portability make it a perfect canvas for creating anything from simple drawings to complete works of art. Get an optional stylus or just use your finger to create paintings and drawings that rival anything you could create on a computer using a dedicated graphics program, such as Photoshop or Corel Painter.
For serious artists, grab a copy of Autodesk’s SketchBook Pro. It includes Layers, Brushes, and other advanced features graphic artists will be familiar with. Based on the computer version of SketchBook Pro, this app essentially turns the surface of your iPad into a canvas for drawing or painting with your finger, as shown in Figure 29-7.
For kids or anyone who just enjoys creating simple drawings, get a free copy of Doodle Buddy. Besides letting you draw and paint by mimicking chalk or paintbrushes, this app also includes pre-drawn images that you can paste into your creations so you can create interesting pictures even if you aren’t much of an artist yourself.
While some people are capable of creating a picture from scratch, others prefer taking a real picture and modifying it. On a computer, you can use a program like Photoshop, but on an iPad, you can use a similar program from Adobe called Photoshop Express.
With Photoshop Express, you can modify digital images and turn them into art or just draw mustaches on people you don’t like or scribble funny pictures on images just to keep yourself amused while waiting in line at a bank or airport (see Figure 29-8).
