Beautiful and energetic iPad sketches by Ryan Smith

"On the plane to America with Sayaka" by Ryan Smith

I'll admit I haven't really been impressed by most of the artwork that has been solely created on the iPad, but I think artist Ryan Smith's iPad sketches are really wonderful. The color and strokes he uses have a really genuine in-the-moment energy, and I love the idea of the iPad as the convenient on-the-go sketchbook.

Check out more of Ryan's work on his flickr and his website. I hope he keeps doing these!

"Nishi Umeda" by Ryan Smith

Sayaka's and my love is great by Ryan Smith

Comments

[n0wak]

Which app is that?

[.tiff]

Ryan says he uses an app called "Brushes".

[Ryan]

Yeah! Brushes. It's good! It's super simple, so youre just drawing with one finger, and there's a real simple interface to zoom in and out, or switch brushes quickly. It has layers, too. I really like it because I can draw with so much color, which I usually don't do with just a pen and a sketchbook.